Friday, 17 July 2009
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Sex, Pizza and Acne
Have you ever been told that you shouldn’t eat chocolate because it causes acne? Or how about French fries? Pizza?
Wrong! That’s just a myth, and while some foods can make acne worse for some people, researchers have found that it does not cause it!
There is recent work from Australia that suggests that high carbohydrate foods may in some people flare their acne. The theory is that chronic consumption of high carbs stimulates the excessive production of insulin so that eventually more and more insulin is needed to assist glucose into cells. Dang forget McDs now. This is called insulin resistance. The higher insulin may drive the ovaries to produce more testosterone and that in turn encourages acne.The other myth is that acne is caused by sexual activity. When you reach puberty, your body experiences hormonal changes that lead to the development and maturation of your sexual features. These hormonal changes may also cause you to get acne. Acne is associated with these changes, not with sexual activity.
What are some other acne myths that you have heard?
