The Culprits That Cause Acne

There are three main things that I recommend you avoid eating if you are dealing with acne.
First of all, dairy. Hormones (including growth hormones) in dairy, particularly A1 casein dairy, contribute largely to the cause of acne. Large controlled trials have found cow’s milk increased both the number of people who got acne and its severity.
Other acne-triggering dietary culprits include processed fats like trans fats, which increase arachidonic acid levels and compete with omega-3 fats in the body, leading to more inflammation and acne.
I also, highly recommend avoiding sugar if you have acne. Sugar raises insulin levels, which promotes inflammation in general, causing acne. Large randomized prospective controlled trials (the gold standard of medical research) found people who had higher sugar intake and a high glycemic load diet (more bread, rice, cereal, pasta, sugar, and flour products of all kinds) had significantly more acne.
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[@nikosogamias]

facts when i drink milk frequently i see i am more inflammed with flem and acne, but when i eat more solid forms of dairy like cheese or even yogurt i do pretty well

[@louisezaros1616]

Dairy makes mucous

[@marlenegold280]

Lactose versus casein

[@kaleidoscope8743]

​@Louise Zaros MYTH: Dairy does not make mucous. However if you have mucous for some reason then dairy when it comes in contact with the mucous you already have it coats coat

[@marlenegold280]

@@kaleidoscope8743 The body increases production of mucous when it comes in contact with a food that it cannot handle; dairy is one such food for certain people.

[@user-zq4tf1rk1p]

Yogurt is postbiotic

[@jarichards99utube]

NOTE: UNFORTUNATELY, None of the A2 Milk I see for sale is GRASSFED.. It looks to me like all GRASSFED Milk is A1 : ( -StayWell Everyone

[@Zahra-lc3mj]

Wheat as well is bad. Cutting out bread, dairy, and sugar is hard but it is worth it

[@revivesauerwein5717]

How is wheat bad?

[@acethe8th]

I can say from personal experience this is very true. Acne didn’t start going away until I changed my diet.

[@wimkrol2233]

What about raw milk? I live in the Netherlands.

[@shridharpatwardhan8142]

It's good u can drink but make sure it's not a1 cow drink a2 cow milk(Desi cow)

[@Blackpill149]

A-1 cow must be avoided

[@natebrook]

Raw goat milk is literally liquid gold.

[@KrishanKumar-ec1ch]

Actually milk is not made after having teeth . No species in the word drink milk after growing up but we adapted animal milk . A mother milk should go in body without having being contact in air ​@@natebrook

[@ruthramirez7217]

😢 I get horrendous cystic acne after eating dairy

[@brandonneumann5294]

It’s just milk. Cheese and non flavored Greek yogurt doesn’t normally cause breakouts because milk is high in sugar and carbohydrates which can trigger a blood sugar spike and cause breakouts. Cheese has basically no sugar and carbohydrates

[@veronicamih32]

Thank you 🏅

[@tobyrundall6038]

My son had a bad acne outbreak and the medication is slow and kind of working but the diet we found that worked was exactly this one. We ditched dairy, sugar and most grains and it made more difference than the medication. But it's taking time to heal the skin.

[@jamaljaquice7956]

what was he allowed to eat

[@hobojump7651]

​@@jamaljaquice7956 beef, fish, kefir sheep milk, cheese, chicken, and anything except peanuts, gluten, refined sugar, refined flour, etc...

[@eatnplaytoday]

Yes, after I eliminated it from my diet, it took my skin almost 6 months to recover. It helps to use retinal cream too and hyaluronic acid

[@Gustimadeindra]

​@@hobojump7651peanut cause acne ?

[@hobojump7651]

@@Gustimadeindra in my case it can triggers the breakout :(

[@cst4129]

When you say sugar do you mean fruit as well

[@newfreenayshaun6651]

Any animal that needs to cross the line at the back door in any grocery store needs to be a free range Beast. Because of the way grocery stores are running things now, and the FDA approval nightmare, I can't wait till I get my elk tags for next season. I would risk it all and take it down by hand, and wrestle that elk to the ground to never have to drink store-bought milk again. I'll make that video in 8 months. LOL

[@joeyq9953]

Milk, sugar, and refined flours do terrible things to my skin 😭

[@natebrook]

Your genetic predisposition determines whether you get fat, get acne or both if you consume those mentioned foods.

[@DarkAngel-cj6sx]

In Africa people drink a lot of milk and have beautiful skin and have no problems. Are you injecting hormones in livestock?

[@Artsii_jadii]

80% of black people are lactose intolerant

[@chloereed2434]

I wouldn't say they have beautiful skin just the people who already suffer acne and hormonal imbalance are more likely not to show off their face, its likely that they don't put hormones in their drinking water like we do in the west. It makes more sense for them to have more acne, oily faces due to the heat, lots of meat and dairy and stress. Many like my self would end up having a chronic illness due to stress from a young age causing acne longer term.

[@TheLogan1186]

What about colostrum? most ppl with acne swear by it’s benefits however it’s a dairy product. Can anyone shed some light on it?

[@kevinodonnell3216]

By sugar do you mean fruit aswell

[@duchessnana]

I notice I do get inflammation easily when I indulge in dairy. but what can replace it with? I'm so used to the idea of dairy being part of our diet. Or do I need to consciously choose what I eat and reprogram my palate?

[@erosennin12983]

I now consciously think what I eat b4 I eat I eliminated milk yogurt sugar I’m really struggling long 😢

[@professional.commentator]

There's so many other foods you can eat besides dairy. Fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, meat, fish, and grains.

[@Gustimadeindra]

Eat carrot, pumpkin, tomato, red meat, fruits

[@brandonneumann5294]

I would get almond milk or no sugar added soy milk as a dairy substitute. Dairy is high in sugar and carbohydrates which can trigger a blood sugar spike. But not all dairy seems to cause breakouts. Cheese is low in carbohydrates and has no sugar which doesn’t trigger a blood sugar spike

[@traditionalfood367]

North American processed milk is certainly to be avoided.

[@karunamayiholisticinc]

I even wash my face with dairy yogurt. That's how I first got rid of terrible acne. This wasn't even A2 milk. And this is something I needed to say because now I only drink grass fed A2 milk. But my acne in 2020 totally disappeared few months in fact one month after I was washing my face with yogurt n turmeric. Now why do I say it is yogurt. Because I became vegan in 2021 for few months or Half a year almost. I still washed face with turmeric n flour that I used before but my acne was back n never went away for over a year Even when I started drinking milk it did not go away. But as soon as I started cleaning my face with yogurt again it went away. This is a 100% honest experience which I had to share because people saw I had no acne before becoming vegan which had gond away year before due to regularly washing my face with yogurt. Then it came and didn't go for a year almost. I will now only get acne ever if I detox my body for a short period of a month or two during detox phase. But then it disappears again. But I don't detox all the time. Thanks to dairy to keep my skin clean! I hardly put water. Just yogurt with same turmeric n flour. 🙏🏻

[@Mystic_Light]

It's possible that the acid in the yogurt is actually killing demodex mites, which are also a cause of acne. No one talks about this though. Nor are doctors putting together the risks of dementia with follicular demodex. Demodex will cause yeast infection of the subdermal layer, which if in the nostrils, could pass through the blood brain barrier. The implications of yeast infection associated with dementia was just publicized a week ago.

[@goldenhoneybee8128]

What kind of yogurt?

[@Aliciacotroneo]

What kind of yogurt do I use? And you said flour and turmeric , just plan white flour?

[@eastongougeon1446]

What about goat milk? Is that better than traditional cow milk?

[@brandonneumann5294]

I would stick to a low glycemic diet which is foods low in sugar and stay from from a high carbohydrates and sugar diet which can trigger a blood sugar spike which in turn seems to trigger acne in people that are susceptible to it. Almond milk or no sugar added soy milk as a dairy substitute. Cheese is low in carbohydrates and has no sugar which shouldn’t cause a breakout

[@davidtrindle6473]

Aren’t these broken down by stomach acid?

[@professional.commentator]

I don't think so. Stomach acid isn't as strong as people make it out to be.

[@apnwu369]

I just get acne when exposed to toxins. Its just trying to get out of the body by oozing through the skin. Whether something like mold exposure or eating non organic foods

[@austinheyman]

Source?

[@lordraw9909]

​@@austinheyman need a source to understand your skin is a detox system? Lol

[@ceciliaj3300]

Why it seems to me you look a bit tired lately..? Hope you are well Dr. Hyman

[@Amy-kx2qv]

Does this include raw milk?

[@brandonneumann5294]

Milk is high in carbohydrates and sugar which can trigger a blood sugar spike and create breakouts in people that are prone to it. Almond milk and sugar free soy milk are better options

[@Supersoccer07]

I get A2 milk is it good I live in India

[@kate60]

Dairy is Deadly

[@lorcis1]

Dairy is deadly, why? the only dairy I eat now is cheddar cheese, I have never had acne.

[@professional.commentator]

Not deadly but the dairy industry in the Western world is very corrupted.

[@brandonneumann5294]

@@lorcis1cheese doesn’t seem to cause acne because it’s low in carbohydrates and sugar unlike milk that trigger a blood sugar spike

[@islaogaz8863]

Aaah Noo what about organic yogurt

[@jenniferfitzgerald369]

I'm pretty positive they have a lactose free option out there. ;)

[@handelbatista5861]

What about goat cheese?

[@kekoakaawa8879]

Does this include eggs?

[@professional.commentator]

A little off topic but I get bad diarrhea from eggs. I feel like I can't properly digest them or something.

[@innerbliss108]

No runny egg yolk is one of the most complete foods and has stuff you can’t practically get anywhere else. It’s amazing. I eat 2 a day.

[@jessicali8594]

Processed milk does this; not raw milk.

[@brookelynnmarie3238]

Raw milk did the same thing to me. :/

[@jessicali8594]

@@brookelynnmarie3238 Breathing kills lots of people too.

[@northboy7996]

@@brookelynnmarie3238 I think it has to do with your dna if your able to process milk easily or not. I’ve never ever had a problem with milk and can drink gallons and be perfectly fine if not healthy If you have any Mediterranean ancestry than I this is probably the origins of cause to milk issues

[@Blackpill149]

Raw milk from manmade cow😂😂

[@natebrook]

Raw A2 goat milk heals allergies and acne.

[@bildungsroman2012]

Tahini

[@northboy7996]

For me it’s not dairy it’s sugar. Anytime I have sugar I literally can track the next day where I got the outbreak from. Milk doesn’t affect me like at all. I think it has to do with dna because obviously my ancestors thrived off milk for thousands of years. Can’t say the same for many other people with mixed dna and more southern roots

[@sofia01ht]

Also EGGS!!!! If I eat ONE egg I wake up with my face and back covered with painful acne

[@footballbiblehd3191]

you should eat organic pasteur raised eggs and your good. any other type of egg is bad and inflammatory cause the omega 3 to 6 ratio is different

[@professional.commentator]

Yea I can't eat eggs either.

[@oltzu5206]

That means you are allergic to eggs

[@acethe8th]

Definitely sounds like you have a strong egg allergy.

[@findingtifa]

I feel like my life is a joke I love cheese chocolate butter milk none of them I can consume I have horrible acne flare ups and milk and yogurt makes me inflammed and fat it sucks damn

[@sarahh4905]

Same.

[@brandonneumann5294]

Cheese doesn’t seem to cause acne because it’s low in carbohydrates and sugar unlike milk that can trigger a blood sugar spike and cause breakouts in people that are prone to it. Chocolate doesn’t cause acne unless it’s milk chocolate which has lots of sugar and carbohydrates. Dark chocolate obviously the darker it is will contain less sugar which not trigger a blood sugar spike

[@findingtifa]

@@brandonneumann5294 yeah in your body not on mines

[@brandonneumann5294]

@@findingtifa it could be but again I don’t what your eating all together or doing. It could be a myriad of factors that your just not seeing

[@proudchristian77]

I need some fat !

[@reshmasarovaram818]

i dont belive lactose free sugar free gluten free,still i have

[@beaverfev]

Does yogurt have those same hormones?

[@loluf969f86t]

Omfg u need those hormones omfg

[@muggin4life]

Dairy 100% does that mean eggs and cheese?

[@sarahh4905]

Eggs are not diary. And yes cheese

[@comradespiderman29]

​@@sarahh4905what about raw milk?

[@sarahh4905]

@@comradespiderman29 cannot get it where I live. But from what I’ve seen some are ok with it but most are not. If you have access to it give it a try, it the only way to know how it effects you individually.

[@mrmemphis2055]

Nonsense incorporated!!!!!

[@FlexxDavidson]

Jesus saves ❤

[@Jeff_Epstein_]

Finally someone giving accurate advice. You go to a dermatologist and they try to sell you pills & creams, corrupt assholes

[@professional.commentator]

The thing about dermatologists is that most of them weren't even taught in med school on how to solve acne. They're usually there to try and solve other skin problems like fungus. Best to work with a regular doctor on that.