Acne “myths” you read online, usually aren’t myths at all.  They are fact.  These articles were written by some nerd in thick glasses(for the sake of the article, we’ll call him Bert) who happened to be blessed with dry or normal skin.  They probably wash their face once  a day(if that), and still come out with beautiful clear skin.  The fact is, acne has a lot to do with your genes.  Just like people claim there are “fat genes”, there are “acne genes” as well.  This doesn’t mean we can’t treat the acne, it just means we have to work harder at it.

Myth #1

Acne is caused by diet. This is one of the oldest myths. Extensive scientific studies have not found a single connection between diet and acne. In other words, chocolate, french fries, pizza and other fast foods do not cause acne.

AntiPimple Fact #1

If you have acne prone skin and you eat french fries, your skin will secrete the fatty oil through your pores.  These clogging pores irritate your skin to a condition know as “acne”. Anything oily will cause this.

What about chocolate?   Chocolate contains caffeine.  Caffeine directly affects the hormones adenosine, adrenaline, cortisol, and dopamine.   It has been proven that hormonal changes directly irritate your skin to acne stage.    Now if Chocolate = Caffeine , and Caffeine = + Hormones , and + Hormones = Acne, then Chocolate = Acne.  This isn’t rocket science.

There are only two people in this world who preach that food does not trigger acne.  The first is a given, the people who benefit from acne.  Acne is big business.  If a doctor can have you in his room one more time to write a prescription, he’ll tell you anything.  If a company can sell you one more bottle of worthless “acne lotion”, trust me, they will do anything they can.  The other group of people are people who were born with dry or normal skin.  They heard a commercial on TV or read one article on wikipedia and all of a sudden they think they are the experts.

Food can and will trigger acne if you have oily/acne pron skin.  Stay away from deep fried foods.  Keep the sweets at bay.  Limit your intake on caffeine drinks.  Do this, and you will be one step closer to clear skin.

-Jacob Fitzgerald, Antipimple.com