2 Chocolate
Picture your typical teenager and what do you think? We might think of someone with bad acne, or we might think of someone who subsists on a diet entirely made up of sugary drinks, chocolates, and fast food.
While it’s not fair to stereotype, these ideas do have some basis in truth. And while there are many factors that lead to the acne (including hormonal ones), it’s also no coincidence that both these things occur in our teenage years.
Sugary foods cause acne. That’s because processed sugars like this provide a whole lot of calories and because sugar is actually an irritant. This is why sugar causes damage to our nerves when we have diabetes, and it’s why chocolate is so bad for acne!