Does junk food actually cause acne?

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If yes what’s the science behind it? Why are there some niggas that eat shit and still mog (if u say genetics I will castrate you)
 
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The idea is sweet snacks and sodas raise your blood sugar very fast, your body releases insulin to handle the sugar rush, high insulin tells your skin to produce more sebum (the natural oil that clogs pores).

There's also some plausible systemic inflammation ideas but I don't find them particularly convincing

Everything else is pseudoscience. make of this what you want
The idea is sweet snacks and sodas raise your blood sugar very fast, your body releases insulin to handle the sugar rush, high insulin tells your skin to produce more sebum (the natural oil that clogs pores).

There's also some plausible systemic inflammation ideas but I don't find them particularly convincing

Everything else is pseudoscience. make of this what you want
 
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The idea is sweet snacks and sodas raise your blood sugar very fast, your body releases insulin to handle the sugar rush, high insulin tells your skin to produce more sebum (the natural oil that clogs pores).
copy and paste from google
 
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High fat diet causes more sebum production
High sugar is more genetic, some are prone to acne from it some aren’t.
 
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androgens trigger oil production because the cells in your oil glands have specific receptors built to receive messages from these hormones when an androgen binds to one of these receptors it unlocks a biological switch that forces the gland to expand and overproduce lipids
the receptor connection
your sebaceous oil glands are heavily populated with androgen receptors think of these receptors like locks and androgen hormones like testosterone as the keys when the hormone locks into the receptor it directly communicates with the cells nucleus instructing the cell to proliferate and accelerate lipid synthesis without this specific hormonal signaling oil glands would produce minimal oil
the internal super charger dht
the skin doesnt just wait for hormones to arrive from the bloodstream it actively amplifies them inside your oil glands lives an enzyme called 5 alpha reductase when regular testosterone reaches the gland this enzyme converts it into dihydrotestosterone dht dht is a significantly more potent androgen that binds to receptors with much greater strength causing an even more aggressive surge in oil output
cellular growth and breakdown
once activated by dht and testosterone the oil producing cells sebocytes undergo two major shifts
gland hypertrophy the physical oil glands grow much larger in size
holocrine secretion to release oil sebocyte cells actually multiply fill up with fat and completely burst open androgens accelerate this entire cycle creating a non stop flood of heavy oil onto the skin surface.
anyways im buying benzyol peroxide and salicylic acid and if that doesnt work then accutane 20mg
 
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have u ever had a fresh krispy kreme donut? like when its really warm and soft, and u have it with milk, holy shit, better than sex
Nope they don’t sell that here im pretty sure
But I’ll ask the employee next time maybe he can get me an unglazed one
Sounds good though
 
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100% because it affects gut health. All people I’ve seen that never had any acne even in puberty were those with elite gut health.
 
100% because it affects gut health. All people I’ve seen that never had any acne even in puberty were those with elite gut health.
norma acne and hormonal acne is 2 diff things
 
Avoid sugar, and it can be from milk too, so drink a2 milk (goat milk for example)
 

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