Thursday, March 26, 2009

Is it true that eating peanut causes acne?


Though eating peanuts can be a cause of some allergy for some children and teenagers, it is not a direct cause of acne. The truth is, acne, zits, and blackheads can occur due to a variety of causes, but your diet is not a direct cause of these.

Most of the time acne is caused by factors such as exercise, cosmetics, hormones, hygiene, medications, shaving and stress. One of these factors cause the sebaceous gland ( a gland found throughout the skin) to produce sebum, an oily substance. The hair follicles may get trapped in the sebum with other debris and form a bacterial culture right inside your skin. As the bacterial colonies increase in size, the pimples emerge.

While it is true that a generally unhealthy diet can reduce your body's ability to fight off acne, the food itself does not cause the acne. It is more important to recognize that eating healthy foods can strengthen your body's ability to fight of bacteria infections such as acne..

19 comments:

  1. Hello Jong,

    as my wife was pregnant in the last 10 months she also shouldn't eat the peanut because they could maximize the risks of allergies in the future and while breastfeeding the consumption should be minimized,too ;-)

    Thanks for a great blog!

    A fellow Follower!

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  4. Well,I don't think so!Yeah I totally agree with you.unhealthy diet is the main reason that cause acne.That's why we need to detox our body once while.:)

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  6. Our son is still under one year old, so he's banned from eating nuts on pain of potentially activating some nasty allergies.

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  7. Hi Jong, nice blog :o)! I love some peanuts but I do know that they can cause problems. It is sad that they are finding salmonella poisoning in some these nuts though. Like now it's found in pastachio nuts. Thanks for the good information & God bless you.

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  8. Another nice article, keep it up!

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  11. A friend of mine who's currently studying Biology in the USA said that peanuts CAN'T cause acne.Your fingers that are oily and unclean cause them (^_^)

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  12. I don't know about acne but to me it causes gas. Chocolate caused me acne when I was a teenager.

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  13. Hi Jong,
    Nice blog, I do believe peanut causes acne.

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  14. Yes when i was in high school i used to think that way and i was being told that eating peanuts can cause pimples and i used to have alot of pimples before...so as much as i like eating peanuts i have to stay away from them but now i'm not so scared anymore...i rarely have pimples Thank God...i eat alot of peanuts when i get the opportunity heehee.

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