Should We Limit Sugar in Acne?

Oily skin: specific features in Chinese women

“…Oily skin does therefore seem to be partly related to the intake of spicy or sweet foods. This observation rather agrees with certain cosmetic, or even medical recommendations advocating a limitation of dietary sugar intake in case of acne (4)(5)(6)(7)16). Given the involvement of sebum in acne (17), our findings concerning oily skins and sweet diets are not surprising, even if they have never been described in this way.…”

“…The impact of environmental factors, particularly dietary, on skin condition has often been touched on. Many recent (4, 5) and older (6, 7) publications have searched for links between diet and persisting seborrhoea or the presence of acne. As dietary habits vary from one country to another, it is not unlikely that they may influence skin condition.…”

Nutrition and Acne: Therapeutic Potential of Ketogenic Diets

“…In the 1930s, most of the dermatology textbooks supported therapeutic dietary restriction based on clinical experience suggesting that diet rich in carbohydrates and sugars can worsen cases of acne [2] . In the 1960s, however, due to the lack of success in providing strong experimental evidence, these recommendations were withdrawn and the accepted opinion became that diet was irrelevant as far as acne is concerned [3][4][5] . Above all, chocolate was declared innocent following the work of Fulton et al [6] who reported observing no effect.…”