Your Diet Causes Acne - Myth Or Reality?

One of the most debatable topics when it comes to treating acne is that a
patient's diet is the biggest factor affecting it. It is usually regarded
that fried fatty foods, junk food, chocolate and chili are the main types of
food that can cause a big stir and are said to increase acne activity in
acne affected areas, while a more vegetarian based diet is said to decrease
the acne activity.

If you were debating on the opposing side, your first argument would be
there is no scientific proof or evidence that the diet an individual follows
has any affect on the activity of acne.

Up until today there is no real evidence to support the idea that, a
person's diet has any direct affect on acne.

Acne commonly occurs as a reaction in the skin to the hormone testosterone.
In most people the testosterone is there in normal levels, but the skin
responds in an irregular way to it.
What causes this irregular reaction of the skin to testosterone in the blood
is not really known, but it happens during a limited period of time and will
ultimately correct itself. This process however, may take several months to
several years and there is no certain way of predicting how long it will
take for the skin to revert back to its normal state.

>From what you can see above, there is no link between acne and
an acne patient's diet. This can further be backed by the fact that in
recent studies conducted on different groups of people showed no difference
in any data collected and compared between the groups. However a very
interesting article recently published about acne studies done on a group of
natives in a remote island somewhere in the pacific shows that the locals,
who lived on pure organic and natural foods, never got acne.

In the end whether you believe your diet is affecting the acne on your face,
even though it still remains a myth or simply undiscovered truth, we can
conclude from a professional doctor's opinion and advice you to stay away
from foods you feel are making your acne get worse.

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