Many medical professionals still insist that there is no link between diet and acne, but I just can’t buy that point of view. Your acne is forming because your body is overloaded with either chemicals or hormones (or, both) and is getting rid of the excess in sebum oil, the root of all acne. Believing that adding more of this stuff that is present in your food won’t matter is absurd.

Acne normally first rears it’s nasty head in our teenage years. During this time, your hormone production runs wild and your body reacts by sending the excess out through your skin in sebum oil. This is how all acne pimples start.

The thing is, if you’re already overloaded with hormones, do you think it wise to add more? That’s exactly what you’ll do by consuming any kind of dairy product. Just drinking a glass of milk will add saturated animal fat, various steroids, and 59 different hormones to your system. Eliminating dairy products is a mainstay of any good acne diet.

Adult acne is simply a continuation of teen acne, except the cause is usually the chemicals used in processed foods rather than hormones. Your body reacts to these chemicals the same way that it did for the excessive hormones in your teen years. It emulsifies the chemicals in sebum and sends it out, starting pimple formation.

Getting rid of processed foods from your diet is another building block of any good anti-acne diet.

Even these small examples show a definite link between what you eat and acne formation. Just never forget that acne starts on the inside. Eliminate the internal cause, and the external result will go away naturally.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This posting is based upon information freely available in the popular press and medical journals concerning diet & acne. Nothing herein is to be or understood to be any kind of medical advice. For medical advice you have to consult with his or her doctor or other medical specialist.

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