Nutrition problems

A) Take a Vitamin A supplement every day to give your body the nutritional power it needs to make hormones and healthy skin oil at the same time. Remember healthy skin oil is thin and is not thick and sticky and does not trap bacteria that causes skin infections leading to pimples and blackheads. Researchers found Vitamin A was low in the blood of those with acne. Dr. P.M. Elias and associates found that when these individuals were given Vitamin A their skin lesions cleared.  Dr. H. H. Williams did a study in which he examined the need for Vitamin A in those with acne, and found that the greater their consumption of “simple” carbohydrates along with a low protein intake, the greater was their need for Vitamin A supplements.Dr. M. A. Pallotto and researchers found that giving 50,000 IU of Vitamin A daily, even over long periods of time, did not produce any toxicity.B) Take a Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2) supplement every day. As I explained earlier, Vitamin A requires an adequate supply of Riboflavin to convert it to its active and non-toxic forms. Riboflavin is valuable for more than just making Vitamin A more effective. Several studies have found it to be essential for the overall good health of the skin, and deficiencies soon lead to skin problems. Riboflavin is the major portion of 2 key co-enzymes in the oxygen respiration cycle of the mitochondria, and without it all ATP production halts. In the skin this results in cell glucose accumulation and food for the growth of bacteria within the skin pores, which in turn leads to pimples and acne. Evidence shows that in promoting adequate cell respiration it may be the single most important nutrient to prevent cancer from developing.People always ask me how much of each I would suggest, so here is the guideline I provide: I always suggest Vitamin A to be taken in an amount in IU’s that is 100 times greater than that of milligrams of Riboflavin. For example, 50,000 IU of Vitamin A would need to be balanced by 500 mg. of Riboflavin. This happens to be the amount I normally suggest for the average case of Acne. Those who have really severe cases of Acne I suggest twice that amount each day. Using this combination, along with a sugar and flour free diet, I have seen it work wonders on even the most severe cases. It may take a while to clear the excess glucose from the system, but once that is done, and the food for the bacteria is gone from the skin cells, acne disappears very quickly. C) I have found that people who eat and drink enough “simple” carbohydrate foods to cause them to suffer from severe acne, always have a deficiency of Niacinamide. Keep in mind that I did NOT say Niacin, this form is contra-indicted for glucose metabolic problems.  Niacinamide is what you want and you need at least 200 mg. 3 times a day. Taking it 3 times a day is very important because this vitamin does not stick around very long, so you can’t just load up once a day and forget it. Like riboflavin, niacinamide is an absolutely essential nutrient in 2 critical co-enzymes within the energy cycle of the mitochondria. Without enough of it available your mitochondria simply cannot process the glucose into ATP. By supplementing this vital nutrient you can assure your body and its skin of improved cell respiration, reduced risk of cancer, and increased ATP production. You will be astonished what this will do for your energy level as it speeds up the conversion of glucose into energy in the mitochondria of the cell. As this happens, the surplus sugar in the skin cells will disappear, and the bacteria in the skin pores will find themselves starving for a lack of food. D) This next vitamin is beneficial in the improvement of everyone’s skin, because without it, the proteins so essential in the daily replacement of skin cells can not be produced. But, it is especially helpful for females. Most women find acne gets a lot worse in the week before their menstrual period. My own experience matches that of researchers who found that when women experiencing this problem supplemented with 50 mg of Pyridoxine (Vitamin B-6) each day, it eliminated this pre-menstrual flare up. E) Vitamin E is a vitamin that I have found works wonders on Acne. There are a number of reasons for this. One is that it protects Vitamin A from being destroyed by oxygen, or allowing it to become toxic. Ref. 24 Also, researchers have found it is essential in the protection of the enzyme glutathione peroxidase, which in turn is absolutely essential to protect the prostaglandins which are vital in regulating skin health. When Vitamin E is low, glutathione peroxidase in the skin drops to a low level. This means there is a loss of effective prostaglandin regulation of skin cells that resulted in an increase of acne.F) The final vitamin I suggest is Lipoic Acid. This little known nutrient is absolutely vital in allowing glucose to be metabolized properly. Prior to 1990, very little was known about its role in this area. Since then researchers have found that lipoic acid works with insulin to greatly increase its ability to move glucose out of the blood and into the cell. Once in the cell, lipoic acid, independent of insulin, moves the glucose into the mitochondria. Once in the mitochondria, lipoic acid joins the other enzymes in the respiratory energy cycle and speeds up their reactions producing more ATP in a shorter amount of time. This one vitamin has been providing wonders to correct the disfunctional energy cycle of glucose seen in hypoglycemia, syndrome X and diabetes. You can see, that by lowering the glucose content of the skin cells and tissues, this vitamin can do wonders in reducing the available food supply of skin dwelling bacteria. Along with the above five vitamins, I have listed below four minerals which are equally essential for the elimination of acne. G) Zinc is absolutely essential for good skin health. This is especially true during the teen years, because like Vitamin A, Zinc does double duty. It is required for the production of the germ cells of reproduction which are so active during those years. This is especially true for the male which uses a large amount of zinc for the production of sperm cells. In addition, Zinc is required by the skin cells in order to produce normal protein as new skin cells are produced, quite literally on a daily basis. Ref. 27 The diets of most Americans at any age is notoriously low in this mineral, and for teens, this lack of Zinc is a recipe for Acne. I have found that 60 mg. of this mineral each day will work wonders. One study found that it was at least as effective as the antibiotic Tetracycaline that is so popular with dermatologists. Ref. 28 Other researchers used either Vitamin A or Zinc supplements alone on acne patients, and while they found about a 60% improvement in the acne, when they used them together there was over an 80% improvement. H) The next mineral is vital because it is essential for the production and release of insulin. It is also a major factor in creating more glucose/insulin receptor sites on the surface of the cells so that more glucose can be taken up. It is also vital for the production of proteins and enzymes in every tissue of the body. This includes the proteins and enzymes of skin cells where new cells are constantly being produced. It is also absolutely essential for the proper use of the vitamin Pyridoxine mentioned just above. This mineral is Magnesium, and I generally suggest taking supplements of about 500 mg. of this mineral each day. I) This mineral, is absolutely essential for the effective utilization of Vitamin E which we mentioned just above. This mineral is also essential for two key enzymes which play major roles in the health of the skin. One is glutathione peroxidase which protects the skin from free radical damage, and the other is thioredoxin reductase which recycles Vitamin C. This mineral is Selenium and I generally suggest taking about 400 mcg. per day as selenomethionine. J) The final mineral I consider essential for acne free skin is the mineral Chromium. This mineral is very, very scarce in the American diet, and the diet of those with acne probably contain NO Chromium. As a result, this mineral, which is a key element to allowing the glucose/insulin complex to get into the cell, is in such short supply that glucose and insulin just builds up in the blood. Several studies have shown a close association between acne, unstable blood sugar and low blood chromium levels. Dr. M. McCarty discovered that when these patient were given supplements of 400 mcg of chromium twice daily their acne improved rapidly. I generally suggest about 1,000 mcg. per day of Chromium in the Picolinate form You can easily find all 9 of these nutrients as separate supplements, and while it may be a chore to take them all every day, if you have acne, even serious acne, nothing will do as much to eliminate it as a good diet low in “simple” carbohydrates and these nutrients. Following this regimen will eliminate your Acne. The improvement may seem slow the first week or two, but after that the improvement will become more and more rapid and spectacular.

Your skin is the largest organ of your body. Moisture in those skin cells is the single most important thing to keep them full, fresh and youthful. The skin is also the organ through which you remove a great amount of cellular waste via your perspiration. In reality, your entire body is mostly water, and it is the water circulating through your body that allows your liver and kidneys to eliminate cellular toxins. By drinking plenty of water, as close to a gallon a day as you can, you can ensure good elimination of the cellular toxins of your body and greatly improve your appearance and your health. A word of caution here, don’t drink tap or distilled water, drink spring water with all of its minerals, but which is lacking chlorine and fluorine (both are dangerous health destroying free radicals). Keep a CLEAR plastic bottle of this water with you at all times and drink a half a glass of it every hour. The first three days you will think this is going to be impossible because you will have to live in the bathroom. However, by the fourth day your body will have adjusted to your water intake and your trips to the bathroom will be no more than before you started drinking this much water.

I didn’t know any of this when I was a teen, and I had terrible Acne. Acne that followed me until I was past 30 years of age. Like so many others I suffered the terrible loss of self esteem this brings. I didn’t know it in those days, but I was one of those with a strong pancreas, and the more glucose rich foods I ate, the more it moved me into hypoglycemia and all the problems of what is now called Syndrome X. Fortunately, by the time I was 35 I had gained a medical understanding of what was going on, and “simple” carbohydrates pretty much became a thing of the past. Now I am twice that old, and I have perfectly normal blood sugar, cholesterol, triglycerides and blood pressure. I have no health problems of any kind, and have taken no drugs in all these years. This places me in the upper 4% for people of my age. Another of the great benefits of adhering to a diet almost totally devoid of “simple” carbohydrates for all these years, is that many people think I look, feel, move and act like a man 10 years younger than my actual age. I tell you this only so that you can realize there are increasing long range health benefits which DO come to you as a result of avoiding those “simple” carbohydrates.

I would hope by this point you’ve gotten my message, and this message is not just for having healthy skin, the message I have shared with you about avoiding “simple” carbohydrate foods, is the single most important message I could ever give you about every aspect of your health. Take a look at illustration number 5 and you will see some of the reasons why this is so important. I realize that giving up all those “simple” carbohydrate goodies in a world gone mad with them is not an easy thing to do, especially for teens. However, Nature has so organized your body that if you want a great complexion free of acne, and great youthful and vibrant health for the rest of your life, you really don’t have any other choice. Eliminating as many “simple” carbohydrate foods and beverages from your life as you can, will pay you enormous benefits for the rest of your life!

As a result of this massive consumption of “simple” carbohydrates devoid of the other macro-nutrients of protein, fat and fiber, and also totally devoid of the micro­nutrients of vitamins, minerals and phyto-nutrients, tens of millions of Americans, as well as those in other advanced nations, are suddenly finding themselves in a great wasteland of a new health condition called Syndrome X! The earliest sign of the onset of this condition is severe acne. It is also a condition characterized by bouts of confused thinking, difficulty remembering at various times, energy that is no longer steady, but surges at times only to fade away later, with more and more low energy episodes than high ones. It is brought about by a loss of the ability to effectively and efficiently utilize glucose in the blood, the cell and the mitochondria. This condition generally begins to manifest itself in the teen years as severe acne. It then continues to intensify over the next decade and a half, ultimately culminating in over one and a quarter million people each year graduating from Syndrome X to a full fledged Type II, Adult Onset Diabetic.