Pimple Diets: Fatty Acids Consumption

Getting decent essential fatty acids is important in clearing pimples. It's these fatty acids that help control the output of androgenic hormones - the hormones that surge during the teenage years, which causes excess sebum oil to clog your pores and add up to creating your pimple.

The three fatty acids you need are omega 3, omega-6, and omega-9. You need more omega 6, olive oil, than omega 3. This is a daily requirement!

When you are deficient in the essential fatty acids, you will have,

• Sebaceous glands size increase
• Skin eruptions that won't heal
• Increased sebum output causing pimple
• A weak immune system
• Poor skin

Consuming essential oils is required to provide the right oils that are used in the sebaceous glands. These oils can come from straight vegetable oils or from special foods such as nuts and seeds.

Use flax seed oil (omega-3 oil) and olive oil (omega-6 oil) in your salad. These are the best oils to eat and are called polyunsaturated fatty acids. The other oil that is even better for you is called monounsaturated fatty acid, omega 9 found in avocados.

Most diets people have contain an excess mass of omega 6 oils, so most likely you need to focus on getting more omega 3 oils into your diet.

You can get omega-3 oil from,

• sesame seeds
• pumpkin seeds
• avocados
• dark leafy green vegetables (spinach, mustard greens, kale)
• walnuts
• salmon
• sardines

Or, you can take 1 to four tbsp. of flax seed oil, omega-3 oil, each day. This will give you the amount of omega 3 oil that your body needs to reduce or eliminate pimples blemishes. You can add this oil to your morning cereal, soups, smoothies, salads and foods.

You can get omega-6 oil from,

• flaxseeds
• grape seed oil
• pistachio nuts
• olives
• sunflower seeds
• pumpkin seeds

Taking 2-3 tablespoons of omega 6 oil a day will give you the amount of this oil that you body needs.

You can get omega 9 oil from,

• olive oil
• avocados
• cashews
• almonds
• olives
• sesame oil

Taking around 1 ½ tbsp. of olive oil a day will give you the omega 9 oil that your body needs.

Fish Oils

In addition to providing your diet with omega-3 and omega 6 oils, you need to supplement your dieting with fish oils. Fish oil contains EPA and DHA fatty acids.

Normally, enzymes in your body break down omega 6 into EPA and DHA fatty acids.

Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)

These 2 fatty acids eventually shift into prostaglandins.

Prostaglandins? What are they?

Prostaglandins are chemical hormones that come from omega 3 and omega-6 oils and that aid, regulate every function in your organs.

Prostaglandins also keep androgen hormones in control so that excess sebum is not produced in the pores, which results in pimple.

However, eating plenty essential fatty acids may not insure that you produce enough EPA and DHA, which produce the essential prostaglandins.

It is critical for pimples and more importantly for your health that you get enough EPA and DHA in your cells and organs so they can produce the required prostaglandins.

To increase the prostaglandins in your cell walls, it is necessary for you to take a fish supplement, w/c contains both the EPA and DHA.

Of course eating salmon, halibut, and mackerel twice a week will be a plus in providing your body with more EPA and DHA.

Include at least 20% of your diet calories as good fats - omega oils and fish oil. This is essential for controlling the excess activity of your hormones and reducing the inflammation of your pimple.

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