Acne is very depressing skin disorder as it affects directly your looks. As acne is most common skin disorder, there are many myths associated with it. We should know that myths are myths, old wives tales are no longer exist and we should avoid all those myths. Some myths are harmless but some should be avoided, like it is believed that washing face many times a day can clear your skin. But truth is different if you wash your face again and again as a result bacteria spread to other parts of the body.

Most common myth associated with acne is food causes acne. People believe that acne is caused by certain kind of foods like chocolates, pizza, junk food and other oily foods. Scientific studies show that acne is not related with food. Not a single food can cause acne in a person. Acne is caused by imbalance of hormones in your body. As these hormonal changes occur in teen years, that’s why the acne start appearing in teen years.

There are many people who have observed clear improvement in their skin after cutting off certain food. It is not food which causes acne but it is allergy which causes acne. Yes people do have some type of allergy and food allergy is one of them. If you observe that acne appears after taking certain food then it means that you may have allergy with that food. Now how you can find out the food allergy? It’s very simple whenever you notice break outs after taking any food, just stop taking that food for a week. After sometime eat that food again and notice your skin condition. If you see break outs again then there is a confirm chance that you have allergy with that particular food.

There are certain types of foods which are considered as culprit of acne like dairy products. As dairy products contains milk and milk contains hormones, that’s why it is believed that it will cause acne. Until now there is no evidence of this believe but many people have observed clear improvement in their skin after stop taking dairy products. Other food which can cause allergy includes meat, pizza, oily food, nuts, spicy food and chocolates etc. Chocolate is most controversial food item related to acne. Many studies show that chocolate can cure acne especially dark chocolate. More researches are needed in this regard to resolve this issue. It is better to avoid all those foods which causes break out in your skin.

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