What are the causes for dry skin and what are the right foods?

There are many causes for dry skin. Millions of people suffer dry skin in the world. The causes include:

• Dry skin might be due to a genetic condition
• Due to dry cold weather in winter
• There can be no natural lubrication of the skin and this causes dehydration of the skin
• Environmental factors like exposure to sun, weather, chemicals including cosmetics or excessive use of soaps
• Skin disease like eczema, psoriasis etc. can cause dry skin
• Poor diet with vitamins deficiency can support to form dry skin
• Drugs can have dry skin as side effect
• Diabetes or under active thyroid can cause dry skin

Food and healthy lifestyle can help to have a better skin. A good diet includes vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds and legumes. Protein from vegetables is good to skin and increase the intake of raw food. Sulphur containing foods like onion, garlic and asparagus can help to keep the skin smooth. Yellow and orange colour vegetables have many antioxidants. The beta-carotene from carrots is very valuable for skin.

Flax seed oil can be added to salads and other food which need not be cooked. Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are necessary to produce Prostaglandins which supports skin health. Vegetables and fruits contain valuable vitamin A and C. Quark, natural plain yoghurt, yeast and wheat germ are rich in pantothenic acid – vitamin B5 which is important for skin health.

Drink 2 to 3 litres of fluids everyday and if you sweat more then drink more. Water keeps the skin well hydrated.

Fried foods, processed foods, animal fats and hydrogenated oils must be avoided. Avoid heating oil and use only cold pressed oils. Junk foods, chips, products with sugar, chocolates and soft drinks must be consumed rarely and it is better to avoid them.

Caffeine and alcohol can dehydrate the body and this is bad for skin health. Avoid all soft drinks which contain caffeine.

Do not take bath in hot water and the shower or bath must be short. Moisturize your skin immediately after your bath or shower.

What is the connection between chronic low back pain and constipation?

The cause for chronic low back pain is not always the structural problems of the spinal cord.

The constipation can be a reason and the symptoms include:

• There will be no relief after your therapies like physical therapy, chiropractic, massage, acupuncture etc.
• Inconsistent bowel movements
• Difficulty in passing stool

The reason is very simple. If there are no proper bowel movements it leads to bad bacterial overgrowth and inflammation. The intestines can be inflamed and swollen. This can prevent the abdominals from working. You need the abdominals to stabilize the muscles of the back. When they stop working and inflamed your back has no support. This causes chronic low back pain.

Mostly the culprits for the constipation are your bad diet and inadequate intake of fluids. All junk foods, processed foods, refined sugar and flour and excess caffeine can cause constipation. You must change your lifestyle and must take more fresh food. Plant oils are also necessary in your food for good bowel movement. A healthy lifestyle helps to reduce your weight also.

Drink 2 to 3 litres of fluids and 70% must be water. Here the probiotics can help to replace the bad bacteria. Physical activity is vital to stimulate the intestines. Try to avoid stress. If there is stomach problems think about food intolerances also.

It is in your hands to do something good to you.

Pimple or Acne and Food

Is acne a skin disease?

Many think so but it is not. The real problem is acne develops from inside the body, not outside. Our skin is an organ of the elimination of waste products from our body, the process is sweating and we loose minerals and other waste products.

What are the causes for acne?

The possibility is, too much of toxins inside our body can lead to inflammation in the skin causing clogged pores and acne. If we cannot remove these toxins, it is also not possible to treat acne.

Food allergies cause acne and other skin diseases.

Acne is a chronic skin disease common in adolescence, involving inflammation of the sebaceous glands and characterized by pustules on the face, neck and upper trunk.

Hormone imbalance may cause, but it is extremely over-rated.


What to do if there is acne or pimples during Puberty?

Almost every girl and boy gets acne during puberty. Wash your face several times in a day with cold or warm water. The soap used must be unperfumed and an antiseptic soap is worth to try. Never pick or squeeze the spots and this paves the way for the infection.

Drink lot of water (2 to 3 litres/day, if you sweat more, work physically hard, living in a hot country 4 to 6 liters must be drunk); if you sweat more you have to drink more. Eat freshly cooked food; avoid processed food, fast food, junk food, chips, sweets and soft drinks to minimize the problems. If it is too serious go to your doctor and he may decide to use hormones or other medicines. But you must ask your doctor to explain you all the advantages and disadvantages of such treatment. Be careful always with hormones.

Foods which contain hormones must be completely avoided completely. If available use only organic vegetables.


What is your opinion about the use of birth control pills for acne?

It is totally wrong and the full page advertisements in USA addressing directly the young women for this also not correct. The reasons why not to use include:

The reason for acne lies in junk foods and other food rich in carbohydrates like too much of rice, sweets, chips and chocolates. A reasonable food can help when acne is there.

The hormones in the oral contraceptive pills can help but we should not forget the risk of cancer. That means the price for this acne treatment may be very high, breast cancer.

Reduce the amount of carbohydrates, chips and the so called junk foods. Eat more vegetables – here a raw salad would do wonder – and fruits. Fruits and vegetables must be eaten 3 to 4 times a day.


How can food allergies cause acne?

If you eat a food which is allergic to you it may lead to continuous toxic reactions in your body because your immune system fights with this food as if it is fighting against invading bacteria or other micro-organisms. This can cause inflammation of the skin.

Which foods can cause acne?

Any food can cause food allergy and this is capable of causing acne. Milk and milk products are a common cause in many persons.

Is it difficult to find our own allergy to different foods?

This is possible and the best method to find out the allergies, but lot of patience and time are necessary to find out.
Food allergies may happen immediately after consuming or often it is a delayed allergy. We advice the patients not to take processed or unknown foods during this time because milk products, grains, legumes and pulses are almost everywhere and this makes it difficult to find out the problem food.
Take notice of a food, eat it, wait for four days and during this period if you do not have any allergic reaction then this food is safe and in this manner we have to test all your food what you eat. You can identity the villains by yourself and also be happy to see that how many wonderful food you can eat and enjoy without any itching.

Is there any connection between genes and food for allergies?

Few believe this because genes may not be able to recognize many modern food and so the problems. It may be, but when I think about me and brinjal allergy, then the brinjal is a very old vegetable and should be well known to my genes. It may be the same with cow milk. More research must be done to understand more about this.

Are antibiotics good for the treatment of acne?

For the time being you may get some relief from antibiotics but the foods which cause the allergy must be found out and eliminated from your diet and this is the only success in this fight.

Are there medical tests to find out food allergies?

Yes, there are hundreds of food could be tested to find out your allergy to some foods. In extreme cases I have seen persons who have allergy to almost 90% of their food and a good dietician can do wonder there, of course, with the help of the doctor.

Consult your doctor and he will send you to the correct laboratory to do these tests. From very little blood these can be found out.

What is a chloracne?

Prolonged contact with certain chlorinated compounds such as naphthalene, diphenyls can bring an occupational or environmental chloracne.

A friend of mine called me and asked my advice regarding acne of his wife which came very suddenly. Everything was same and there were no suspects and the food allergy tests were negative. Finally I met them and had a talk. She worked in a chemical company where they packed several chemicals in small packets and few contain chlorinated products. She agreed to leave the job and within a short time the chloracne problem vanished.

What about the chlorine in our drinking water and in swimming pools?

Chlorine is toxic and is used to kill the bacteria present in drinking water and swimming pools. It can produce health problems such as chloracne, skin rashes and eczema. It is well known that the chlorinated organic compounds are carcinogens and the list of problems with chlorine and chlorinated compounds is very long. It is better to avoid, if it is possible and a good detoxification system is necessary to eliminate these from our body.

What about water filters?

It is possible to filter chlorine or chlorinated compounds; you ask the shop to give the technical specification for the removal of chlorine and chlorinated compounds and see the capacity of the filter to remove from a big quantity of water. If not, after sometime it is useless and cannot bind these chemicals.

Unfortunately I could not get the information about silver from the companies which market these filters. Six week correspondence through e-mails and phone calls could not bring any result although I promised that my cousin buys it immediately if they give the answer.

What do you forget to tell?

Iodine makes you to suffer more if you are acne prone. Excessive iodine can irritate pores, resulting in acne flare-ups. Excessive use of iodized salt must be prevented and be careful with fast foods and milk.

Avoid seaweeds including the seaweed that is used to wrap Japanese sushi, prawns and shellfish.

It is found that persons who suffer from acne have mostly zinc deficiency and foods rich in zinc must also be regularly included in their food. Zinc plays a vital role in our immune system.

Books advised to read from Dr. K. Padmanaban include:

Food and our Health – Facts and Misconceptions
Sexual Abuse of Children and Sex Health Education
Side Effects of Medicines available in India

To get this as Ebook or to purchase contact Aaron Verlag Publishers Private Ltd., Chennai India. For further information www.aaronverlag.com

Male Infertility

More than 16 hours away from home to work, tension, tiredness, poor water and fluid intake, processed or junk or fast food consumption regularly, environmental poisons, less physical work, almost no antioxidants in the food are reasons enough for the infertility in men. The expectation makes a man also psychologically in a bad position which is not also advantageous for the reproduction.

Are there more factors which affect the power of reproduction in a man? Yes, there are many and they include:

• diabetes
• undescended testicles
• hormone imbalances (hypothyroidism, hypogonadism)
• obesity
• hereditary
• sexually transmitted diseases – infection
• mumps
• autoimmune diseases
• liver, kidney diseases
• abuse of anabolic steroids
• certain medicines
• abuse of narcotic drugs and designer or party drugs
• chemotherapy
• diet low in antioxidants
• exposure to toxic metals
• exposure to xenoestrogens like pesticides
• erection problems
• premature ejaculation
• excessive exercise or physical activity
• wearing tight pants and underwear
• hot bath
• prolonged sitting work
• radiation and radiation therapy
• poor sperm quality
• poor movement of sperm
• low sperm count

If you want to avoid infertility the above conditions must be changed. For many men it helps to make the wife pregnant. It is easy with a counseling to change this. The medical provider, dietician and counselor must be good to solve these problems.

If there are other reasons, the necessary hormones and other estimations must be done in the blood. The medical history is also important here.

Do not forget, in infertility the problem lies on 30% with men, 30% with women and 40% on both.

The risks are completely avoided, the hormone therapy is also done, still no success, what to do? The other treatments considered may be:

1. Artificial insemination - placing sperm directly in the cervix or uterus.
2. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection - placing individual sperm cells directly inside the woman's eggs.
3. In vitro fertilization - fertilizing the egg outside the womb and then returning it to the uterus.

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