On one of my recent article, someone wanted to know if it's okay to put toothpaste on their pimples. Okay, so I decided to just to create a article on that because if there's more than one person thinking that they need to get this information. First thing to know is that toothpaste is formulated for your teeth, not for your skin. There are several ingredients in toothpaste that are not good for your skin. First one is sodium bicarbonate as baking soda. The pH is nine. It's very alkaline. Your skin is acidic, it's five. So anytime you start to neutralize the acid on your surface of your skin. You're going to irritate it.
Okay, so baking soda is not good to put on the outside of your body. Also, it's going to disrupt your natural Flora of your bacteria of your skin. Next one sodium lauryl sulfate, this compound actually can reduce plaque on your teeth. So when you put on your skin, it's going to be too harsh, it's going to remove the oil layer, it's going to irritate the skin, it can actually even cause a rash that might look like acne. Next one is try close in.
Certain studies show that it may make your bacteria resistant to antibiotics. But number four is probably the most important thing to know. The fluoride in your toothpaste could create a condition called Flora derma, which looks just like acne is a real interesting book that I read and I actually did a video on it. I'll put a link for the book and the video down below. And so if you're rubbing fluoride on your skin or consuming tap water with fluoride, or taking a shower in water that has fluoride, it may worsen your skin. This is why I recommend using a fluoride filter for your shower. So if you want nice skin, don't use toothpaste on your acne. Instead, do these four things right here, reduce your carbs get on a ketogenic diet. Why? Because carbs increase insulin, which then increases androgens, and too many antigens cause acne, as in pcls, polycystic ovarian syndrome.
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doing fasting intermittent fasting is probably one of the most powerful things you can do for your skin. Next one probiotics because if you don't have enough good bacteria in your gut, it actually can affect the bacteria on the surface of their skin. And actually cause not only acne, but all sorts of issues with the skin.
And last one is to avoid dairy since dairy does have certain hormones like estrogen and that can throw off your hormonal balance and produce acne as well. If people are estrogen dominant, they get cystic acne. Alright, thanks for watching.
