Let me tell you that what you consume excretes back through your pores? Well, substances from them do anyway. This gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, you are what you eat. This is why rosacea diets may be important for us individuals. (Why does acne (occur, appear, arise, come about, crop up, develop, manifest, happen? The theories are vast. But the most commonly attributed theories, is lack of poor personal hygiene, is a myth). Alcoholic drinks such as wines and beers are notorious for triggering rosacea. and as you no doubt know smoking is is strictly taboo, in fact there are thousand of chemicals in a cigarettes, We don. do not understand what the majority of them do. Foods high in sugar and gluten are well known for causing breakouts. I'm talking about junk foods, especially. You probably have noticed the topic of acne diets. This pertains to what you consume and how it affects your skin. I recall a few winters ago I was sitting in the doctor's office with my aunty. She was there for a knee pain examination. I had painful chapped lips at that time and asked her if she had some lip balm in her purse. The doctor looked my way with a grin and said, "You know, the chapping of your lips directly relates to what you eat." Huh? She educated me that eating the proper nutrients and fluids regularly would prevent my lips from being chapped. This stunned me. However, lately I have settled upon a more nutritious diet and stopped using lip balm. And do you know? I never have chapped lips anymore. It's puzzling how some things work. This thing also applies to our skin.