痘痘脸？食物和痤疮的真相

A healthful diet rich in leafy vegetables, beneficial fatty acids, and protein is certainly crucial if you want to create and maintain a gorgeous complexion. After all, a healthy, well-balanced inside often yields a beautiful outside. But if you struggle with chronic acne—either adult breakouts or the time-honored trials of teenage skin—the unsatisfying truth is that despite numerous studies, the jury is technically still out as to whether diet can trigger chronic breakouts. Acne is largely caused by hormones, yet cautionary tales about how certain foods yield breakouts stubbornly persist. Read on to find out which “acne-causing foods” can be dismissed as the stuff of myth and which are true acne culprits.

　　如果你想拥有动人、富含蛋白胶原的完美皮肤，一个有益于健康的饮食——大量的蔬菜和有益脂肪酸是必备的。因为身体内部的健康和营养均衡，会投射到身体表面。无论你长期和痤疮进行斗争——成年型爆发痤疮或是从少年时期一直没有痊愈，虽然有很多研究，但是却无法表明饮食是否会导致慢性痤疮爆发。痤疮主要是由荷尔蒙产生，一些人却坚持着某些食物会导致痤疮的爆发。继续阅读这篇文章，你将会找到食物和痤疮的关系—— 哪些是真凶，哪些则是被冤枉的。

　　油腻的、油炸的食品会引起痤疮吗？也许不会。

Cheesy pizza, oily potato chips, french fries, and juicy cheeseburgers won’t give you pimples. This myth began because people once thought that fatty foods must cause acne since they contain oil, and sebaceous oil causes acne. The problem with that logic is that the oil in food has absolutely no relationship to the sebum on your skin, and the only way that pizza could directly cause acne is if you rubbed it on your face.

　　起司披萨、炸薯条、炸土豆片、多汁的芝士汉堡等，不会让你起粉刺。这个说法的由来是由于人们认为脂肪过多的食物一定会导致痤疮，因为这些食物中包含油，而这些脂肪油则会导致痤疮。这样的思考逻辑会推理出会食物中的油，和皮肤分泌的油脂毫无关系，而吃披萨可以产生痤疮的唯一方式则是把它往你的脸上涂抹。

　　糖类会产生痤疮吗？也许吧。

　　一些研究表明，单一碳水化合物导致血液中胰岛素的升高，这会破坏正常荷尔蒙功能的平衡，反过来导致痤疮的产生。在2011年美国皮肤学会的夏季研讨会中，来自美国纽约州立大学州南部医学中心的艾伦沙利塔博士说道，“我鼓励痤疮病人减少碳水化合物的摄入”。食用低碳水化合物的食物，可以控制血糖和胰岛素。undefined

　　巧克力会导致痤疮？也许不会。

Diana McShane, a dermatologist at Duke University, says, “Chocolate has been implicated in the role of acne for decades without any convincing data to support or refute this theory.” Several studies have found no relationship between chocolate and acne, but somehow none have been conclusive enough to officially close the book, so the misconception continues. Still, most medical professionals agree that it’s an old wives’ tale.

　　杜克大学的皮肤科专家戴安娜麦莎妮说，“巧克力一直被卷入到痤疮的问题中，然而却没有强有力的证据去支持或反驳这个理论。”一些研究证明巧克力和痤疮之间没有关系，但是却一直没有一个决定性的研究去结束这一争论，错误的观点也持续了下去。然而，大多数医学专家仍然同意这是一个无稽之谈。