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garlic and spicy foods break me out because I have a weak digestive system. Listen to your body after you eat certain foods - it will tell you it tolerates them or not.

did he happen to mention what exactly we could eat?

The people who doubt that there is a correlation between acne-diet just DON'T WANT to believe there's a connection. It is much easier to pop a pill and eat crap than to change your diet. The latter is harder and more time consuming than taking antibiotics. That's y you will never convince some people. The doubters feel they have science on their side, as there have extensive studies done (about 2 flawed ones) ruling out any possiblity of an diet-acne link. And more annoyingly, they then r

Wholemeal pasta is better, but not by much. If you eat a small amount of it with some meat, it will not have a negative impact on your blood sugar levels. However, if you eat a big bowl of it, this will lead to a spike in blood sugar levels.

Chloe , I really think you need to calm down and stop scaremongering. I think you've made your point that consuming soy had a negative effect on your acne. Thank you. For others, it will have no effect.

I think it's a very good diet to aspire to, even if you don't quite abide by it 100%. Even if you follow it 80 or 90% , you will notice improvements in your skin.

hi - I know how you feel about cutting out foods - you can become so confused about what to eat or what not to eat, that it can be really depressing. You are doing a very good thing in trying to cut down on carbs as: refined carbs/sugar = more insulin = more hormones = more sebum (oil) = more bacteria = more acne However, there are good carbs and bad carbs. Good carbs release sugar into your blood stream SLOWLY, thus not causing an insulin response and therefore not causing your hormones to

If you wash your face w/ cold water or take a cold shower, you will actually produce MORE sebum. Cold water will dry out your face and thus that sends a signal to your oil glands to produce more oil. As someone said a medium temperature is best.