I have found that 5,000-10,000 iu daily together with 300 mg magnesium has really upped my blood glucose control and mood, and that my digestion has improved.
I had a severe reduction in
Acne in January, when I started D3 at 10,000 iu a day,but I had also combined it with a no-dairy, no-sugarproducts, no-fatty oils diet.
Basically I'd have to say that dairy and high milkfat/broken down fats contribute a great deal to
Acne for me, especially considering the skin's role as an excretory organ. It's a bit sad that the face is the first part effected, but to be honest, it's a great diagnostic tool. If you consider the region of the face that is most effected by
Acne against a chinese medicine diagnostic chart of the face, you can interestingly trace the part of your digestive or whole-body system that is having issues. I find that acne is most often related to parts of the digestive system irritated by animal-product toxins or overloads.
I had about two weeks recently where I went entirely off D3, and ate some pork chops and cheese. Guess what? Acne again!
What can I say, except that we are very fortunate to have rich information available right at our fingertips about the effects of diet, nutrition and sunglight? And even moreso, that sunlight is available in a bottle. ;p I know that sounds sick to most of our naturopaths, but it's important to remember that location, weather, cloud cover, temperature and latitude all can act together to restrict our available sun.
Be very attentive when on D3 that you do not end up overabsorbing calcium. You will be just fine if you have boron and k2 together in your D3-formula, because K2 helps direct the calcium only to the organs that need it! D3 ups the absorbtion of all nutrients, whether from pharmeceutical or natural origin. Your best bet is: kelp, spirulina or chlorella tablets as your multivitamin daily, fresh orange or lemon juice (in a pinch
citric acid e/vitamin C tablets will do. Vitamin C has a major antiviral effect), a dark green salad with an olive oil dressing, and plenty of fresh fruit and colorful vegetables to keep materials moving through your intestinal tract.
For your skin health nothing is quite as powerful as a conscious eater. The story of your food starts showing on your face in about seven days, and remembering to eat nuts and sunflower seeds will provide a good deal of the nutrients and healthy fats (omega 3-6-9, etc) to help keep your skin supple and healthy from the inside.
D3 will not likely keep irritants in your food from showing up on your face-map, but it does help the digestive system to work much more efficiently! Also a good news: chocolate of the right type actually helps contribute to good health, in small amounts, at 70% cocoa or higher. Yes, that's bitter dark chocolate!
Two food items I'd like to call attention to for not only skin health, but health in general: Pork products because of their high intramuscular fat content and porcine retroviruses (
http://tithinghelps.com/product19.aspx
) and growth factors in non-ecological milk/dairy products. Unfortunately, most of our beef production is still very much overloaded with
Antibiotic treatments, growth-hormone supplementation and the ills of being fed on a grain-only diet. Herbivores provide a great deal of healthy fats (3-6-9) when eating green food as they're designed to (as grazers), but they're in the same conditions as we are - stuck indoors, eating far more calories than they are meant to, and medicated to keep their lifestyle from killing them early and stopping the profit margin.
If you compare humans against our processed cows, well.. it sorta makes sense. They aren't able to produce quality fats and muscle when that far removed from their natural enviornment, and we ourselves aren't able to produce as much muscle and quality bone outside of our intended enviornment. It's pretty easy to right the wrong though, and dietary changes can be done a bit at a time. If you are goal-oriented when choosing your snacks and when grocery shopping, it becomes fun and experimenting.
Good luck, God bless! And remember.. We are made to learn by experience. You will likely have times when you lapse back into old habits or feel discouraged, but in the long run, just pick up again and try anew!
I've found D3, magnesium and positive thinking has gone a long way to help me forewards away from the area of
Depression and having started to loose hope. I pray the same happens for you in the path that you choose. :)