Low GI Diet For Acne: How To Put It Into Practice

A recent study by an Australian university (RMIT) has found that a high GI (glycemic index) diet can contribute to acne, while a low GI diet can reduce it quite dramatically.

But how do you put it into practice?

Well, here are some tips that are simple to remember when it comes to choosing low GI instead of high GI.

High GI foods are foods that contains carbohydrates that are absorbed rapidly into the bloodstream, causing problems such as fat gain and obesity and type 2 diabetes as well as hinted in the recent study: acne.

Low GI foods on the other hand are natural than refined foods that are absorbed gradually and do not spike the blood sugar levels. These are the less refined foods. Let's have a closer look at what is high and low GI:

High GI foods:

White bread

Potatoes

Cakes and biscuits

Refined breakfast cereals

Rice cakes

Most rice

Soft drinks and fruit juice

Sugar

Low GI Foods:

Multigrain or sourdough bread

Green leafy vegetables and lentils

Yoghurt

Bircher muesli, low GI breakfast cereals

Basmati rice or brown rice

Pasta

Stone fruits such as peaches and plums

Fish

As other examples, these low Gi foods are also worth noting: whole grains, 70% dark chocolate, porridge, apples, dried apricots.

These results by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

So as you can see, the first list has quite a few refined foods as well as some natural foods, but the second list is made up of all natural foods that are lwo GI, and high in antioxidants and nutrients.

So see if you can put these diet tips into practice, and have some improvement in your acne.

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