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Acne Free Diet – Acne Free Skin Start With Low Glycemic Index Food Diet

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Acne Free Diet should be take into serious consideration to those seeking for acne treatment. Acne is a skin condition characterized by plugged pores, inflamed pimples and deeper lumps on the face, neck, chest, back and shoulders. It is most common throughout the teenage years when the hormonal changes occur. A male hormone – Testosterone – in both men and women, and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) are the two hormones most closely linked to acne.

Acne Free Diet – As a result of these rising hormones, it leads to an overproduction of sebum within the body. Sebum has associated with the cause of acne for a number of years, as it blocks pores and then triggers acne.

Acne Free Diet with a low glycemic load according to a research study by RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia and reported in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology showed the root cause of acne could lie in the consumption of high-glycemic foods which also contributing to the risk of diseases such as obesity, diabetes and high cholesterol.

WHAT IS THE GLYCEMIC INDEX (GI)?
The Glycemic Index (GI) measures how foods affect blood sugar levels. Generally, the faster a food breaks down during digestion, the higher the GI count will be. Likewise, the slower a food breaks down, the lower the GI count will be.

Acne Free Diet contain low Glycemic Index (55 and lower) such as most fruit and vegetables (except banana, potatoes, watermelon), porridge, wholegrain bread, fish and lean meat, grainy breads, pasta, legumes/pulses, milk, brown rice, are slowly digested and absorbed, causing blood glucose levels to rise slowly over time and have a lower insulin response and not only helps reduce weight but also clears up acne as well.

Unfortunately, the typical Western diet is comprised primarily of high glycemic (70 and above) foods such as highly refined grains and cereals, corn flakes, rice krispies, banana, croissant, white bread, potatoes, biscuits, french fries and potato chips and straight glucose that are more quickly digested and absorbed, causing blood glucose levels to rise rapidly.

A sudden glucose spike triggers the pancreas to produce high levels of insulin, and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) which trigger a spike increase of male hormone testosterone produced within the body. The overproduction of testosterone then leads to an overproduction of sebum. Too much sebum and dead skin cells often form a plug, block and clog the pores and provide a perfect breeding place for bacteria to thrive causing redness, swelling and bulges out from the skin hence resulting in acne breakouts.

So, is diet alone going to clear your acne? Probably not.

Acne Free Diet with a low Glycemic Index, however, should become your healthy daily diet that will certainly improve your overall health and minimizing the stimulus for acne outbreaks. Of course to say goodbye to acne and having an acne free and healthy vibrant looking skin is not easy as changing your diet but also have to take other precaution such as taking care and cleansing your face properly and follow the natural steps in my previous article Acne Cure – A Few Simple And Natural Steps To Get Rid Of Acne.

Glycemic Index

Cereals		Snacks		Pasta		Beans
All Bran	51	chocolate bar	49	cheese tortellini	50	baked	44
Bran Buds + psyll	45	corn chips	72	fettucini	32	black beans, boiled	30
Bran Flakes	74	croissant	67	linguini	50	butter, boiled	33
Cheerios	74	doughnut	76	macaroni	46	cannellini beans	31
Corn Chex	83	graham crakers	74	spagh, 5 min boiled	33	garbanzo, boiled	34
Cornflakes	83	jelly beans	80	spagh, 15 min boiled	44	kidney, boiled	29
Cream of Wheat	66	Life Savers	70	spagh, prot enrich	28	kidney, canned	52
Frosted Flakes	55	oatmeal cookie	57	vermicelli	35	lentils, green, brown	30
Grapenuts	67	pizza, cheese & tom	60	Soups/Vegetables		lima, boiled	32
Life	66	Pizza Hut, supreme	33	beets, canned	64	navy beans	38
muesli, natural	54	popcorn, light micro	55	black bean soup	64	pinto, boiled	39
Nutri-grain	66	potato chips	56	carrots, fresh, boil	49	red lentils, boiled	27
oatmeal, old fash	48	pound cake	54	corn, sweet	56	soy, boiled	16
Puffed Wheat	67	Power bars	58	french fries	75	Breads
Raisin Bran	73	pretzels	83	grean pea, soup	66	bagel, plain	72
Rice Chex	89	saltine crakers	74	green pea, frozen	47	baquette, Frnch	95
Shredded Wheat	67	shortbread cookies	64	lima beans, frozen	32	croissant	67
Special K	54	Snickers bar	41	parsnips	97	dark rey	76
Total	76	strawberry jam	51	peas, fresh, boil	48	hamburger bun	61
Fruit		vanilla wafers	77	pot, new, boiled	59	muffins
apple	38	Wheat Thins	67	pot, red, baked	93	apple, cin	44
apricots	57	Crackers		pot, sweet	52	blueberry	59
banana	56	graham	74	pot, white, boiled	63	oat & raisin	54
cantalope	65	rice cakes	80	pot, white, mashed	70	pita	57
cherries	22	rye	68	split pea soup w/ham	66	pizza, cheese	60
dates	103	soda	72	tomato soup	38	pumpernickel	49
grapefruit	25	Wheat Thins	67	yam	54	sourdough	54
grapes	46	Cereal Grains		Milk Products		rye	64
kiwi	52	barley	25	chocolate milk	35	white	70
mango	55	basmati white rice	58	custard	43	wheat	68
orange	43	bulgar	48	ice cream, van	60	Drinks
papaya	58	couscous	65	ice milk, van	50	apple juice	40
peach	42	cornmeal	68	skim milk	32	colas	65
pear	58	millet	71	soy milk	31	Gatorade	78
pineapple	66	Sugars		tofu frozen dessert	115	grapefruit juice	48
plums	39	fructose	22	whole milk	30	orange juice	46
prunes	15	honey	62	yogurt, fruit	36	pineapple juice	46
raisins	64	maltose	105	yogurt, plain	14
watermelon	72	table sugar	64