It is very important to differentiate between acne and rosacea. This is mainly because the remedies for each are different. In fact, acne treatments often make rosacea worse. While the latter can appear to be similar to acne, the bumps are a brighter shade of red. Often a person can see small veins around the inflamed area. They can be itchy and irritated to a higher level than acne.

Tea tree oil is used for acne but it may not be the better treatment for rosacea. More appropriate remedies for rosacea include drinking plenty of alkaline water and applying jojoba oil on the skin. The water helps to flush the body of toxins that cause inflammation while the jojoba oil soothes the bumps, and reduce the redness and itching.

If you aren’t sure if you have acne or rosacea then you may want to see a doctor or a naturopath. They can determine what the condition is.

For those of us who are dieting, and being careful to read the nutrition labels and trying to choose the healthiest foods we can. Here’s some bad news. Nutrition lables are often wrong. This does not bode well for those of us trying to eat healthy.

Because nutrition labels are rarely checked, they often contain wrong information. Many labels have simply shown wrong portion sizes, which means we are taking in more calories than we should with that particular food. Another problem is that the listed fat content on the label can often be up to 50% lower than what the food product actually contains.

Researchers learned that 20% of the food they analyzed contained 100 or more calories than the nutrition label stated. That means that for each meal you eat that has 100 calories extra, you are gaining 30 pounds a year.

Another nutrition label danger is the “0 trans fat” moniker. Zero trans fat doesn’t mean no trans fat. The government lets companies lable anything less than 1gram of trans fat as “0″. So if a bag of chips has 0.5g of trans fat, and you eat the entire bag, say of 5 servings, you’ve just taken in 2.5g of trans fat. And trans fat is bad!

A simple way to avoid the issue of nutrition labels is to stop eating processed foods. Go instead for the grass-fed livestock and organic fruits and vegetables. You’ll be happier eating healthy food that is truly healthy for you.