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Acne Diet
Acne (pimples) has some relationship with nutrition, however there is little credible research providing links between certain food groups and acne. As an acne sufferer it is a process of trial and error. However there are some guidelines that may be useful.
Foods to Avoid
Foods with saturated fats and trans fats can contribute to oily skin. Saturated fats are found in most animal products – such as meats, dairy, and poultry. However the body does still require other essential fatty acids – such as from fish, flaxseed or hempseed oil.
Some believe that a high calorie intake (i.e. eating too much) can lead to increased hormone levels, and subsequently more ‘break-outs’ – but this is unproven.
What about chocolates and candy?
Many believe there is a direct relationship between eating chocolate and increased acne. However this is unproven – although chocolate does have a high proportion of saturated fats.
Foods to Try
A higher protein intake may assist in acne control. This may be to do with the decreased production of a certain enzyme that can cause more oil production, and increased clogging of pores. A diet with 60-70% carbohydrates may be too high in carbs.
Acne Treatments & Vitamins
Some people have found that Vitamin A and Zinc have helped with acne. In addition Green Tea could also be incorporated into the diet (as it leads to a decrease in androgen production).
High levels of iodine in the diet does impact some acne sufferers – by causing new outbreaks of acne lesions. Note that very salty (iodized salt) foods such as chips etc, contain high levels of iodine and should be avoided.
i’m in football and my face got extremely bad, from my chin to my cheeks to my forehead. i ate a lot of food, not a lot of healthy food, and i picked at it alot.
once wrestling started, i started a diet, plenty of fruits, vegetables,and water. i stopped picking at my pimples, and let my face heal. and i excersied obviously
sleep on your back. and hydrogen peroxide works. it goes away.
does anyone else get stomach aches from too much fibre???
i read all the commentes and the things that kept popping up were to stop picking and drink water and excorsize. i think i spelled excorsize wrong…… ok well im a 12 year old girl who suffers with acne(and brain damage since i can’t spell good
and i just wanna no how to get rid of my zit cause i see all thses pretty girls in sxhool who look better then me. it is really hurting my self confidence and i want clear skin like them. so can anyone make a girls life better so she can be just as pretty as those girls in skool? thanks (if anyone helps)
I have tried many things for acne internally and externally. I found that the best product going is “Perfect Skin” by genuine health. It contains omega 3, and selenium etc. It is also recomended to take the glow multi vitamin. I have found this to be extremely helpful it takes a few weeks for them to start working be patient, I have also eliminated drinking milk, which has seemed to be quite the culprit. I also maintain a diet high in antioxidents. Think green foods high in zinc also help ie. spinach. arugula etc. Use 1 tbs black pepper and water scrub for black heads, this helps too!
I have had acne since i was twelve and i completely understand the shame and embarrassment it causes. I tried a bunch of things, from chemicals to diet stuff. For the most part, none of it worked. One thing that must be avoided is compound w. All it does is irritate your skin because it is 17% salicylic acid! Exercise, water, fruits and veggies. That’s my answer. I also have a prescription from the doc that helps a lot: clindamyacin phospate. Try that it really controls acne a lot.
ps. always wash your hands before touching your face!
You have to be careful when you take vitamin A. if you take too much its toxic… hence the swollen face… other people who overdose on vitamin A have died. Becareful yall, get your vitamin A in food, don’t take the pills.
ive had acne all my life. its on my face, the top of my arms, shoulders and back. Its really embarrasing and make me self-consious. I started using oabgei derm and it cleared my skin for a couple of months then i started breaking out again. Right now im trying to set the goal of eating fruits and veggies and drink more water. i realize when i drinks lots of a water my skin isnt so oily. i had acne since i was in 5th grade and i recently graduated from college. i wish my acne would go away so i can be myself. i never wear halters or anything sexy on top because the scars are so ugly. Ive been teased about this my whole life. My skin is almost clear but i have fine bumps on my chin and spots on my forehead. lets find a cure america. acne is a serious skin disease and people that dont have it dont have does not understand.
I love chocolate but i had to cut it out and magically my acne dissapeared. Just try cutting out a specific type of food and record your progress
i have realized that i have been eating the wrong food for 6 months that’s why i got all the pimples on my face which made me really insecure. when i tried to look up to my BLOOD TYPE DIET i found out that what i am eating cause me into a lot of trouble.
Try to see your blood type diet and then you’ll understand why your system is not working well…starting yesterday i watch what i eat. now im not sad anymore coz i know this thing will work. i have blood type O and then for 6 months i have been eating dairy products, whole wheat bread and oats which is not good for me…i gained weight and got lots of pimples…
i had bad acne about a year ago but now i only get a few breakouts. the best things to do are to cleanse, tone and use treatment on your face twice a day:morning and night. You should drink heaps of water, get pleanty of sleep, excersise regularly and stop stressing! Its a known fact that the more you stress about your acne the worse it gets this includes getting stressed about having acne and what you look like. YOu need to stop worrying about your skin and what other people think of you. This will hence help you to be less stressed and help clear your skin. I haven’t really changed my diet but i do take zinc and evening primrose oil vitamins and they seem to help.And girls do NOT wear make-up to cover it up it only makes it worse.
I Have had acne now for two years and have tried loads of stuff that have not only cost me a fortune in money but made my skin look and feel worse. I have recently tryed taking milk thistle tablets three times a day as they help boost your liver into action, clearing your body of toxins and excess hormones( main cause of both teenage and adult acne) that build up in your body. So far this has worked. its a slow road, well it took two weeks to start clearing, but unlike anything else i have tryed there are no horrible side effects, it doesnt take up half your day to do and you dont have to walk around with things plastered on your face, which lets face it makes you feel less attractive!!! although i will say do not compromise your normal skin care rountine, wash face morning and night and exfoliate once a week.
I recommend replacing sugary drinks with unsweetened green or white tea with a lot of water too. Also rubbing the teabag on your face after. Eat a lot of high fiber foods and high protein. This is what has seemed to work for me.
I swear to you people, drink nothing but H20. That means no more sodas or sugary drinks, no energy drinks especially. I’ve tried water in the past but never exclusively; I’d also drink milks and juices and stuff too. But just take a multivitamin since you wont be drinking anything else to get all your nutrients. Also you can get water at any restaurante, even fast food, and the easiest way to consume a lot in a short period of time is buying one liter bottles, drink refill and throw it in the fridge, you consume so much more then glass by glass for some reason. Like i said ive had acne for years and i swear by this method, just try it for 3 days and youll have no new breakouts.
someone actually said it was in their genes.
from hbanana: “..Acne runs in my family”
I am 13 and have suffered from acne on my back for about a year now and i cant take it anymore. i often have break downs and start crying and once it was so bad i waswalking around my house in long pants big jacket a scarf around my face and a beanie. nobody in my family has acne problems or ever did! So WHY ME???? i have a boy friend who also has a few skin problems but i am still so self concious about it. My mom says i have to work from the inside out but its so hard. its not that i eat badly its just that nothing ever seems to work PLEASE HELP ME !!!!!!?????
I skimmed quickly through these msgs, and didn’t notice any mention that it’s in our family genes, as well. In my family, most of my aunts/uncles, mom, sisters, brother, cousins… well, you get the point, we ALL suffered from acne. As an adult with NO acne, but the dreaded low self-esteem I gained during my teen and mid 20′s… I can honestly say that NOTHING worked for me, but good ‘ol WATER and exercise. My niece now suffers and I see myself in her. I want to help her because I know what she is going through. My facial guru suggested that the product line, Dermalogica works wonders. I purchased her an ACNE teen Starter kit, and it is working. I wish they offered this when I was a teen. Anyway, there is hope. Just be patient, and don’t pick. I picked and picked, and luckily I don’t look like Edward James Olmos or George Lopez (google E.J.O., kids. I doubt you’ve heard of him). Anyway, girls, stop with packing on the makeup! It worsens the problem.
As someone who has suffered from acne on and off for over 15 years, I can tell you through experiences that OTC products do nothing but take your money, and aside from OVER-ALL health, diet has little correlation with acne. It’s all hormones, health and hygiene. To anyone who is suffering still, take the advice of those who have spoken about common sense solutions- Drink lots of water, eat right, wash your face twice a day and after physical activity (with a gentle cleanser), exercise, do not use makeup unless absolutely necessary (and be sure to wash it off as soon as possible), etc.
Acne sucks, but remember, it won’t last forever.
Don’t give up. I believe you can control acne with a very healthy diet…it’s working for me and has taken me many years to work out through trial, error and a hell of a lot of reading. In short this is it…it’s kind of vegan, I guess. If your diet’s not good when you start this, you’re going to feel like you have flu for few days, but hang in there because you’re going to lose weight, get fit and improve your skin. This is a brain dump, but I’m getting together a more detailed sheet and I’ll be putting on the web in the next few weeks.
1. No alcohol.
2. No caffeine (no coffee, tea, chocolate).
3. No meat…that’s right, at least for the 1st 6 months. Introduce it later, and see if it causes break-outs. It’s actually easy to live without meat. I’m into running, skiing, mountain-biking, soccer and since going veggo, I’m actually faster and fitter.
4. No dairy….no milk, no cheese, no eggs, no ice cream
5. Don’t eat too much…little and often.
6. No oats.
7. Supplement vitamin C (at least 1gram a day) and zinc (15mg a day). But go easy on supplements…your priority is to eat well.
8. Eat only fresh veg and fruit. Go easy on high glycaemic stuff though such as dried figs etc as the sugar content can cause breakout. Buy a vegan/vegetarian cook book for ideas. Eat lots of lentils – good source of protein. Lots of brown rice.
9. No sugar, no cakes, no desserts, don’t eat anything with sugar.
10. Think positive, don’t get down. Use affirmations. (eg. say “I am beautiful and acne free” ten times in the morning…it sounds crazy, but it focuses your subconscious to come up with solutions)
11. Treat yourself like the precious manifestation of life that you are…really look after yourself…get plenty of sleep.
12. Exercise regularly. Running is cheap and easy to do.
13. Absolutely no junk food. No saturated fats. Listen to your body…does it really want that burger or are you eating it for comfort?
14. Don’t overload your skin with cosmetics and acne remedies.
15. Moisturise your skin…when you feel ready.
16. Shower every day.
17. Good posture!
I can recommend reading The Optimum Nutrition Bible, by Patrick Holford. Plus do a search on amazon for Positive Thought…I recommend the Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale. Or anything by Robin Sharma. Don’t spend a single second of the day thinking negatively. Choose your thoughts.
Do a search on Amazon for acne diet books. Man, there is so much information about…it’ll boil down to the above, but don’t take my word for it. Read, read, read.
Hope it helps.
I’m a MEGA-sweet tooth but I don’t have a lot of pimples cuz I use this stuff called “Pot of Gold” and it’s made from natural honey and all this other stuff (I’m too lazy to get the tub that says whats on it) and you have to rub a thin layer of it (so you look sweaty) on the pimples and around them and it works. Don’t do it in the morning, night works best because then it has more time to work its magic.
I must issue a WARNING though. People who have allergies to skin-plastering things and are majorly allergic to bees, don’t use this stuff because it comes from natural honey so it might contain bee venom. Chances are unlikely cuz I’ve used this for ages and I haven’t broken out in anything (I’m mildy allergic to bees, I only break out in little hives).
On the brighter side you can also try it on stuff like eczyma and swelling. For more go to http://www.potofgold.co.nz.
Trust me dudes, it works!!!
i have really bad spots but all over my back. i’m really embarrasse to let guys see me when i go swimming
hey guys,
well I just want to advise u all that antibiotics and birth control pills that help with ur acne are VERY dangerous. Yes they do help me somewhat but teens are getting acne at very young ages these days… we can blame the modified food and growth hormones given to animals we eat for this… don’t forget that “you are what you eat”…
we often hear that we should avoid chocolate or this or that but how come some people eat it and still have a clear face… well I was reading and I found out that you should be eating accoriding to your BLOOD GROUP! So you better know if ur an A, B, AB, or the O. Avoiding certaing foods and eating ones you should be eating accoriding to you blood group are going to be very benificial. Trust me when I say: everything I have tried so far (soaps, creams, pills, etc…) has not helped me so much that I can actually not have to worry about how my face/back look in public. When you have a chance go look at how many teans out of 10 in america have acne and then go look at how many in astern Europe do. It’s because they are able to control what they eat…
I have a realllllly bad case of acne, I get enough of physical activity, I almost never eat chocolate, I was my face 2 times a day (remember that over washing it can make your acne worse), I try not tuching my face too much, I use crams and everything, but I still have the acne and yes it does get worse when that time of the month comes around… I’m really gonna the whole food thing… sadly I don’t know what my blood group is so I’m going to get that checked 2morrow.
For those of you who have tried everything out there and just wanna give up… please please please try what I’m about to try as well, the stories I’ve read/hear are amazing
For a few days follow the basic rules (wash 2 times per day, dont touch your face, dont wear make up, etc…) anddd try to just drink a lot of water with the food suggested in your Blood Group, nothing elseee! For me in the past I’ve noticed that HOMEMADE carrot juice works well, might work for you too
I hope you found this useful, and I wish you all the best of luck and eating right!
p.s.
I remember reading that if you are an O Blood type group you should avoid most dairy products from cows, it’s best to drink goat milk.
My acne is under control after more than 10 years. I found the best routine is a foaming cleanser washed off with an exfoliating puff (gently) followed by a salicylic acid toner, twice a day. Occasional (DIY shop bought) glycolic peels work well too. Birth control and antibiotics worked a little, but not completely- everyone’s skin is different though, so don’t write them off. Medically, there is some evidence that avoiding dairy and high sugar products can help (as quoted by Dr Christian Jennssen on Channel 4′s ‘Embarrassing Illnesses’) and i must say, my skin has improved a lot since i have made a conscious effort to cut down on sugar- not easy for a sweet tooth like me, but worth it!
Try birth control – it really works! Also, excercising is a great way to de-tox your skin. Just wash your face afterwards. Also, some shampoos can trigger acne, and frizz-control products too. Being a girl, I’m always fooling around with my hair and the two things that really bring bacteria to the face are hands and hair (big surprise). I’m currently on BC as well as Differin and Clindamycin (or however you spell it). My skin seems to finally have cleared up. It’s amazing. Also, limit junk food – even though it might not cause acne, it’s still bad for your body and mind! (Also, eating more pumpkin seeds and using primrose oil is nice for your skin.)
everytime i wake up i dread making that slow walk to bathroom mirror. i see nothing but read blotchy spot of acne. They are way beneath the skin and they hurt. i don’t won’t to go places and i don’t even want my own family to see me.(i have a big family). i have read most of these comments…most of them say drink lots of water, eat right and exercise. so i guess that’s what i am going to do. i’ll get back to you about how this had worked out for me.
birth control pills worked for me. =)
I started to get acne in the fourth grade, it was torture. None of my classmates new what was on my face so I was considered a freak. I’m now in the eighth grade and my acne has only gotten worse.I’m often picked on and called pepperone face. Haveing acne is one of the worst things imaginable and i can’t help but envy thoes around me with perfect skin.I like so many people hace tried over the counter drugs along with proactive nothing seems to work. I just hope and pray for a mericle.
laser hair removal works…. alot of my friends that had bad acne and hair(obviously) got laser hair removal and because the hair is gone and the pore is closed you will get really clear skin. it worked for about 5 girls that i know, give it a shot! Good luck!
i was doing some research online and i saw this new treatment that includes creams and natural pills that clean from the inside out. the treatment is called clearpores and i was wondering if u guys knew about it or tried so u can tell me if it is worth buying or not. thanx
get OXY acne wash. not the scrub pads. Use it twice a day in the morning at night. dont use too much and dont leave it on too long. take a vitamin with vitamin A. dont eat alot of grease. its workin for me mostly.
i had mild acne and i got something prescribed from the doctor, it works [except for the occasional pimple breakout{chin, and corner of my forehead}]. so i would definetly reccomend something doctor prescribed and i want to help get rid of those little brekouts but i dont wanna do anything majorly drastic… wat options are there for me???