Food allergies

I have noticed that my acne responds to different foods that I eat. In particular, I believe I have received some negative reactions after peanut butter, and shell fish. It seems that after I eat those foods, my acne flares up and/or my skin gets itchy. Looking around the internet, these foods seems to be common food allergies. The shell fish was from a Chinese restaurant, which leads me to think it was MSG (monosodium Glutamate), and not the shell fish. I will need to investigate this further. A interesting post over at acne.org has some more information on MSG and acne.

I used to think that food and acne have no relation, because there is no medical evidence proofing the case. However, after noticing my acne's reaction after eating certain foods, I would have to say that there is some relation between the food we eat and acne. However, like all things, it depends, because everyone is different. One food may not cause the same reaction between two different people. I would recommended testing to see if you have any food allergies by noticing reactions after consuming foods. According to foodallergy.org, the most commons ones are: milk, eggs, peanut, tree nuts, shell fish, wheat, and soy.

I listened to an interesting story on NPR talking about food allergies. It seems that is a growing medical issue.

Here is an update picture. It is with my movember stash. Unfortunately, this picture does not do a good job showing it off. Not that it is that great to begin with. My skin is doing OK in this picture. I had Chinese food the day before. I thought it might be MSG free, but I think I was wrong and it caused some damage.

I think my next post will be about hydration and/or digestion.