Low-glycemic diets can clear up that acne

by Brian White (Subscribe to Brian White's posts)
Jul 25th 2007 5:31PM

You may have heard the "glycemic index" being touted in commercials for diets and foods in the last few years. It's the latest scientific-sounding buzzword used in those ludicrous "eat anything you want and still lose weight" advertisements. But, the glycemic index is very real outside of that.

The skin is a great representation of what we put into our bodies. The more junk food and processed chemicals we snarf on show up as acne and dull skin (not to mention disgusting-smelling perspiration), and as we all know, most kids with acne have it high on their "I want it gone" list.

Can you help? Sure -- by designing a diet using low-glycemic principles. In most cases, you can't have it both ways; topical treatments will only do so much, as getting rid of acne must come from inside the body to help the outside.

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starwxrwx 7-26-2007 @ 4:48AM

The link in the body of the text is incorrect.

Also, the article states that they cut out foods such as white bread and potatoes, not the junk and processed foods you refer to (though of course they are high in sugar as well).

The link is interesting because it DOESN'T blame JUNK food for acne (many healthy teens have terrible acne without eating junk) but it suggests glycemic index in foods you don't think of as junk (potatoes!) can influence acne.