Acne and Diet

The general medical consensus is
that diet does not cause acne but
there are those who disagree with
this assessment and assert that
diet has everything to do with
acne.

For many years it was accepted
everywhere and by everyone that
consumption of chocolate and junk
food was what actually caused acne
or had any effect on the severity
of acne.

That theory has been proven to not
be true by modern research but
there are those who claim that the
research is faulty and that acne
is, in fact, if not caused by diet
at least exacerbated by diet.

Refined sugar is believed to be
one of the major contributing
factors of how severe a case of
acne will become by those who
adhere to the belief that food and
acne are related.

These sources say that you should
reduce your intake of refined
sugars and substitute artificial
sweeteners or natural sweeteners
like honey for all refined sugar
in your diet to help reduce the
severity of acne out-breaks.

Another dietary culprit is
believed to be nuts, or rather the
oil that is found in nuts and
especially peanuts.

Those who have acne, says the
proponents of the diet/acne
connection should avoid peanuts in
all forms including peanut butter.

Milk should be used only in very
small amounts and intake should be
greatly restricted, is another
recommendation.

Milk comes from cows, usually
pregnant cows and contains large
amounts of hormones that are
believed to actually be one of the
causes of acne.

The anti-acne diet that is
recommended is high in salmon,
halibut, tuna, sardines, fresh
organically grown vegetables, and
whole grains.

The diet that is recommended is a
very healthy one and whether it
actually prevents acne or not, it
is a good one.

The fish that are recommended are
all very high in omega-3 which is
known to promote healthy skin.