One more thing, when my daughter went off to college there was the
immediate flare up of acne. We found filtered water to be the cure.
After we got her one of those Brita filters for her drinking water
everything improved. She was in an area with lots of minerals in the
water (Saratoga Springs NY). The majority of the kids there had to
filter their water to prevent acne.

Helen

Zoe wrote:

> What you and Nita said sounds very helpful - I doubt if they'll go
> low-carb, but I'll mention it - as well as suggesting they stop
> drinking sugary things and go to water. Cheaper too.
>
> Zoe
>
> >I think diet has something to do with it, but not in the way that
> >people used to think.  When I was a teenager the common wisdom
> >was that "oily" foods caused acne. But eliminating these foods
> >didn't fix the problem, so that theory fell out of favor.
> >
> >Acne is an inflammatory process.  I think that a diet that tends
> >to counteract inflammatory processes should help.  In particular
> >a low-carb (paleo or not) diet with supplemental omega-3 fats
> >should help to balance things.
> >
> >Todd Moody
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