Food To Avoid To Prevent Oily Skin

Am sure we have come across the phrase "You are what You eat"? Whether you like it or not your diet will reflect on your skin. If you eat healthy food, you will look healthy. If you eat junk food, you won't be looking good. There are food you need to avoid to keep your oily skin tamed. Numerous factors contribute to oily skin but people with oily skin are more prone to acne or pimples if proper precautions are not attended to. This article will help you get on the right track of skin care, because it is not all about using creams and products (both organic and non-organic); the most basic skin care begins by eating right. so below are listed the types of food to avoid to prevent oily skin:

Avoid Fatty Meats

Fatty meats, such as beef, lamb, bacon and sausage, contain rich amounts of saturated fat -- a fat-form linked with obesity, heart disease and inflammation. You should avoid too much of on fatty meats and try to increasing the amount of fresh fish which in turn gives you a healthier and normalized skin. If you want to get the best of the cold-water fish benefit, you should prepare the fish using low-fat cooking methods, such as baking, broiling and poaching.

Avoid too much of Enriched Flour

Enriched flour is formed through a process in which a whole grain is stripped of much of its nutrient and fiber content. As a result, enriched breads, cereals, pasta and baked goods digest less efficiently and have a higher glycemic index, or impact on your blood sugar, than whole grains. Although research is ongoing, investigative findings show a positive link between a low glycemic diet and reduced instances of acne, according to a "Skin Therapy Letter" report published in 2010. By lowering your "glycemic load," your hormone levels may improve, leading to reduced oil production. For best results, choose whole grains, such as barley, brown rice and oats, instead of enriched flour products most often.

Added Sugars

Added sugars, such as maltose, dextrose, corn syrup, cane sugar and honey, add sweet flavor and calories but few nutrients to many foods and beverages. Like enriched flour, added sugars have a high glycemic index and may offset your blood sugar and hormone levels, leading to increased oil production and a heightened risk for acne. Limit foods and beverages particularly rich in added sugars, such as regular soft drinks, fruit punch, candy, jam, jelly, pancake syrup, frozen desserts and commercially baked cookies, cakes, pies and pastries. Choose fresh fruits and vegetables more often, which have a more positive impact on your blood sugar, skin and overall health. Citrus fruits, apricots, carrots and spinach, for example, contain vitamin A -- a nutrient with properties similar to certain acne medications.

Avoid Salty Snack Foods

Most people require 1,500 mg of sodium per day -- the amount reaped from less than 1 tsp. of table salt. A high-sodium diet can also damage skin health, by increasing inflammation. Salty snack foods, such as potato chips, crackers and french fries, often contain an inflammatory fat form known as trans-fat. Trans-fat may also worsen the effects of oily skin. Healthier snack options include air-popped popcorn seasoned with natural herbs, fresh cut vegetables and low-sodium, whole-grain crackers.

For more tips on oily skin check: How to care for oily Skin

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Are You A 12 O'Clock Man

 

I attended a company sponsored training a couple of years back and the passage below was a time management case study which incidentally is a real life event. 

After we’d read the passage, we were all told to draw the process of how we typically spend our time daily. It wasn't surprising to see that most of the men and some women have become '12 O'clock parents' 

The passage was written by Reuben Abati in 1994 and it was quite surprising that as far back as 19 years ago, this syndrome was already sweeping most Families till date. 

Read the full story after the cut

.....I guessed he would be a banker from the way he was dressed. He later confirmed this, but he does not work in any of these distressed banks he had said. His is a modest bank which has learnt not to conduct his business on the pages of newspapers. And it is doing ‘damn well’. 

He came into the country several years back, a product of a humble background in a village in Western Nigeria. The only advantage at his disposal was a degree in Economics and perhaps, the determination to succeed. Things were hard for him initially as he moved from one job to another, struggling to remain alive, but the ladder of success eventually yielded itself to him and he climbed up rapidly. 

Things became easy. He acquired the basic things of life, took a wife and in a short while three kids followed in quick succession. But with this, all he discovered was that the comfort he had acquired was far from being enough. 

‘so I had to work harder. From Monday to Sunday, I hopped form one engagement to the other, looking for opportunities and any extra that I could earn. It was as if the more opportunities I had, the more pain I had to encounter. I worked myself to the bones. I needed to do so much and I had found a way of enjoying it. I guess I have no option. 

"So what is’ the story in all this," I mused. "Is there any fellow in here or elsewhere who does not work hard to earn his keep?" 

Still, the man continued: "I usually left home by five in the morning and I usually didn’t get back until late in the evening. I also worked on Saturdays. I became pre-occupied with work that the only time I ever spend with my wife and children was Sunday afternoon. At the time I leave for work in the morning, the children will be in bed, when I return late in the night, they would already be asleep. Sunday afternoon was our only rendezvous. They’d go to church in the morning an return by 12, by which time, I’d be awake and ready to spend time with them, before leaving for the club at 4pm. That was how things were, until a month ago…" 

He had to leave home before the kids returned from church. He had fixed a Sunday afternoon appointment with someone and that was the only time he could see the fellow. So, he had to leave. His children returned. It was at this point that the source of his agony began.  The children noticed his absence. They approached their mother and one of them put a question to her wanting to find out the whereabouts not of their father, but of a certain Sunday afternoon visitor. “Mummy”, one of the kids had asked” where is that man who usually comes visiting at 12.00 O’clock on Sundays. Won’t he come today? It is past 12.00.” 

Those where the exact words. The daughter who spoke was speaking the mind of the other two. Our friend had become a stranger in his own home, his children for whom he allegedly toils, so that they can have a future without pressures, think of him as an outsider. 

He eventually went back home that evening. The kids were already in bed, but their mother stayed awake and she proceeded to give a verbatim report of what had happened. He was stunned. His own children? They don’t know him as their father anymore? His wife’s advice was that he should devote more time to his family. 

“You can imagine how I felt. For days, I was sad. So, what is the sense in all my efforts if the people for whom I laboured don’t even know me. That’s why I am here. I need your assistance. I want you to make a public confession, so that others can learn. I believe there must be people like me out there. Follow 12.00 O’clock husbands and wives who are gradually losing contact with their families. I have just joined a group for the protection of the family…these are the people we want to reach. I could have written it myself for public consumption but I don’t have the time to do so and I'm not too sure it will be published…Our assignment is to ensure that the search for opportunities does not destroy the bond within families. 

He was right, wasn’t he? The man is an archetype. There are many like him who still remember the faces of their children only from the photographs in their offices. They are so busy that they do not know what it means to be a father or husband any longer. Their jobs, and the money they make, are the only true families they have. Their wives are no better than slaves. As long as the house is well-furnished and she receives a generous house-keeping allowance, she is not expected to complain. The children, oh! Those little things - what do they need other than a bribe of chocolate? But the meaning of family is soon discovered when crisis sets in. the man realizes that being a family is more than the trinkets he buys for his wife and the bars of chocolates with which he bribes his children. He is confronted with the truth that it is the little things we overlook that matter most, they yield the potential to disrupt our dreams. The society is suffering, there is disorientation, the family, the root of social production is going. It’s gone. It is dying….

My question is are you a 12 O'clock parent? If you are, do you intend to make any changes and if yes, what changes do you intend to make? 

If you're not a 12 O'clock parent, how do you efficiently manage your time that you still have time for your family and other important things of life like spiritual, social etc? Please share your experiences so others can learn. 

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Reuben Abati

 

 

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Black Men, White Women, and Black Women: Part 2

I started this discuss about some thoughts on Culturally socialised  Bias’ with Specific Regard to Black Men, White Women, and Black Women being in relationship. Here is the concluding part of my story. I do hope you enjoy. 

Click here for the first part: http://www.bosydeprincessa.blogspot.com/2013/10/black-men-white-women-and-black-women.html?m=1

In, Ain't I A Woman Bell hooks proposes one theory for this common occurrence. 

"Explanations as to why marriages between white women and black men are more readily accepted than marriages between white men and black women can be found in patriarchal sexual politics. Since white women represent a powerless group when not allied with powerful white men, their marriage to black men is no greater threat to existing white patriarchal rule. In our patriarchal society if a wealthy white woman marries a black man she legally adopts his status. Accordingly a black woman who marries a white man adopts his status; she takes his name and their children are his heirs. Consequently, if a large majority of that small group of white men who dominate decision-making bodies in American society were to marry black women, the foundation of white rule would be threatened."

Furthermore, hooks notes that white women can be seen as a status symbol. Some black man beleive that unions with white women means they have achieved full assimilation and acceptance by whites.

"Those black men who believe deeply in the American dream, which is in essence a masculine dream of dominance and success at the expense of others, are most likely to express negative feelings about black women and positive feelings about white women. It is not surprising that the black male who finds self-affirmation on the terms set forth by white men would desire a white woman. Because he is living every moment of his life in competition with white men… In fact, if white men decided at any given moment that owning a purple female was the symbol of masculine status and success, black men in competition with white men would have to try and possess a purple female."

I’ve been told many times, by white man that I’ve try to seek out only in friendship, that they are not attracted to black women. This is due to our society’s large devaluation of black women. Black women are always portrayed in negative stereotypes, and to this day are still seen as unsuitable friends and undesirable sexual partners. There’s the asexual doting mammy, the promiscuous jezebel, the angry sapphire, and the black men dressed in female clothing so as to ridicule our clothing and speech, render us asexual, and “emasculate” the black man. Black men who have come to view the white women as a status symbol that must be “acquired” are those that both accept and and hope to affirm white patriarchy. Part of this system is a negative view of blacks, and a belief that men should have power over women (in this case white women).

One could argue that women are more open to interracial relationships because they have been taught to give men access to their bodies. Sexist conditioning teaches men that they have unlimited access to women’s bodies. Women are raised to believe they must attract a mate by being sexual available, subservient, and agreeable. Men have been raised to avoid women they precieve as being too forward. Events like the “Sadie Hawkins Dance”, or “The Backwards Dance”, highlight how unusual it is for women to ask out a man and that such phenomenons should only occur once a year. This could explain why relations between black men and white women are more common than white men and black women. White men are discouraged from pursuing relations with black women because this is seen as a threat to patriarchy. (See here)

Another argument has to do with western standards of beauty. Blonde hair and blue eyes are seen as the peak of attractiveness. Black men and women have both internalized this view on what is womanly and beautiful. While black women struggle to live up to this standard that shouldn’t apply to us, black men continually search for a women that’s society tells us is beautiful. The black men that claims to be exclusively attracted to white women are the same as white men who say they would never seek a relationship with a black women. Both have accepted the idea that white is better. Both have internalized this form of racism. One is hurt by it, while the other continues to reap it’s benefits. This is white-suprematist-capitalist-patriarchy.

Like hooks, I reject the idea that “black men who confess to loving white women and hating black women or vice versa are simply expressing personal preferences free of culturally socialized biases.” In addition, I don’t think that black men in relationships with white women are malicious racists. I do, however, think that one’s sexual preferences are not free from racist-sexist conditioning. Outside forces, largely the media, shape one’s sexual preferences more than one may think. It’s important for everyone to examine their biases, and attractions, and see that these things are hardly formed naturally.

Disclaimer, the intent of this piece was not to throw shade at anyone’s relationship or existence, but instead I hope to start a debate and self-examination.

Sources

1. hooks, bell. “Continued Devaluation of Black Womanhood, The Imperialism of Patriarchy.” Ain’t I a woman: Black women and feminism. Boston, MA: South End Press, 1981. 61-64, 112-113. Print.

2. Hofstadter, Richard. The paranoid style in American politics, and other essays.. [1st ed. New York: Knopf, 1965. Print.

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