True Health Project

Quite impossible to believe? Read on so you may see their relationship. We all know that the digestive system is responsible for the break down of our food intake into essential amino and fatty acids, sugars and glycerine so it can be absorbed and used up by the body. In order to efficiently function, we rely on the nutrients processed by the digestive system.

Since our body rely on the type of food we eat, it is but natural to expect that anything that happens to the digestive system will manifest themselves outside the body. Such an example is when one eats infected raw meat. One may pass helminths or worms in the stool as a consequence of eating infected raw meat. The same thing happens with our skin. When our digestive system does not work properly, problems in this system manifests in our skin. A slow functioning digestive system maybe the culprint of many skin disorders such as eczema, boils, body odor and in particular, acne.

Depending on how well the digestive system breaks down the food we eat, our body uses these processed food for energy. This system may fail as a result of overfatigue and stress leading to increase production of body toxins giving rise to various skin diseases including acne. When such condition persists, other system of our body gets affected and ultimately damages the whole body.

Essential in the digestive process is the HCL or hydrochloric acid. This is the substance that helps breakdown and process the different nourishment we take into complex substances for distribution and utilization of the different organs and systems of the body. Any alteration in the level of hydrochloric acid as well as its pH will have a resultant effect to the whole system but will certainly manifest on the skin. Some of the conditions that may affect the hydrochloric acid’s ph and level are (1) attacks of P. Helicobacter- this is the bacteria responsible for causing duodenal ulcer of which alters the pH of the HCL, (2) excessive intake of junk foods and lesser food intake – this further alter’s pH and level of HCL acid in the stomach, with less food, high levels and high pH of the HCL acid (3) excess dietary sugar and fats (4) hypothyroidism and malfunctioning adrenalin glands – which slows the metabolic rate resulting to slow digestive process.

Changes in the level of ydrochloric contributes to prevalence of adult acne in addition to other serious diseases and skin disorders. If you are using antibiotics for a long time, this can also cause decrease in  HCL in the stomach. Due to the reaction of the body to excess chemicals in the body from long term usage of antibiotics, acne develops as a manifestation of impaired immune system. This condition along with a sluggish digestive system causes the acne to flare up resulting to acne vulgaris. This are big, multiple acne that almost covers entirely the face. The toxins that the body cannot excrete is excreted in the skin, since it is the largest organ of the body and also functions as an excretory system.

Antibiotics that has been prescribed for minor ailments typically destroys the target bacteria or organism. But any living organism, when subjected to the same mode and intensity of treatment develops immunity against it, thus the usual treatment given will no longer be effective, yet it will cause the target bacteria to mutate, making it difficult to destroy. In addition, our reliance on taking the same antibiotic without proper physician consultation helps to mask certain disease process and will only manifest through the skin as our immune system weakens.

Research results  shows that diet plays an important role in acne prevention. Notice that the people who does not follow the western diet have fewer serious acne outbreaks? Western diet constitutes fried foods, burgers and soda. It is generally less healthy than the diet followed by people who live East.

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