Saturday 11 August 2012

Vitamin B: Fighting acne

If you really want to give acne a kicking in the rear end, vitamin B will be your best friend.

You're not going to believe it, the family of vitamin B's actually help to maintain healthy skin! I mean hello, if that's not clue enough for you to hoop in your car or on the bus right now... o.O. (I'll wait till you come back..) Defiency in vitamin B can result in some eauty woes such as, swelling of bodily tissue, chapped lips, high sensitivtiy to sunlight, dermatitis and acne.

There are many different types of vitamins B- like vitamin B6. This particular source of vitamin B is found in animal foods, whole grains, avocado and potatoes and ladies it may even help reduce acne associated with menstrual cycle.

With supplemented doses, vitamin B6 has been shown to reduce inflammatory acne.

Foods to eat (vitamin B6): Fortified breakfast cereals, salmon, tuna, pork, chicken, bananas, vegetables, peanut butter.


* Supplement doese of 50 milligrams once daily.


Vitamin B3 also known as Niacin can help improve blood flow to the skin and can be useful in managing acne.

Foods to eat: meat, poultry, dairy products, peanuts, almonds, seed, whole grains, enriched breakfast cereals and wheat bran.

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