Pratyushee Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata
All over the globe, parents tell teens to avoid pizza, chocolate, greasy and fried food. While these foods might not be good for overall health, they do not cause acne or make it worse. Studies indicate dairy products and high glycemic foods activate acne. No one factor causes acne. Acne happens when oil (sebaceous) glands are initiated at adolescence. This is set-off by male hormones from the adrenal glands in both males and females. Oil is a natural substance that moisturizes and shields the skin. Under certain circumstances, cells that are near the surface block the openings of sebaceous glands. This causes a build-up of oil underneath. This oil stimulates bacteria, which sleep in everyone’s skin. They usually cause no problems, multiply, and cause surrounding tissues to become inflamed. Though there are some links between diet and acne, the connection isn’t quite what you think it is.
Many people with acne have oily skin, so for a time, people thought that greasy foods should even be avoided. However, a variety of studies have shown that downing foods like potatoes, cheeseburgers, and chocolates don’t have any impact to the slightest degree on your skin’s health. But getting that grease on your skin can make an oily complexion worse, clogging pores. This results in an acne breakout. Greasy foods could also be off the hook, but there may well be other diet culprits behind your acne breakouts.
Milk ingestion has been connected with an escalated risk of acne. Other studies have shown that an occasional glycemic index diet that’s high in fiber and fruits and vegetables is helpful for acne. So, if someone is suffering from acne, evading milk or sticking to a coffee glycemic index diet may be helpful. Do you have to promise that nightly indulgence and throw out the stash hidden in your desk within the name of clearer skin? Not necessarily.
Whether chocolate affects acne comes right down to the individual. Despite decades of experimentation, there has been little result showing that foods like chocolate straight cause acne.
But that doesn’t signify that diet has zero impact. It’s more likely that the sugar in your chocolate accountable for brand new pimples or breakouts than the cocoa itself.
If you’re visiting take a bite (or six), reach for chocolate. But keep an eye fixed on added sugars and easy carbohydrates throughout the remainder of the day.
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REFERENCE
- Apostolos Pappas; The relationship of diet and acne; 2009; Dermato-Endocrinology; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4161/derm.1.5.10192
- Evgenia Makrantonaki, Ruta Gancevicience and Christos C. Zouboulis; An update on the role of the sebaceous gland in the pathogenesis of acne; 2011; Dermato-Endocrinology; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4161/derm.3.1.13900
- Noor Hasnani Ismail, Zahara Abdul Manaf and Noor Zalmy Azizan; High glycemic load diet, milk and ice cream consumption are related to acne vulgaris in Malaysian young adults: a case control study; 2012; BMC Dermatology; DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-12-13
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