It's an awful time for a teens when they start to get acne. It's embarrassing and lowers self-esteem when a teen goes to the mirror and sees a lot of zits popping up all over the place on their face.

There are many causes, but some doctors have found that recommending their patients to discontinue milk drinking really helps to improve matters.

Cow's milk tends to have at at least 11 different types of hormones. Add this to a teen who is dealing with raging hormones, and you can easily have a full-blown case of acne.

Scientifically speaking, here is what happens to the face of young people. The first thing to discuss is what is going on under and on the skin.

The face has many, very tiny hairs on it that are unseen to the human eye and barely felt to the touch. Each of these hairs has its own hair follicle.

Each hair follicle has sebaceous glands that secrete sebum, which is an oily substance that is secreted under the influence of androgens or the body's own type of steroid hormone.

This keeps the face from drying out. But, in teens it can be extra active as their hormones begin to develop.

When this sebum is combined with any bacteria that may arrive to that point or plugged up by dead skin cells, there is such a buildup that a zit forms.

One of the problems of drinking cow's milk, is that 8
0% of the cow's producing milk are pregnant and have a higher concentration of hormones resulting from that state.

The pregnancy hormone progesterone breaks down into androgen and contributes to more sebum production. Hence, the problem for teens of acne on the face.

Typically, when dairy products such as milk are eliminated from the diet, the face starts to clear up and improve. It's also important that young people wash their face regularly and try to handle stress better.

Stress can aggravate the hormones and also contribute to acne, especially in those who drink milk. So, for a more clear face, it is helpful for teens to avoid milk.

Cow's milk has the wrong type of calcium anyway. It's much better to get your calcium needs met by eating the plant foods that have the original form of calcium for humans and herbivores.

Plant foods also have other necessary elements for the absorption of calcium. Combine this with some vitamin D or sunlight from the sun and then there is more chance for calcium absorption and a stronger immune system.

Drinks made with dark greens, meals made with beans and more vegetables, and consuming less fatty foods, will help a person to have plenty of calcium for strong bones.

These foods also have a good amount of fiber, which helps to carry out the excess hormones, oils, and fats. Then, teens can just worry about keeping their face clean and feel better about themselves when their faces clear up.