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  • The Acne Prevention Diet (Part 1)

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    March 27th, 2009adminGeneral, Green Living, Natural Beauty, Recipes

    We all hate them!
    Acne affects adults and teenagers alike! Trust me, they do not discriminate! If you are prone to acne, maybe your diet can reduce the incidence of it in your life.

    Acne can be caused by a poor diet. Everyone assumed eating too much chocolate or candy caused acne breakouts on the face. Although that myth was debunked, it doesn’t mean that your way of eating won’t have any bearing on preventing acne.

    Acne can have many causes. They all work together to make you miserable with whiteheads and blackheads. But the basis is that acne is caused by excess sebum (oils) clogging pores that contain hair follicles.

    Metabolic changes can affect your skin. Stress can cause the types of changes in hormones that can trigger acne. Eating a diet high in fat and processed carbohydrates, with a high glycemic index, can bring about the same changes in your body that cause acne outbreaks.

    Hence, we are back to the diet question. It could be the difference in your acne. Diet alone won’t stop acne from being a problem but it does help tremendously.

    Your skin is an organ. When you feed not-so-good things to your body, your organs show the damage. For acne sufferers, that means your skin shows the result. Now, your acne can be a combination of unfortunate genes and diet, but changing your diet could help reduce your acne.

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