Hello and welcome to our Dishing Up Nutrition, Ask a Nutritionist series.

Today we're talking about acne. More specifically, how your diet might contribute to acne and other skin issues. We as

nutritionists focus on healing the skin from the inside out, so good news, you can save your money

from all the expensive creams and topical treatments. Diet is more impactful to skin health than any other expensive

beauty product. There are certain foods and certain food groups that can be particularly harmful to the

skin. And on the flip side, certain foods that are particularly supportive to healthy skin.

Maybe you've even seen this with your own skin.

In fact, we had our listener right in saying, weak products caused me to have face breakouts

and cloned ears, same thing with milk, though I can eat cheese, butter and cottage cheese,

but no yogurt. It's maddening.

This listener has made the connection between her skin breakouts and her diet. And our skin is the largest organ, after all. So if our gut is unhappy, it can send us signals through the

inflammation of our skin.

Have you ever eaten a certain food and noticed how your skin reacts?

Maybe you indulge in some sugar and then notice a pimple pop up within a few hours.

Oh gosh, it's so aggravating.

Or in more severe instances, maybe you notice a rash or hive swarm from certain foods.

Or if you have an autoimmune condition like rosacea, you notice that certain foods can cause flare-ups.

We can use our skin as a helpful tool to know the health of what's going on on the inside

where we can't see.

Unfortunately, many who struggle with chronic acne, especially teens, are prescribed medications

like acutin or put on antibiotics.

These medications, they do work for clearing up acne, but unfortunately

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