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Old Tue, Jun-30-20, 02:09
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Default Study finds link between adult acne and consumption of sugar and milk

Breaking out? Your favorite quarantine snacks may be the reason why

https://www.today.com/tmrw/study-fi...y-foods-t184994

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If you want clear skin, say goodbye to your chocolate croissants.

A new study from France recently shed light on the association between diet and acne. More than 24,000 people participated in the study by completing an online self-questionnaire that asked about their acne status and diet.

Ultimately, the results found a link between adult acne and the consumption of "fatty and sugary products, sugary beverages and milk."

Not ideal for anyone with a sweet tooth!

Still, those in the medical community are encouraged by the findings. Dr. Rajani Katta, a board-certified dermatologist who was not involved in the study but is part of the American Medical Association, said that the results were "exciting."
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Makes sense. Inflammation and hormone disruption.
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I first read about the connection between acne and excess carbs about 15 years ago, although this is the first I've seen anything about it since. Perhaps that study was related more to teen acne being a lot worse on a high carb diet though, rather than the relationship to adult acne. Either way, the link between carbs and acne was quite obvious to me quite a few years ago.



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Ultimately, the results found a link between adult acne and the consumption of "fatty and sugary products, sugary beverages and milk."




Dietary fat has little or nothing to do with acne (also information gleaned from the study I'd read all those years ago), but I see that the author of this article still feels such a desperate need to get a dig in against that dastardly fat consumption that FAT is the very first thing mentioned, no matter what the real culprit is.



The foods they mention further down in the article are all sugary, carby foods - the only place fat is mentioned in the article is in that list at the beginning of the article, which to me says that the author is making unfounded assumptions based on the preconceived notion that fat is bad for everything. The rest of it only mentions things like sugary drinks, foods with added sugars, and anything that raises blood sugar levels - which fat does not do. They included milk in the list of problem foods, but later in the article admitted it was a weak link.
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Epidemiology at work here. Listing of diet components can at best only show an association. Calianna makes good points, and I would target the notorious inflammatory components of the diet like sugar first. Much more to learn about the other components especially fat and milk. They're readily implicated and not always guilty.

Funny that when people who've had acne problems in the past go strict low carb, the problems seem to vanish. Wonder why?
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Ultimately, the results found a link between adult acne and the consumption of "fatty and sugary products, sugary beverages and milk."

Who out there eats low-fat donuts, candy bars, etc., with the exception of those old non-fat cookies and cakes of the '90s? 1) Fat is along for the ride with the high carbs because that's how those foods are made for taste appeal; 2) the fats donuts are fried in and that are added to commercial ultra-processed foods aren't healthy fats (rancid commercial seed oils, potentially hydrogenated as well) but what if any effect on acne in particular I don't know. I'd like to know more about the effects of dairy in general. Some people seem sensitive while others appear fine. Epidemiology helps form hypotheses, and I'd like to see more rigorous testing to see the effect.
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My mom and my aunt had acne well into adulthood - at least their 40s, I'd say. My aunt was on tetracycline forever. Mine got 90% better going low carb in my 20s, just the odd cystic zit creeping up here and there. It's completely gone now. I could probably count on one hand the number of zits I've had in the last decade.
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Makes sense. Inflammation and hormone disruption.



Hormones in the milk too.
Now I always wonder, when did this lactose intolerance come about, so much so that they now have special milk brand called Lactaid milk. Isn't it really a sugar intolerance?
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Hormones in the milk too.
Now I always wonder, when did this lactose intolerance come about, so much so that they now have special milk brand called Lactaid milk. Isn't it really a sugar intolerance?

Something I didn't know until adulthood, having inherited the northern European lactase-persistent mutation, is that it's not "normal" for most humans past weaning age to retain the ability to produce the enzyme lactase which is required to split the milk sugar lactose apart for digestion (in its absence lactose arrives intact to where your gut bacteria can and do digest it, giving off gassy waste products that make susceptible humans bloated and ill). So for me lactose per se isn't a concern but rather the total carbohydrate load of any given form of dairy, plus I wonder about the potential human effects of naturally present dairy hormones the mother animal produces intended for the growth of the young animal. Also some people struggle with various dairy proteins such as caseins. I've experimented with A1 vs A2 casein dairy with no definite personal results. Getting back to lactose intolerance, Lactaid milk has the lactose pre-split for those who don't produce lactase and want milk. Lactase supplements can also work.
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Dairy and acne isn't a new connection. The one of the paleo authors made that association long ago. It's true with me! Has nothing to do with lactose, more like casein (dairy protein).
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Dairy and acne isn't a new connection. The one of the paleo authors made that association long ago. It's true with me! Has nothing to do with lactose, more like casein (dairy protein).


I get eczema from casein. I don't drink milk because of carbs & lactose, but I cook with butter & have a bit of cream & Greek yogurt. Cheese is my downfall - it's the only dairy I can't seem to eat moderately. Just one slice can lead to a binge, then the skin around my nose & chin gets inflamed & starts flaking. Dang - I miss cheese.
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