The research into acne has heated up in recent years. In their thoroughness, scientists are going back to revisit theories that have existed as basic received wisdom for years now and have informed our understanding into what causes acne. The acne causes that scientists have understood so far have decidedly not included sugar as a possibility; fat, perhaps, but not sugar. Actually, that basic understanding is not altogether flawed. They still don’t think that sugar itself causes acne. It is just that sugar happens to belong to a group of foods that raise your blood glucose levels very quickly (they like to call this tendency, a high glycemic index), and make you put out a lot of insulin and other hormones into your bloodstream, and in general distress the body so much that it can secrete a little extra oil on the skin. [Read more…] about Sugar Features High among Acne Causes
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Knowing your Health Facts from your Health Rumors
When it comes to knowing your facts in health, the Internet makes it easy both to stay informed or to get misled. It all depends on where you get your health information. If you get it from your friends and relatives and out of forwarded e-mail messages, you’d be surprised to know how often the truth can get hopelessly misinterpreted and distorted as it passes from one person to the next. Being weighed down by health myths, legends and rumors in place of health facts, is more than just an inconvenience, often. It can distract you from doing the right things for your health and get you to do. What is wrong? Let’s clear the air a bit now shall we? [Read more…] about Knowing your Health Facts from your Health Rumors