Vitamins and Acne

Treating acne is about a healthy lifestyle just as much as it is about applying the right creams and washing your face regularly. One way to improve your health is by getting the right vitamins. If you wonder whether or not your diet has all the nutrients, it certainly doesn’t hurt to take supplementary vitamins (the pill kind). However, the best way to get these vitamins is the natural way—through healthy food. Here is a list of the five vitamins that can play a role in improving your skin’s health and fighting your acne.

Vitamin A

At the top of the list is the first vitamin in the alphabet—vitamin A. Studies have demonstrated that people with high levels of vitamin A have low levels of acne. Thus, it is possible that vitamin A supplements can help to fight excess acne. To get your vitamin A, eat carrots, broccoli, spinach, peaches, mangos, yams, and other orange and dark leafy vegetables.

Vitamin B-2 and B12

The B vitamins are not directly tied to skin health or even acne fighting. Instead, they are tied to stress reduction. Vitamin B-2 and B12 provide proteins that enhance blood health, maintain energy levels, and stave off fatigue. They are remarkably effective in their ability to maintain balanced stress levels. As you may know, lower stress levels mean less acne breakout. Get the B-2 and B12 vitamins by eating seafood, eating eggs, and getting more leafy green veggies.

Vitamin B-3

Eating seafood, peanuts, sunflower seeds, and beets is a great way to introduce Vitamin B-3 into your diet. B-3 enhances skin health by improving circulatory and digestive system functions.

Vitamin C

Vitamin C is easy and enjoyable to put into your diet. Just about every fruit has copious amounts of this wonderful vitamin. Vitamin C is a basic and necessary element of healthy skin, helping to improve circulation and the skin’s immune ability.

Zinc

Some people have touted zinc as the wonder mineral, even claiming that it has cured every bodily ailment, acne included. Although not everyone will experience a total-acne cure from obtaining more zinc, there are remarkable health benefits that zinc provides. It boosts immunity, heals wounds, synthesizes protein, improves liver health, and keeps the reproductive organs healthy. Trace amount of zinc is present in oysters, red meat, whole grains, and nuts.