What types of food may cause acne to flare up?
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Foods that contain iodine can be a cause of acne. These foods include all "shell fish" i.e.  clams,scallops,lobsters,oysters,etc.  Also check out what other foods are high in iodine!!!
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Acne is not a teen symptom it can occur to anyone at any particular age, several factors have been shown to affect the condition:-\n• Disease. Hormonal disorders.\n• Hormonal changes. Acne can flare up before menstruation, during pregnancy, and  menopause.\n• Diet. Although they are not the primary cause of acne, certain foods may bring on flare-ups or make the condition worse.\n• Drugs. Acne can be a side effect of antibiotics, oral contraceptives, and anabolic steroids.\n• Personal hygiene. Use of abrasive soaps, hard scrubbing of the face, or handling pimples will often make them worse.\n• Cosmetics. Oil-based makeup and hair sprays worsen acne.\n• Environment. Exposure to oils and greases, polluted air, and sweating in hot weather can all aggravate acne.\n• Stress. Emotional stress may contribute to acne.\n• Friction. Continual pressure or rubbing on the skin by such things as bicycle helmets, backpacks, or tight clothing, as well as hard scrubbing of the skin, can worsen acne.\n\nPlease seek a dermatologist advise for best diagnose and treatment.
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I used a mixture of strawberries and apple cider vinager when I was a teenager to combat acne.  Worked for me, but strawberries can be kind of expensive.\n\nIf you want to get better ideas, just walk down the skin care isle of your nearest grocery store.  Those products have every fruit known to man in them - lemons, papyas, mangos, avacados, apricots, apples, grapes (oh, grapeseed oil is good), etc. . .\n\nGood luck.
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Diet is not a factor with the spread of acne.  Acne (at least adolescent acne) is an inflammatory disease of the skin, caused by changes in the skin structures consisting of a hair follicle and its associated sebaceous gland. Acne affects a large percentage of humans at some stage in life.\n\nThe condition is most common in puberty, especially among Western societies most likely due to a higher genetic predisposition. It is considered an abnormal response to normal levels of the male hormone testosterone. The response for most people diminishes over time and acne thus tends to disappear, or at least decrease, after one reaches their early twenties. There is, however, no way to predict how long it will take for it to disappear entirely, and some individuals will continue to suffer from acne decades later, into their thirties and forties and even beyond.  If it is severe then a dermatologist can prescribe treatments such as Retin-A, but it is not normally needed.
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Honey - honey have this natural acne-vure. It very good for your face. Drink lot of water and stop eating hot food
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I would recommend trying Proactiv Solution to treat any acne spots. Another thing you can do is use common sense and stay away from red meat, pork, oily, salty foods that aggrevate your skin. It has been proven that Iodine/Sodium erupts acne. Proactiv will also lighten any pigmentation you have on your skin.
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Allergies to one of those foods, most likely. Check with your doctor
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Keep a record of not only what you eat but what you bath  with. My skin is very sensitive and my skin breaks out in a rash only in certain spots. It turned out to be the facial scrub I was using!! If you break out check your record to see if something new has been added or a change in products that you normally use.
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Acne or Pimples\n\nThis factsheet is for people who have acne.\n\nAcne is a skin condition that causes spots. Most people affected by acne are aged between 12 and 25. However, men and women in their 30s and 40s can also suffer. There are many treatments available to help deal with the condition.\n\nWhat is acne?\nAcne is a skin condition that typically causes one or more of the following:\n\nblackheads (comedones) \nwhiteheads\nred or yellow spots\ngreasy skin\nscars\nAcne typically affects the skin of the face, back, neck, chest and arms and the severity of the condition can vary. \n\nAcne affects people of all skin colours. The processes that cause acne are exactly the same in people with black or brown skin but the impact is altered by the skin pigmentation.\n\nAcne is very common and affects about 80 in 100 people aged 11-30 at some time.\n\nThe skin\nThe surface of the skin has lots of small sebaceous glands just below the surface. These glands make an oily substance called sebum that keeps the skin smooth and supple.\n\nTiny pores (holes in the skin) allow the sebum to come to the skin surface. Hairs also grow through these pores.\n\n\nIllustration showing the structure of skin\n\nWhat causes acne?\nAcne is caused by the overactivity of the sebaceous glands that secrete oily substances onto the skin.\n\nThe sebaceous glands of people with acne are especially sensitive to normal blood levels of a hormone called testosterone, found naturally in both men and women.\n\nTestosterone in people prone to acne triggers the sebaceous glands to produce an excess of sebum. At the same time, the dead skin cells lining the openings of the hair follicles (the tubes that hold the hair) are not shed properly and clog up the follicles.\n\nThese two effects combined cause a build-up of oil in the hair follicles. This causes blackheads and whiteheads to form. \n\nFor some people, their acne does not progress beyond this stage.\n\nHowever in other people, the build-up of oil in the hair follicles creates an ideal environment for a bacterium called Propionibacterium acnes to grow.\n\nThese bacteria normally live harmlessly on your skin but when this ideal environment is created, they grow. They feed off the sebum and produce substances that cause a response from your body's immune system. This inflames the skin and creates the redness associated with spots.\n\nIn more severe 'inflammatory acne', cysts develop beneath the skin's surface. These acne cysts can rupture, spreading the infection into nearby skin tissue. This can result in scarring.
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Acne is partly hormonal partly bacterial.  Blame McDonalds.  The current generation of teens and young adults were raised on that greasy crap and of course the amounts of sat fats and trans fats floating thru your system will eventually cause your normal body functions to change.  Your body cannot process all those greasy fats fast enough so they build up in your system which turns into a bacterial infection leading to acne.  Same reason so many young adults already have high cholesterol problems as well.  Many have cholesterol numbers of 40 and 50 year olds.
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What you need to do is change your diet if you don't want to be embarrassed anymore..Leave out fatty greesy foods like pizza. Eat whole wheat bread, vegetables, fruit, chicken breast, fish. Leave out anything that is processed. It is greatly possible that you may be eating one food right after another and your body can't metabolize it at once. In other words, you have a bad combination of food that you are consuming. Each time you eat something. Your body needs time to digest it. Ex) Don't eat pizza, dessert, soda together. Don't drink lemon juice. It can harm your metabolism in the future. The problem is what you are consuming. Your gas has nothing to do with your acne. Listen to your body. You must avoid certain foods in order to take away this problem. We all get gassy by the way. So your not alone. Drinks lots of water to clear your digestive system. Eat salad without the dressing. Only raw veggies, cooked chicken breast, and wholewheat bread to clear your digestive system. Eat slowly. Also, your bad breath is also caused by what you eat and what you don't eat enough of. Again, listen to your body.
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There are many cheap and effective home remedies for acne. Tomato slices, turmeric, papaya juices and home made face packs will treat existing pimples and prevent further problems. More remedies at  http://www.wellnesstalk.org/acne.html
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BRIGHT colored foods such as peppers, blueberries, oranges, carrots, strawberries...\n\nYou need to go to Oprah.com - she did a show on that once and it was really really interesting...it even makes you look younger and 'glowy'
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As a nutritionist, I would recommend a good B-Complex vitamin.  Eczema (and roscea) are prone to flare ups especially when Riboflavin (B2) and B12 are deficient.  When the body is under stress, the B vitamins are easily depleted, which lead to skin irritations, hair loss, sleep distrubances, and metabolic issues.
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Many skin disorders can cause blotching and blemishes.\n\nThe most likely is of course acne, but other skin disorders include: Rosacea, Shingles, Psoriasis, Eczema, Fungal Infections and Skin Rashes.\n\nSome irritable plants, or materials which cause allergic reactions can create rashes.  Dry skin can also create skin problems.\n\nMy suggestion would be to see a dermatologist to know for certain what you are trying to treat.  Many skin problems are treated with OTC meds, but some can require a presciption.\n\nCheck out the website below for more information
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Acne\nFood cravings\nCramps\nFatigue
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I agree with the answers that say not to pop them.  Here is some food for thought.  The red spots are actually inflamation.  Anytime you have a red spot on your body from whatever cause....it's usually inflamation.  So a good way to combat this is to find ways to stop inflamation in your body.  Now, i had acne for years and people would tell me that the food I ate didn't matter.  However, I think that is BS.  One way to regulate inflamation is by trying to control your blood sugar, eating foods rich in Omega 3 fatty acids (good fat), and avoiding Omega 6 fatty acids (saturated fat).  \n\n1.  Always eat the meat or protien part of your meal first.  This will slow down digestion and help prevent a blood sugar "spike."  Also, look at the glycemic load of the carbs you are eating.  What I mean by this is look at how fast your body converts this to sugar.  There are many tables you can download on the net.  \n\n2.  Omega 3 fatty acids will give your skin the most radical change in looks in as short as three days.  They do all kinds of things to your body that I don't have time to go into.  Yes, this works even if you have oily skin.  Sources of Omega 3's - Fish (Salmon is the best), Flaxseed, nuts, olive oil, avacado, etc.\n\n3.  Avoid Omega 6 fatty acids - you do need these but you want a decent ratio of Omega 6 to Omega 3s.  Unfortunately in our society of McDonalds and Pizza, people have the ration backwards and get too much Omega 6's which causes stress on your body and then inflamation.  \n\nNot only will this strategy give you better looking skin but it will also lead to felling better and being healthy in general.  I recommend buying a coupld of books if this is a real problem for you.