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Old 03-30-2005, 04:45 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Has anyone noticed if diet helps? Usually diet never ever helped with my acne when I was a teen but for about three weeks I followed my diet well, just cutting out junk food, sugar and bad carbs and my face just started to clear up so beautifully. THEN, I fell off the wagon and started cheating and eating bad things I had no business eating and my face has gotten really bad, big hurting cysts all over my chin and cheeks I really think it was my diet helping me clear up. Has anyone else had this happen? I hope it wasn't just a fluke, maybe if I buckle back down it will happen again!
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Old 03-31-2005, 01:36 AM   #2 (permalink)
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This is what I found when I googled it:

Acne Diet - or Foods that cause Acne - acne diet
Reduce your intake of sugar (including excessive amounts of fruit juices), sweets, processed flour, baked goods, and trans or hydrogenated fats. Examples include donuts, cookies, pastry, ice cream, pies, etc. Use Stevia, the no calorie natural sweetener rather than sugar. Regularly eating breads, cakes, chips and other staples of Western culture is likely to promote acne.
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Sodas are a significant source of sugar. Switch to water, herbal teas, and vegetable juices. You can sweeten herbal teas with stevia.

Reduce intake of nuts, including brazil nuts, walnuts, almonds, and filberts. Peanuts and peanut butter may provoke acne in some individuals. If you eat nuts, limit your intake to small amounts and preferably eat raw nuts.

Reduce intake of milk products, including ice cream and cheese. There is a high amount of hormones produced in the milk of cows, particularly in the milk of pregnant cows, which makes up the bulk of marketed milk and dairy products. Milk from pregnant cows contains progesterone, 5-alpha reduced steroids, and other steroid hormones. These hormones, when consumed, can break down into dihydrotestestosterone (DHT), the final molecule that turns on oil-making cells. Studies show there is an association between milk consumption and acne, and it didn't matter whether the milk was whole, lowfat, or skim. For those who eliminate or significantly reduce milk products from their diet, calcium supplements could be helpful. Consider soy milk as a partial alternative. Buy unsweetened soy milk and sweeten it with stevia.

Reduce or avoid vitamin E supplements. I have come across some patients who have noticed acne pimples after taking vitamin E. I am not certain of this connection, but until more is known you may wish to stop taking high dose supplements of this vitamin. There have also been rare case reports of aggravated acne following very large intake of B vitamins.

Increase intake of foods that may improve acne such as fish (halibut, salmon, tuna, sardines). These contain important omega 3 oils such as EPA and DHA. They will make a difference in the health of your skin.

Eat as many vegetables as you wish, preferably organic. Eat a wide variety, not just the few that most American eat. The combination of fish and vegetables is likely to be the healthiest meal for those with acne.

Consider taking fish oil capsules if your intake of fish is fewer than twice a week.

Increase your intake of water. Drink a glass or two of cold water first thing in the morning to eliminate the bowels. Drink 4 to 8 glasses of water per day, more in hot weather.


Foods that I consider to have no major influence on acne include meats, turkey, and chicken.

http://www.raysahelian.com/acne.html

But I also found other sites for teens that say diet has no effect. My best advice is go with what got you results. If your diet helped, buckle back down. If you start noticing results again, then continue with your diet. I hope that helps!
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Just adding - if you go the fish oil capsule route, make sure they're well-refined, with very low/no mercury.

Other than that, I switched to low-carb and organic, and not only lost weight, but gained energy, stopped breaking out, had excess hair slow-down, and stopped losing the hair on my head.
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I always have some acne. No diet has been able to help me get rid of it completely. However, if I eat badly, then I break out worse than usual. It's just not fair!

For me, unnatural amounts of salt (such as in french fries), excessive amounts of refined sugar, and deep fried food will generally make me break out. Basically any 'junk food' is bad for my skin as well as for my general health.

I don't follow 'low carb' to stop acne. I eat whole wheat bread and whole wheat pasta. I just avoid refined sugar. The diet that works for me, in terms of skin, weight, and having enough energy is home made meals with lots of vegetables and minimal processed food.
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