While there are some folks who still insist that there is no link between diet and acne, most skin care professionals will disagree. Acne break outs start as the result of your body’s attempt to rid itself of a hormone overload, by sending the excess out through your skin in sebum oil. To maintain that there is no impact from adding even more of this stuff, through your food, would seem counter intuitive.
Most of us first experience acne, at some point or another during our teenage years. During this time, our hormone production runs wild and our bodies react by sending the excess out through our skin. Acne pimples start by having too much sebum oil on your skin.
So, if you’re already overloaded with hormones, does it really make any sense to make matters worse with your dietary intake? Dairy products, for example, will do just that. Did you know that Regular milk contains fifty-nine different hormones from the cow and even more hormones from the steroids that she was given to stimulate milk production. An effective acne diet should severely limit, or, probably even better, eliminate dairy from your diet.
And, if your acne has followed you into your adult years, while emotional stress can create a hormone imbalance, another probable cause is a low tolerance for the chemicals that are used in processed foods. Your body’s reaction to these toxins is much the same as it is for hormones. Not surprisingly, it reacts the same way by sending them out in the sebum oil that then starts your acne outbreaks.
An effective diet for acne prone skin should therefore also eliminate most processed foods to remove another root cause of extra sebum production.
Bottom line, acne starts on the inside of your body. Eliminate that internal cause, and the external result will be a significant difference in your skin.