The food myth goes something like this!

• Pizza does not make you break out in acne
• There is no truth that chocolate brings on acne
• Consuming fried foods does not contribute to an acne flare up!
• There is no scientific evidence that eating dairy products can contribute to acne.

Can anybody tell me why these sites have a vested interest in printing this kind of misleading propaganda???

When you look more closely at the web sites or companies that advocate these kinds of myths, you with find that they are only interest in providing a solution to the symptoms of acne and not getting down to the root cause and treating that! Why? Because people are consumers and consumers keep going back for more.

It is easy to say that food does not make you break out in acne, we could put it another way, you may find that when you eat certain foods, you may find your acne has become aggravated or enflamed in some way, it did with me and it has with many other people I have spoken to who have acne

When I first asked my doctor what is good to treat acne, he told me there were no fast acne remedies and that I would grow out of it in time.

I want to try and dispel some of the acne food myths based on my own experience and findings; you can make your own mind up!

Lets take chocolate for instance, when you break chocolate down into its ingredients, you will find that it is made up of cocoa, milk and sugar!

I believe that the majority of people are now wising up to the fact that milk consumption is definitely connected to acne, why?

Because independent scientists can now show that milk comes from a pregnant cow or one that has a calf (no surprises there) and the milk is loaded with progesterone, 5-alpha reduced steroids, and other steroid hormones, which when broken down by the body results in dihydrotestestosterone (DHT) which turns on the oil making cells in the body.

The next ingredient is sugar; Sugar is commonly referred to as a refined carbohydrate, Eating refined carbohydrates leads to a surge in insulin and an insulin-like growth factor called IGF-1. This in turn leads to an excess of male hormones, which encourage the skin to excrete large amounts of sebum. This grease-like substance encourages the growth of bacteria responsible for acne.

So it could be argued that chocolate does not contribute to acne but its ingredients most certainly do!

If you are partial to a bit of chocolate and do suffer from acne; try nibbling the 80% + low sugar dark chocolate if you find it impossible to lay off the chocolate completely.