Can Carbs Cause Acne?

Here’s yet another condition that a high glycemic diet has been linked to: teen acne. Libby Wiersema, About’s Guide to Acne, reports on a study in which one group of teens ate a high carb diet, and another a reduced-carbohydrate diet that emphasized low glycemic carbs. The lower carb, lower glycemic diet produced a reduction in acne. Read All About It!.

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• What is the Glycemic Index?
  
  
• Understanding Carbohydrates