If you’re breaking out, you might be taking a good hard look at your diet.
You might have heard that greasy foods can contribute to breakouts.
Many people crave and turn to fried foods when they are stressedand stress is known to exacerbate acne.
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Fried foods can contribute to acne, but there are other factors too.
If you have acne, cutting out all fried morsels might not completely clear up your skin.
Greasy Food and Your Skin
But doesnt greasy, oily food cause greasy oily skin?
This is just another myth.
The fat in our diets doesn’t directly produce the oil that develops on our skin.
Oily skin is due to overactivesebaceous glands, and not from the foods you eat.
Some people naturally have more oily skin than others.
Oily Skin and Acne
Nearly all teens have oily skin, and its not because of food.
Hormones also play a big role in the amount of oil your skin creates.
Hormones, specifically testosterone, stimulate your skin’s oil glands causing them to pump out more oil.
Hormones are the reason why acne is more common during puberty for all sexes and right before menstruation.
It’s those clogged pores that are causing zitsnot the oily foods.
People with acne are genetically predisposed to developing it.
When acne-causing bacteria invade, an inflamed pimple develops.
Use them, and you’re able to get clearer skin, and still enjoy fried chicken occasionally.
Summary
If you have acne, you may consider whether your diet could be a factor.
But acne has more to do withhormonesandgeneticsthan it does with your diet.
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