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A Balanced Diet Gives You Shiny Skin, Free Of Acne

"Your food is your grave," said the famous dramatist and author
Bernard Shaw. He was a strict vegetarian too. "My stomach is not
the graveyard to bury the dead animals," he said of the
non-vegetarian food.

Well, I would not like to touch upon his second statement in
this article and concentrate on the topic of the good diet for
you, that is, the balanced diet. If you take good food, you will
have a healthy body and a glowing skin. If you take wrong food,
the impurity will erupt out of the skin in the form of acne.

Have you watched the birds and animals? They have a fixed time
to eat and a fixed time to rest. You can't make your most
faithful dog, eat against its wishes. It may obey any other
command of the master, but as for its eating, it has its own
rules and regulations.

And we, the human beings- the so called, rational beings;
hailed as the crown of Creation; most affectionate children of
God! We are prepared to eat anything at any time.

Have you ever realized that there are some more partners in
your food intake company, apart from those taste buds dancing on
the tongue? Have you ever thought about the quality of food you
partake? Do you even know that high cholesterol level leads to
hardening of arteries, which could result in heart disease or
heart attack?

Your intake of food and drink needs to be healthy. Take sugar
in moderate quantity, and get your cholesterol checked at
periodical levels. If it crosses 200, consult your doctor
immediately. And take note- you alone are responsible for your
present physical condition!

Fat in your body is measured by a method called Body Mass Index
(BMI). For a woman who is physically fit, it should be around
21% to 31%. If she is fit like a model, it could be as low as
10%. For men, it should be between 14% to 25% levels. For an
athlete body, it could be again as low as 2%.

Remember, most of the diseases are invited by you. Diseases do
not come by themselves, unless you create conditions for their
comfortable existence in your body by your wrong living. Wrong
diet is believed to be the cause of acne attack as well. Fruit
juice is certainly good for the glow of your skin. Acne just
wants an excuse to make your skin its abode for a fairly long
period.

The golden rule of good diet is to avoid all types of junk
food. Take seasonal fruits and vegetables. Prefer vegetables
full of fiber. Nature gives appropriate things at the
appropriate seasons. Follow it. Don't confront it. Avoid
artificially flavored food and drinks.