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For now I'll park the (sometimes controversial) discussion about the role dairy, gluten and sugar play in acne; and instead discuss the glycemic index 

Forget weight gain, it’s the sticky (*and yummy*) relationship between sugar and your skin that may make you want to curb your sweet tooth. Sugar is responsible for a process called glycation, which ain't pretty. To understand why it happens and how your sugar habit might be showing on your face, we spoke to the experts. What is glycation? A really hot topic in the skincare world right now is this idea glycation. Which is essentially when blood sugar goes up too rapidly, the sugar itself attaches it to collagen and this makes the skin quite stiff and inflexible. Which in turn,...