What Dietary And Lifestyle Changes Get Rid Of Acne?

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens.
Typically, the first thing we reach for to deal with acne is a
lotion, potion, or cream to apply to the skin—and conventional
medicine doctors frequently prescribe birth control pills. These
approaches do not target the root cause of acne, however. A growing
body of research suggests it’s not what we slather on our skin that
matters most but rather what is going on inside our body. In
today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I talk about
acne—the number-one skin condition in the United States—and its
effects on not just millions of teenagers but an increasing number
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details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber
version): Common causes of acne (4:16 / 1:16)  Foods to avoid
if you have acne or are trying to prevent a breakout (5:34 /
2:34)  The gut-skin connection (7:22 / 4:45) 
Considerations for using the birth control pill to treat acne (8:30
/ 5:37)  Dietary and lifestyle changes for reversing acne
(9:30 / 6:30)  Choosing skin-safe topical products (13:00 /
10:03)  Mentioned in this episode Milk and Health
Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Cosmetic Database