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Free Acne Book (click on the face to open waisays.com) WaiSays.com was the result of doing research for a book. Originally we were just doing research about the relation between diet and the skin, but the more scientific studies we read (mostly financed by pharmaceutical companies), the more we discovered that ‘they’ very well know the causes of major diseases, which they publicly pretend not to know. The reason: Those studies are financed for one reason only; to make money. These pharmaceutical companies are not there to make us healthier, they are just there to make money, by ‘exploring pharmaceutical solutions’. They don’t want you to know the causes of diseases and prevent them, they just want you to buy their drugs. And since these are commercial companies, it would be unfair to expect any differently. The problem is, however, that our healthcare system relies on findings from such scientific studies, mostly financed by pharmaceutical companies, either directly or indirectly (sponsoring of universities). This system is therefore ‘designed’ to make us more dependent on drugs than to prevent disease. Do we want that? Free Acne Book Titled: "No More Cellulite, No More Acne, No More Overweight" by Wai Genriiu In this free acne book is explained how food can cause acne (if your skin produces much sebum), cellulite and overweight, and how you can eliminate these by adapting your diet. How to print out this book Without having to read the entire book, you can easily test whether this diet works for you too by maintaining the free Acne Sample Diet during two weeks. About 90% of acne patients can eliminate their acne by adapting their diet, in the remaining 10% of acne patients the levels of specific hormones are too much elevated and can cause acne all by themselves. Testimonies can be found here For more information about the book (and about the author), click here Good luck! Wai Disclaimer Preface Contents Part 1 : Food & The Skin Chapter 01. The Use Of Fire 02. Downsides Of Using Heat To Prepare Food 03. Altered Protein 04. Protein Digestion 05. Protein In The Skin 06. Decomposition Of Redundant Protein 07. Protein & Water 08. Swollen Skin 09. Dry Skin 10. How To Get Rid of Excessive Moisture 11. Cellulite 12. Cellulite: Visibility of Fat Cells 13. Cellulite & Skin-tone 14. Cellulite & Treatments 15. Acne; In Short 16. Acne & Hygiene 17. Acne & Hormones 18. Acne & Peeling 19. How To Eliminate Acne 20. What Type of Acne 21. Susceptibility to Acne 22. Menstruation & Acne 23. Acne & Diet-results Part 2 : Nutrients and Toxins Chapter 24. What Foods Are Included In This Diet? 25. Sufficient Energy 26. Nutrients In Fruits and Animal Food 27. Calcium Requirements 28. Nutrients In Natural Foods 29. Vitamins 30. Minerals 31. How About Vegetables, Grains and Beans? 32. Harmful Substances In Our Foods 33. Hormones & Antibiotic Residues 34. Toxins In Prepared Foods 35. Cholesterol 36. About Bacteria; Raw Is Not Dangerous 37. Parasites 38. Conclusion: This Diet Is Much Healthier Part 3 : The Diet Chapter 39. Maintaining This Diet Part 3A 40. Ideal Fruit-combinations 41. Fruits To Go 42. Salads & Shakes 43. Fruits In General 44. About Consuming Nuts Part 3B 45. About Fresh Raw Fish 46. About Fresh Raw Egg Yolk Part 3C 47. Remember That... 48. The Rules 49. The Obstacles 50. Cravings 51. Traps 52. How To Pick Munch-foods 53. Protein Contents 54. Single Munch-food Items 55. Munch-food Meals Part 4 : Losing Weight Naturally and Lastingly Chapter 56. About Overweight 57. Dieting 58. Set-point Weight 59. What Foods To Eat 60. Utilizing Body-fat Most Efficiently 61. The Glycogen Method 62. About Working Out 63. Part-4 Summary Appendix A: Food Causing Constipation Appendix B: Nutrient Contents of Fruits and Animal Foods Glossary References DISCLAIMER Before you start to change your diet, you first need to carefully read the entire book. If you consume food from plant or animal origin without having fully acted upon all the regarding recommendations in this book, we are in no way responsible for any adverse effects on your health. Preface No More Cellulite No More Acne No More Overweight No More Cellulite Don't you think it is about time that you get to know what actually causes cellulite? Don't you want to know why you have cellulite, but some women don't? They tell you that it is because of the fat, but you know plenty of skinny women who have cellulite too. And you hardly eat fat foods. You have tried all commercial treatments, but your cellulite did not go away. The reason: Something caused the cellulite, and no matter what pills you swallow, what cream you use or what massage or treatment they give you, it will never take away the cause. If you want to eliminate cellulite, you have to take away the cause. In this book is explained how cellulite is caused, and how you can eliminate cellulite by preventing the uptake of the substances that cause cellulite. To eliminate cellulite totally, you need to adapt your diet. And that is all it takes: no creams, no massage-machines, and no products that you need to buy. You will be eating lots of fruits, but also some food from animal origin, and you can still enjoy some delicious 'munch-foods' daily. If you stick to this diet, your cellulite will be drastically decreased after 2 months, but it can take up to a year to totally eliminate extremely severe cellulite. Back to the 'Contents' page Introduction to the cause of cellulite What is cellulite, and how to eliminate it No More Acne A more strict diet is required to totally eliminate acne. Acne is not at all restricted to puberty. Acne is not due to dirt in your pores, and you therefore cannot eliminate acne by the use of cleansing lotions. In acne inflammations are caused by the accumulation of sebum in the skin due to pinched off sebum canals. The reason why not that many people have acne is because it also requires a high sebum production; only if much sebum is produced will the pinched off sebum canals make your skin clog. How much sebum is produced is individually different and regulated by hormones. But there is nothing wrong with the hormones that regulate your sebum production; studies have shown that in acne metabolism of these hormones is does not have to be impaired at all. There is also nothing wrong with a high sebum production; it keeps your outer skin flexible (if it reaches the surface). Doctors can give you hormones that decrease your natural sebum production, but their effect is only temporary and can even have adverse long-term effects (and severe side-effects). The only sensible thing to do is to target the cause. The cause is that in acne the sebum canals are pinched off, which blocks the deportation of sebum. There is nothing wrong with your sebum production, it is just that the pinching off makes it accumulate in your skin, causing inflammations. In this book is explained how this exactly happens, and how you can totally eliminate acne by preventing the uptake of the food-substances that make your skin pinch off sebum canals. Back to the 'Contents' page Introduction to the cause of acne About the cause, and how to eliminate acne No More Overweight We are increasingly becoming fatter. And because we do so rapidly, you already know that the claim that obesity is genetically determined is false since our great-grandparents were not obese, and that is where the genes came from. Of course pharmaceutical companies love to sell us drugs that can 'compensate for our genetic shortcomings', but genetically determined obesity is extremely rare. 'They' also like you to believe that if you eat little fat and sugar, if you exercise, and eat healthy foods like diet products, dairy products, salads, vegetables and some fruits, you will not be No More Cellulite, No More Acne, No More Overweight overweight. So, that you have to buy their diet products. (And if that doesn't work, you must conclude that your overweight is 'obviously' genetically determined) But Americans and the English consume less fat than people in major European countries, while the Americans and English are fatter. In fact, if you maintain a diet that is very low in sugars and fat, you are telling your body that there is a lack of the right foods, which stimulates your body to hold on to your spare energy and to increase its appetite for anything possibly edible. You can try to fight your body, but even if your willpower is extremely strong, you can never win over your body's needs and have peace. And if you start working out, you will burn much more sugars and just a little bit more fat than before; the share of fat in total energy expenditure will be lower. When you are done exercising and you have used up the energy, you will have burned far less body-fat than if you would have utilized that same quantity of energy by low- energy activities like walking or shopping. The harder you work out, the less body-fat is utilized, but more sugars, and you therefore will be more hungry. The good part is that your body wants to lose the extra weight, and will do so if you don't make it too hard on your body; by nature every animal (including humans) tends to weigh the optimum weight (the set-point weight). Your body will automatically lose weight if you are helping instead of fighting your body.
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