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The Best Diet for Acne
By Acne Free | August 15, 2007
When it comes to our health the food which we eat that can often make a world of difference. Our diets affect our weight, our risk of cancer, our risk of heart disease and our risks of developing diabetes to name but a few problems. However, it is also known that acne, both on the face and body acne, can also sometimes be affected by the foods which we eat. So what exactly is the best diet for acne and which foods should we be avoiding?
How Foods Affects Acne
Now the main food which people associate with acne is chocolate. However, there is no proof whatsoever which links acne to chocolate. If anything it is thought to be the stress which you go through feeling guilty after you have eaten chocolate which could cause an outbreak. The main cause of acne relating to food seems to be food allergies.
If you have any food allergies then that could well be making your acne problem worse. This is because when you are allergic to food, it often causes a breakout of acne and we may not even realize that we have the allergy in the first place. Now whilst every single person is different, most people find that their food allergies relate to dairy products. So it could be that you are prone to acne outbreaks after eating cheese, after drinking milk, or after eating yogurt. Again, everyone is different and it can be hard determining what is causing your food allergy.
Knowing Which Foods Are Causing Your Allergies
The best way to see which foods are causing your acne is to make a diary of when you seem to break out in spots. Write down which foods you have eaten recently and see whether a pattern emerges. You should be able to see whether your problem is a certain type of food or whether it is one food in particular. It could take a while but it is certainly worth looking into if it could help to stop your acne break outs.
Even with a food diary, it could still be difficult finding out which foods are setting off your allergies and which ones aren’t.
This is because the symptoms of food allergies can vary in the time that they take to develop. Some can appear hours after you have eaten the food, whilst others can appear days afterwards. This makes it incredibly difficult to know exactly which foods are causing your acne to flare up and that is why many people do not find out the cause of their acne flare ups.
Overall there are no particular foods which you should stop eating. Obviously eating too many fatty foods such as chips, pizza, chocolate and crisps can be really bad for your health, but they do not necessarily cause acne breakouts. It is your own individual food allergies which could cause your acne problem and most people have an allergy to at least one type of food.
Topics: Diet and Acne |
June 28th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
I used to hate when people would tell me to “don’t eat that, it will make your acne worse”. No matter how I changed my diet, I was still breaking out. Of course if I ate junk food versus healthy food I would break out more but that’s just a general health issue.