Oil-Free Zone: Diet Recommendations for Pitta

The equation is simple: How you well you eat determines how good you look. Follow these Pitta-specific diet recommendations to keep your skin healthy and oil-free.

• Include protein, vitamins and iron in every meal.
• Eat plenty of raw leafy green vegetables like lettuce and cabbage
• Eat fresh fruits like apples and bananas.
• Avoid sour oranges, sour apricots, kiwis, grapefruit and cranberries.
• A deficiency in vitamin B2 can cause oily skin. Keep your B2 levels up with nutritional yeast, wheat germ, whole grains, black beans, black lentils, split peas and basmati rice.
• Drink at least 8 glasses of water per day.
• Avoid soft drinks and alcoholic beverages.
• Avoid meat, fried and highly seasoned foods. Avoid animal fats and heat-processed vegetable oils. Use cold-pressed canola or olive oil instead.
• Avoid refined sugar, salt, chocolate and junk food.