will my complexion look healthier if i do this all fruit for a week?or raw veggies?
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I don't think so. While eating fruit and veggies is good for you, too much can cause diarrhea. Definately include more fruits and vegetables in your daily diet. Also, make sure you are drinking at LEAST two eight ounce glasses of water (not juice, soda, hi-c) a day. It will help keep you hydrated and flush out impurities. Add walking every day for a half hour to get your blood pumping helps too!
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Sometimes if a zit is really puffy and big icing it for a while with an ice cube works as a quick fix (if your date is going to be there in 5 min. and Mt. Everest is on your chin). Make sure to wash your face about 2x per day to keep it free from dirt and excessive oils. Just don't overdo the wahing. If you do you can end up making too much oil and get really gross skin. Good job with the eating healthy, it helps!
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The fruit diet is the best way. If you eat nothing but fruit for a week. Granted this will not give you much energy and once you have finished the week you should definitely go back to your regular diet. The fruits that i recommend myself are mostly every tree grown fruit. More specifically the best are apples, oranges, pears and above all pomegranates. If you eat a healthy, low waste, diet then simply drinking pomegranate juice or eating the fruit itself will help keep you regular and clean.
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No, contrary to belief, there aren't many foods at all that increase acne or cause pimples. So go ahead and eat your pickles. \n\nJust try to get more sun, (it can help) and go to a henrys or orchards or health food place (with all the vitamins you never heard of) and look for tea tree oil. It helps a lot.\n\n(I have the same thing so this is all from experience.)\nThe best thing would probably be get more sun, and make sure to use hot water when showering, it makes pores bigger and easier to clean. Well god luck. And enjoy those pickles
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of course there are the creams and other skin cleansers that you can try and also you have to think about if you are stressing that can cause pimples and the diet that you have try eating more fruits and veggies to help balance you skin
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Since beauty does come from within, yes, changing your diet would be an excellent start.\n\nTake a water bottle with you every day.  You'll automatically start drinking more water.\n\nStay away from fried foods and sugary foods.  Try to eat more fruits and vegetables, less beef and pork, more fish and poultry.  \n\nHere are some external tips as well:\n\nput a few drops tea tree oil in about 2 ounces of water and use as a light facial wipe about 3 times a day..\n\nalso cucumber rubbed gently on face, will help moisturise it and lighten the red blemishes\n\nleave cucumber slices on face for about 15 minutes then rinse off with tepid water..\n\nMilfoil/yarrow herb is great for blackheads\nmake a tea like 1/2 cup to 1 tsp herb.\napply 2 times a day as a cleansing tonic/rinse.\n\nI would also suggest to stop using any commercial bar soaps.\nConsider Dr.Bronners peppermint or teatreeoil castile liquid soap.\nIt is concentrated and you just need a little bit.\n\nBurts Bees also has some very nice acne care products.\n\nYou can get the herbs, oils, Dr Bronners, and Burts Bees at your local health food store.  Good health to you!
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If you have an oily skin, wash your face with a nice face wash atleast 3 times a day.\nDrink plenty of water (10-15 glasses)\nEats lots of fresh fruit and veggies\nDo not eat cheesy stuff or spicy food\nDrink 2 spoonfuls of honey mixed with warm water every morning before eating anyrthing else
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As a general rule, any kind of fruit or veggie is much better for you raw.
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I don't think so. While fruit is good for you, too much fruit can give you diarhhea. If you want a healthier complexion, definately add more fruits and veggis to your diet. Water is also important for healthy skin. Make sure you are drinking at LEAST two eight ounce glasses a day of just water (not juice, soda, hi-c) to help keep you hydrated and flush impurities. Start walking to get your blood flowing, this will help with overall body health too!
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yes, if the rest of your food is healthy (fruit and veggies, whole grains)
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Well define right. If you mean eating sugary foods and sodas once a week, i'm doing great. i think one of the hardest reasons is that people confuse LIGHT with REDUCED FAT. You see reduced fat maybe  a litle less "fattty" than the regular brand. But light has, by law, to be under 0.5% far as fat or sugar. Me am i healthy? i usually get salad once a week and love, LOVE, LOVE fruit salad!! Yum!!
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Well, if you have the time, you can make all the changes you need in a few weeks actually, and over time your body will get better and better.  All you need to do is start to walk.   and for diet eat nothing 'white' potatoes, rice.  Keep to vegs. and fruits and whole grainy stuff.\n\nluv Ava
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fruit is my pick during the day..but be sure to eat it on an empty stomach and do not eat anything else for at least an hour..don't overdo it on the fruit..fruit digests quickly...other foods don't so you need to eat it alone..if you eat it with slow digesting foods it will sit in the stomach with them and ferment causing toxins and weight gain..eat fresh or frozen fruit..check a book for the lowest calories.......as for vegies..eat fresh or frozen..carrots are full of sugar..try dipping broccoli or cauliflower..i have much more to share...i lose weight and eat healthy..
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wash your face with some acne lotion and watch your diet, avoid greasy foods, junk foods etc. try to eat plenty of fresh fruit and drink plenty of water.
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if you over do it your face can be red and feel sort of raw but it should be ok in a day or two and look a lot fresher.
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Hi THere\n\nHere are some tips and especially #4. You must clean out the toxins in the body and a colon cleanse is the answer.\n\n1. Blood Purifying: If we are just beginning a cleansing and healing program, we experience problems. Very common is acne, which is most often a manifestation of an unclean bloodstream. Red clover tea is an excellent blood-cleanser, with a very mild taste. Burdock root tea works fast and well to cleanse the bloodstream. Carrot juice, very pleasant to the taste, cleanses and builds good cell structure. Many families drink green drink, consisting of fresh greens, such as comfrey, parsley, mint, lambs quarters, marshmallow (that is, common mallow), your dandelion and other local greens, blended into a base of pineapple juice in a blender. At first you may wish to strain out the pulp, but it is good for you too, and soon you should become accustomed to it. Some people make a green drink by simply blending the wildings into water, straining out the pulp and sweetening a bit with pure maple syrup or honey. This green drink supplies vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and healing factors in a fresh, assimilable form. \n\n2. Soap and Astringents: If you want to treat your acne externally, be aware that it's not an external problem. I would recommend very sparing use of soaps, which is contrary to most advice on acne. Soap removes the protective oil from the skin and upsets the acid-alkaline balance. Only use soap if your skin is really dirty; otherwise, wash with water. Instead of using thick makeup, which must be soaped off, let your natural healthy glow illuminate your skin. There are mineral-based blush powders which have no chemicals in them; they can be used as blush and as eyeshadow; just make sure when you purchase them that they really have no chemicals, as some cosmetic companies are mimicking the idea but including additives. \n\nSome people recommend astringents to control large pores on oily skin. First of all, your skin won't produce excess oil if you follow the mucusless diet. Although you will be taking adequate oils in your diet, they are in a form assimilable by the body. Probably the worst "junk food" anyone can take is hydrogenated oil--margarine, hydrogenated peanut butter, shortening. These oils have undergone a chemical change which makes their structures unusable by the body. They clog up the digestive tract and bloodstream and cause many problems, including that oily skin that troubles you! Eliminate them from your diet, replacing them with natural oils (olive, safflower, almond, sesame--there are many choices). You'll see a real difference in just about a week. \n\nAs for the large pores, astringents only help for a little while, as they fill the pores with moisture, seeming to close them. But after a short time, the pores return to their normal size. A good diet, plenty of steam-distilled water, exercise, and the consistent use of the blood cleansing herbs mentioned above, will help tighten those pores. In the meantime (and perhaps just for fun) you can make some astringent lotions to apply to your face. Rub some strawberries on your skin and splash them away with water! Squeeze the juice from a cucumber and do the same. Tomatoes, raspberries, and zucchini all gently tone the skin. You can make a "green drink" for the complexion, blending comfrey, fennel, geranium, lavender, marigold, nettles, peppermint, sage or yarrow (any one or combination of these) with pineapple juice to make a thick, thick mush. Put them on the face, containing them with a piece of gauze if necessary, and lie down for a half-hour or so. Rinse off and notice a glowing skin. \n\nGood old-fashioned witch hazel (the distilled herb preserved with some alcohol), which you can still purchase at most pharmacies, is known for its skin-toning abilities. You can combine it with fresh or bottled (unsweetened) apple juice, adding a little rubbing alcohol to preserve. This fresh-smelling astringen
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Yes , water is a cleanser. You should be drinking at least 8 cups per day. Try eating more raw vegetables. If you get Alveeno in the powder packets , you could try makeing a paste with it with water and putting it on the spots . Then 2x per day you could mix the powder in warm water and clean with it. avoid regular soap and makeup till you see improvement. If no improvement after a week or if it gets worse may need to see a physician.