Could a Low-Cal Keto Diet Help Ease Acne?
WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- In a small pilot study, some young women looking to lose weight on a low-calorie keto diet got an unexpected benefit: Their acne began to clear up.
“These findings represent an opportunity to control a skin disease that affects most teenagers and many adults at some point in their lifetimes, causing distress, embarrassment, anxiety and low self-confidence among sufferers, robbing them of their quality of life,” said lead study author Luigi Barrea, of the Università Telematica Pegaso in Naples, Italy.
His team presented its findings Tuesday at the European Congress on Obesity on Vienna, Italy.
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