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Charger blogger, nutritional science Major examines the connection between acne, nutrition and skin care

Charger blogger, nutritional science Major examines the connection between acne, nutrition and skin care

From Cleopatra’s beauty secret to modern skin care, Beatrice Glaviano ’26 is based on science behind acne and whether nutrition keeps the key to clearer skin.

February 14, 2025

By Beatrice Glaviano ’26

The students stay healthy at the university's U-Cook station.

The students stay healthy at the university’s U-Cook station.

Someone still grows up, takes care of their own business, and there is simply the biggest, most disgusting pimples in the middle of their forehead?

This one person with great genetics: “So-“

Not you.

See, acne – and the vast majority of people – plagued me forever. When we return far enough, I would like to introduce myself to historical characters such as Cleopatra or Napoleon who wear one or two pimples during their reign. Perhaps acne was the thing to inspire old beauty practices – like the face with honey or Cleopatra notorious goat milk baths, from which she claimed, dared the skin. As much as I want to consult these numbers, they do not accept any calls – I am always sent to Voicemail.

Thank God for Google.

In the literature, acne can be described as “chronic, multifactorial inflammatory disease” (“Examination of a potential relationship between nutrition and acne”). Simply put: acne arises when a pores of the skin is clogged by sebum, sweat or bacteria. This leads to the accumulation of white blood cells and other lymphocytes, which then gather in order to violate the pore.

Unfortunately, this process often leads to a glowing bump, which sometimes creates a pustel made of white in the middle-a mixture of white blood cells and dead skin cells. This would be the classic Whitehead, which we all know and love to pack it, and then see how three new pimples appear the next day.

Author, thirty minutes after a pimple poping session: “It’s right there! How can it not- ug! ”

Acne is a dermatological hydra, and we need more than torches to solve them.

Of course, there is another frequent perpetrator of acne hormones. These chemical bodies can react particularly to the menstrual cycle, the nutrient type and recording, genetics (family history, medical history, etc.) and general cleanliness (“examination of a potential relationship between nutrition and acne”). Obviously, you can not only say to your estrogen receptors that you should switch off or predict that a milk product can lead to one or two places on the cheek in the morning. However, there are ways to treat acne that are healthy, safe and more than just advantageous for your skin:

Nutrition.

As a nutritional major, I admit that I don’t always eat “clean”. There are days when I am my bougie protein and others in which it is 10 p.m. and I eat chocolate cake. Speaking of, a “… significantly higher consumption of cow’s milk, sugar -containing drinks and higher overall absorption of fat and sugar were described as a ‘western diet” (“Investigation of a potential connection between the diet and acne”), which for one Increase in the severity of acne. According to other articles that I have seen, this is due to the hormonal reaction of blood sugar with a high glycemic index. As a result, your own body then fills the same increase in insulin (hormone) in order to counteract the newly discovered sugar in your bloodstream, creating a higher level of this hormone in your system. If this happens too much, insulin becomes ineffective and finally …

Type -2 -Diabetes. Not great.

Before everyone starts spaming the button “panic”, let me tell you something:

Unless you have to worry about your blood sugar, you don’t.

It has always been chattered about highly glycemic or low glycemic foods and the only population that should really take care of diabetics, or those who have health problems related to blood sugar. It is absolutely no need to cut bananas or occasional milk queen out of her diet because you have a place in your life.

Apart from that, It Is Important to have balance.

So: Which foods can help your skin health?

Fatfish

Fish are ideal for you, especially for those that contain omega-3 fatty acids. As written by Taylor Jones in her article “The 11 best foods for healthy skin”, “Omega-3 fatty acids are required to keep the skin thick, smooth and damp” (Jones). These fatty acids are also less inflammatory than their omega-6 counterparts and a key component in brain, eye and cardiovascular health. If you try to obtain omega-3-3, fish such as salmon, mackerel and herring are great decisions (Jones).

*I strongly recommend

Sweet potatoes

Ah yes, sweet potatoes: amazing, aroma filled and one of the most versatile foods in the world. They also contain beta carotene, which “acts as provitamin A, which means that it can be converted into vitamin A in your body (Jones)”.

Carotenoids also act as a natural sunscreen in which the skin is built into the skin and protects against UV rays. Sweet potatoes are also an amazing source for vitamins, minerals and antioxidants as a whole.

Author, eat a cooked sweet potato like an apple: “…What?”

While I was able to continue on skin health and the forces of superfoods, I think that you get the core:

  • Eat vitamin -rich foods or food with good fatty acids
  • The use of retinoids and other acids (i.e. hyaluronic acid) can be advantageous when reducing the appearance of acne
  • Sometimes there is nothing you can do – genetics and hormones are often outside of our control, so we can only do our best

I hope this article was an entertaining reading for you and offers a perspective on the diet of dermatology. I wish you all a great weekend and even more a fantastic Valentine’s Day.

* Cough ** cough* Note Next article lol

With peace, love and peanut butter,
Bea ❤️

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