Are you one of those people who are often frustrated when they look in the mirror in the morning? Your skin is blemishedyou have permanently pimples, blackheads or even a pronounced acne? The actual cause is often hormonal changes during puberty. However, acne can also occur in adulthood and have various other causes. What role does diet play in this?
Acne is an skin inflammationthat originates in the tiny sebaceous glands of the skin of the skin. These produce a natural skin oil that keeps hair and skin moisturized. If these glands are clogged , bacteria multiply. bacteria multiply in the swollen glands and this leads to an inflammation. This manifests itself on the skin with visible pimples or an acne. Severe cases can lead to permanent scars lead to.
Many factors can contribute to the development of acne: hereditary predisposition, oily skin, hormones, especially the male androgens, food intolerances, stress and , last but not least, eating habits.
Fatty and fried foods and sweets are the main contributors to a deterioration in the appearance of the skin. sweets contribute. In general , an unhealthy diet consisting of fast food and alcoholic beverages has a rather unfavorable effect, as this diet canlead to a lack of essential vitamins and minerals .
The following foods are therefore suspected of promoting acne:
- Saturated and hydrogenated fats e.g. in fatty meat, whole milk, chocolate: increase the sebum production
- Dairy products: Hormones contained in milk can aggravate acne aggravate acne
- Refined carbohydrates, e.g. in white flour products, baked goods: Stimulate sebum production, inhibit defense against bacteria
- Sugar in sweets, sweet drinks: fluctuations in blood sugar lead to an increase in androgens
- Fast food and convenience products: Contain saturated fats, refined carbohydrates and sugar
The delicate balance of hormones is influenced by blood sugar level levels. When the blood sugar level rises, this leads to a sudden insulin release and this in turn leads to increased androgen production. If the blood sugar level rises sharply in the short term and this happens several times a day, then a lot of insulin is also released into the blood several times a day, which in turn can result in a veritable mass production of androgens.the sugar in the blood acts like an "afterburner", i.e. the acne only blossoms about 2 days after the sugar intake. However, it takes weeks for the pimples to heal weeks.
ConclusionIn any case, acne should be treated with a stable blood sugar should beaimed for.
The choice of food is therefore at the very beginning of a chain reaction that can ultimatelylead to theoutbreak of acne . These are mostly carbohydrate- or sugar-rich foods . sugar-rich foodsthat cause pimples to sprout. They are called foods with a high glycemic load (GL), which is a value that indicates the influence of a food on the blood sugar level and the subsequent insulin output , also taking into account the carbohydrate content of the food.
What is the "right" diet in the fight against acne? Read more about this tomorrow in "Acne and nutrition - Part 2, In the fight against pimples."
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