Giving up bread is probably one of the hardest dietary changes for many acne patients. Most people in Western cultures have grown up eating bread. As food it’s easy, convenient, portable and fast, and that’s why we are so addicted to it. Unfortunately bread can be a real disaster for

People with acne occasionally face difficult challenges, sugar for example. There’s no doubt that sugar contributes to acne, so you should do your best to avoid it. On the other hand humans seem to come hardwired with sweet tooth, and I’m sure you’ve faced times when sugar cravi

Research shows that drinking coffee regularly reduces insulin and blood sugar levels while caffeine does the opposite. The likely implication is that coffee can protect against acne whereas other caffeinated drinks could be bad for your skin. In this post I’m going to explain what the

Recently published study found that eating chocolate increases the immune response against acne-causing bacteria. This could explain why chocolate seems to cause acne for some people. I really don’t like this study. My family was just visiting from Finland and they brought some chocol

There’s really no such thing as free lunch when it comes to health. For a long time I thought there are no downsides to drinking green tea. Until I learned that tea has a lot of fluoride, which of course can be toxic in high amounts. So should you be concerned about fluoride in green

Chocolate has a long history in the acne diet debate. It was subject of the first study that created the ‘diet doesn’t affect acne’ myth. Before that dermatologists frequently prescribed chocolate restriction to acne patients. Now, a small study claiming drastic increase in acne

Tea drinkers are big losers. With that I of course mean that 80% or more of the antioxidants in tea are wasted. That’s nothing short of a disaster, if you drink green tea for acne or other health reasons. Because antioxidants are where all the health action is. We have two probl

It’s said that a marriage in Hollywood is successful if it outlasts milk. Then the golden anniversary must be when the marriage outlasts acne milk caused. There’s now good evidence to say that milk causes acne. Studies show higher rates of acne in those who drink more milk. Furthermor

Something different and shorter today. I want to share with you this little personal story that happened to me over the past week. It’s as anecdotal as it gets, so don’t take this as proof of anything, just an interesting tidbit. So last weekend we went for a short trip with my wife.

Sugar and spice and all things nice may be what little girls are made of. But we can equally say, milk and sugar and all things sweet, that’s what little pimples are made of. Leaving poetics behind, we come to the point of this post. Does sugar cause acne? The short answer is yes, and