The Relationship Of Diet And Acne
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2018-04-15
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faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University
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Nutrition and diet are affecting overall health;. But can diet affect acne? In the report a collecting
data from different three sources were taken. The first study demonstrated a positive association
between milk intake and acne. The second study reported an association between high-glycemic
diet and acne. The third study included the relation between fat intake and acne.
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Acne is one of the most common dermatological conditions, affecting millions of young adult
worldwide.1
It is a disorder of pilosebaceous units. It can be considered as a chronic disease in
view of the most recent definitions of chronicity by the World Health Organization. It is generally
accepted that excess sebum, hormones, bacteria and hyper proliferation of follicular cells are the
major etiologic factors for acne.2 On the one hand, recent studies have suggested a rather close
relationship between diet and acne
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