As our sugar and dairy consumption has increased over the last 100 years so has the number of people with acne. Now there are over 17 million acne sufferers, costing our health care system $1 billion a year. Eighty to ninety percent of teenagers suffer acne to varying degrees. But new research proves it’s not what we put on our skin but what we put in our mouth. The culprits are dairy and sugar, (which raise blood sugar) and cause spikes in certain acne producing hormones. Dairy boosts male sex hormones (various forms of testosterone or androgens) and increases insulin levels just as foods that quickly raise blood sugar (sugar and starchy carbs) and spike insulin. Androgens and insulin both stimulate your skin and cause acne. Stay Away from Dairy and Avoid Acne One scientist referred to milk as a “complex aqueous, suspended fat, liposomal, suspended protein emulsion”. What we do know is that milk is designed to grow things, namely, babies ...