Ever since I was a teenager, I've always struggled with that damn
acne on my face. Sometimes it'll be really bad, other times it'll clear
up and I'll finally think I'm growing out of it. But it never fails to
return. Over the years, I've experimented with just about everything
under the sun to treat it (including the sun itself actually). Just off
the top of my head, and remember that this goes all the way back to the
late 90's...
Stridex pads, Oxy pads, Swiss apricot
scrub, probably 5 different types of Clearasil, all varieties of that
white spot-treatment cream you put on at night...
More
recently I've tried the hippy route and experimented with different
combinations of castor oil, grapeseed oil, jojoba oil, coconut oil, the
cod liver oil / butter oil blend...
I've tried washing
it once a day, twice a day, after each meal, every other day, two days a
week, once a week on Mondays at 8:00 am sharp...
I've
also tried for as long as I can remember to find a dietary connection
to acne. First I thought it was dairy, then gluten, then alcohol, then
carbs, then vegetable oils. There were several occasions when I would
eat super healthy for weeks and struggle with acne, then go out and
party one night, stay up late and drink alcohol, and wake up the next
morning with a face clearer than I'd seen in weeks. What gives??
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| Never mind the
hair... focus on the acne. It wasn't excessive, but it was just enough
to be a problem. I can remember this night specifically... it
definitely ruined my confidence. No one wants to deal with that. |
In the end, after all those years of
experimentation and wasted money, I ended up right back where I began...
frustrated, confused, and clueless...
...until
recently. I've been experimenting with something for several months
now, since early November, that has worked extremely well for me. It
hasn't cleared up my skin completely, but it's made a big difference. I
rarely break out anymore, but even when I do get the rare pimple here
and there, it'll be gone in just a day or two. It's pretty incredible.
A few years back, the FDA decided to crack down on the amount of trans fat in the food supply, since it's just about the worst thing you can ever put in your body. Trans fat, for those of you who don't know, is created by the chemical process of hydrogenation, which turns liquid oils into solid fats (think vegetable oil into Crisco). It was (and still is, to some extent) common in a lot of processed foods, especially baked goods.