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The Healthy Skin Diet

Diet controls the shape and condition of our bodies, minds, and skin. According to supporters of the ‘Rosacea Diet’, the best diet for someone with Rosacea or another inflammatory skin condition is an alkaline diet.

An alkaline diet is one that is rich in fruits and vegetables, has limited amounts of meat, and avoids grains, sugar, and over-processed foods. It attempts to keep the acid/alkaline or pH balance of the body at its optimal pH level of 7.3–7.4. The theory is that when the body is pushed into a more acidic state by acid-forming foods, stress, and/or poor sleep, the body’s basic mechanisms such as detoxification, elimination, and repair do not function as well as they should and may eventually lead to the formation or exacerbation of disease.

The Basics to an Alkaline Diet

  • Eat 80% alkaline-forming foods and 20% acid-forming foods.
  • Alkaline-forming foods: fresh fruit (especially lemons and watermelon), vegetables, salad greens, almonds, millet, sprouts, raw cider vinegar
  • Acid-forming foods: breads, cake, cereals, crackers, pastas, grains, legumes, vinegar, meat, seafood and fish, nuts, seeds, tofu
  • Avoid: alcoholic drinks, coffee, dairy, sugars, gluten, processed foods, artificial sweeteners, cooked fats and fried food.
  • Drink plenty of fresh clean water
  • Manage stress: exercise regularly, get good sleep, and remember to breathe.