Vitamins For the Prevention of Acne

If you're tired of trying remedies and over-the-counter solutions for fighting your acne, it may help to know that acne prevention and care often comes down to simple vitamin and mineral deficiencies.

Even if you eat well and are careful about nutrition your skin may not be getting the essentials that it needs. Just as with any other bodily organ, your skin needs good nutrition that includes vitamins and minerals that provide antioxidant benefits for ridding the body of free radicals and toxins.

But did you know that certain vitamins and minerals can help prevent acne as well? Yes, certain key vitamins can do the following:

- Help you maintain healthy skin

- Keep your hormones in balance & filter them from your bloodstream quickly

- Maintain good skin tone

- Reduce Skin bacteria & infections

- Promote healing of skin and reduce scars

So what are these antioxidants and how much does your body need for the prevention of acne?

Vitamin A

Studies have show that a Vitamin A deficiency can actually cause acne; in fact Vitamin A is needed for maintaining acne free skin. That's because Vitamin A reduces oil production and helps strengthen the protective tissue of the skin. If you have acne, the recommended dose10,000 IU (International Unit), however pregnant women should contact their doctor before taking anything over 5000 IU daily.

Vitamin B

There are several benefits to taking Vitamin B and one of the biggest is helping you maintain good skin tone. Additionally there are tremendous added benefits for relieving anxiety and stress and studies have shown that stress can be a major contributor to acne.

The B vitamins have several components which are Niacin (B3), Thiamine (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Pantotheneic Acid (B5) and Pyridoxine (B6). These are all big contributors to promoting and maintaining healthy skin. The recommended daily dose for fighting acne is 100 mg 3 times daily of B1, B2 and B5, B6 and 200 mg 3 times daily of B3.

Vitamin C

Taking Vitamin C with bioflavanoids has an anti-inflammatory effect. It also aids in the healing of your skin and is beneficial in boosting your immune system. Vitamin C also removes toxins and other pollutants from your body

The recommended daily dose for fighting acne is 3000-5000 mg.

Chromium

Skin infections can be reduced with the aid of Chromium, however Chromium isn't easily absorbed through foods and it has been noted that high levels of sugar in your diet can deplete your chromium levels, so taking a supplement of chromium picolinate or chromium polynicotinate can help. The recommended daily dose for fighting acne 150 mcg (micrograms) per day.

Vitamin E

Taking Vitamin E has been shown to play an important role in protecting skin from environmental and oxidative damage and has great healing components, especially for acne. Vitamin E helps in enriching red blood cells with oxygen, which can fight against acne causing bacteria. It also speeds up the process of removing dead cells that accumulate in the pores or hair follicles, which can result in acne. It's also an excellent remedy for dry skin as well. The recommended daily dose for fighting acne is 400 IU.

Vitamin E can also be applied over skin before bedtime. Vitamin E oil moisturized the skin and its anti-oxidants can help heal acne scars. You can also get Vitamin E in foods such as almonds, sunflower seed kernels, sunflower oil wheat germ oil, and hazelnuts.

Zinc

Zinc helps prevent scarring and helps promote fast healing of your pimples. Zinc is found in several foods such as meat and poultry, sea foods, whole grains, oats, beans, nuts, dairy products and pumpkin seeds but Zinc is one of those minerals that isn't absorbed well through foods so taking a zinc supplement in the form of zinc gluconate and zinc oxide or zinc picolinate can help your acne. 60-80mg daily is recommended, however it is not recommended to take more than 80 mg a day.

Note: Pregnant women and those with various skin conditions and illnesses should always consult a physician before taking vitamins or minerals.

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