So what exactly is happening inside your body that is causing acne?
For that we have to explore what's happening in your
gastrointestinal (GI) track (i.e. food digestion mechanism).
At any given point your body contains about 10 times more bacteria
than you have cells.
Now this is completely normal. You live in symbiosis with those
bacteria and they perform many vital functions in your body. In fact
you wouldn't be able to survive without bacteria in your body.
We can crudely divide these bacteria into two categories:
o Probiotic or beneficial bacteria (i.e. the good guys)
o Pathological or harmful bacteria (i.e. the bad guys)
Healthy human GI track contains around 85% beneficial and 15%
pathological bacteria. This is when things are working fine and you
are healthy and vibrant.
Still with me?
OK, let's set bacteria aside for a while and take a look at how food
is digested.
Digestion is unbelievably complicate process, and I doubt that
anybody understands it perfectly. However there are few simple
basic truths that help us.
First of all, complete digestion requires the help of multiple enzymes.
Some of these enzymes are manufactured in your body, some we
have to get from the food we eat.
Secondly these enzymes are very delicate and are completely
destroyed by processing and/or cooking.
Thirdly these enzymes are activated only under certain conditions
(in most cases they require certain pH-value).
