Acne and milk!

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Suffer from breakouts, ever thought that your diet and what you eat can make your breakouts worst? Research shows that dairy can worsen your acne and stimulate breakouts.

Dairy contains insulin growth factor 1 and research shows that milk consumption and high hyperglycaemic diets can induce insulin and IGF‐1 which can aggravate acne.

Scientific studies have demonstrated that the diet is essential in skin health, because what we eat can affect the hormones that contribute to the oil production, hyperproliferation, and inflammation that cause acne.

The two acne-promoting dietary factors that have been most extensively studied are dairy products and high glycemic load foods. These factors influence hormonal and inflammatory factors increasing acne prevalence and severity. Hormonal influences that raise insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) levels are key.

Elevated IGF-1 levels lead to changes in gene expression that cause inflammation, hormonal changes, increased oil production, and development of acne lesions.

Of important concern is that the same hormonal environment of high IGF-1 and high insulin, also promotes breast and prostate cancer, so it is important to maintain a diet that is hormonally favorable all through life. So we are the key things to reduce acne, limit or eliminate cows milk in your diet also limit and eliminate high glycemic foods such as

  • Watermelon

  • Honey

  • Doughnuts

  • French fries

  • White Rice

  • Cereals

  • White bread

  • Instant oatmeal

  • Rice pasta

  • sugar, plus many more.


Suffer from acne? The first step is eliminating dietary triggers and then advice and topical treatment from a skin clinician can reduce scarring and support healing.

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