As a physician, I was taught that diet didn’t affect acne.  The medical myths about certain foods, like chocolate, causing acne have been previously disproven.  Consequently, most of my advice about acne is based around skin hygiene and treatments with creams or medications.  But now, that will change.  It seems dietary habits do affect acne.

Before I was Dr. Geoffrey Harris, MD, I was just Geoff Harris.  (Geoff is pronounced like Jeff.  The spelling is a result of my mother’s preference for the British spelling, and likely largely affected by the fact that she was an English teacher before I was born.)  Throughout high school, I took most of the honors classes that my school offered.  During the last semester of my senior year, I convinced my parents that I should be able to take a contemporary literature class instead of the honors writing class offered during that spring.  The contemporary literature class was great since I could read Ian Fleming and Anne Rice books and follow the adventures of James Bond and the vampire Lestat.  But, I digress…