| Gluten is a protein found in many foods - specifically | | | | Acne is a hormonal condition, which means any |
| rye, oats, barley and wheat. Gluten and acne may | | | | imbalance in the hormones causes this condition to |
| not seem related, but they may in fact be having a | | | | occur. Adolescence is not the only time in one's life |
| sordid, destructive affair that is costing you the | | | | when acne frequently occurs; pregnancy is another. |
| health of your skin! | | | | The rush of hormones that takes place in these |
| Gluten products bear a remarkable resemblance to | | | | periods paves the way for the overproduction of |
| dairy products, in that they cause digestive disorders | | | | sebum, which is the medical cause of acne. This |
| that are signs of a food intolerance. It is | | | | means that gluten intolerance, or any other kind of |
| characterized by a painful inflammation of the gut, as | | | | food allergy, cannot cause acne. |
| well as other health problems, including acne. Seeing it | | | | However, certain conditions can worsen acne. Stress |
| in this vein, the existence of a relationship between | | | | and an unhealthy diet have been known to be among |
| gluten and a chronic case of acne is not so hard to | | | | the main culprits that aggravate an already existing |
| spot. "Gluten intolerance," as a matter of fact, is a | | | | acne condition. A clear relationship has been drawn |
| common condition - around 30% of all people are | | | | between gluten allergy and acne outbreaks, so if you |
| estimated to have gluten intolerance in some form or | | | | are experiencing a severe acne outbreak, try to look |
| another. | | | | at the foods you eat. Do any of them contain |
| Acne, on the other hand, is a very common condition. | | | | gluten? Or perhaps any other substance that you |
| It often occurs during adolescence, when a hormone | | | | may be allergic to? |
| rush triggers a buildup of sebum in the skin's pores, | | | | Allergies don't always have to be severe. In fact, the |
| resulting in the pores clogging and producing skin | | | | symptoms of allergy are not always the same; one |
| growths that fall under the category of "acne." Acne | | | | person may exhibit a seafood allergy by swelling up in |
| comes in many forms - sometimes it appears as | | | | the face and hands, another person may exclusively |
| blackheads or whiteheads, papules (red and tender | | | | experience breathing difficulties, and yet another |
| bumps with no head), and pustules (a pus-filled bump | | | | person may suffer from a combination of both. |
| similar to a whitehead, but with a more prominent | | | | Gluten and acne may be interrelated, so if you've |
| white or yellow center; better known as the garden | | | | noticed that the foodstuffs that you eat when you |
| variety zit), or a combination of all of these. More | | | | experience severe acne outbreaks contain gluten, |
| than one type of acne may be present in a single | | | | doing away with them may well be the best thing |
| area, and this area is almost always the face. | | | | you've ever done for your skin. |