Connection Between Diet and Acne

With years of medical education and clinical experience behind these
claims, how can we the simple folks who suffer from acne challenge
these statements and think otherwise? The answer is: doubt. Doubt, if
its stays in the borders of reason, can open many doors otherwise
will stay forever shut. Believe it or not, doubt can change reality.
Doubt can cure your acne and doubt can even save your life.

Fact is, countless of acne sufferers have reported that their acne
seemed to get worse when they consumed certain foods and saw dramatic
positive change over their acne condition when they eliminated the
same foods from their diet and when certain foods with specific
nutritional value were incorporated into their diet.

So why do dermatologists so stubbornly insist that diet does not cause
acne? The answer: you can't make as much money as you could make by
selling drugs and over the counters. There is a huge pressure upon
doctors coming from the drug and pharmaceutical companies to prescribe
expensive medications and lotions that create dependency. The truth
is, that your doctor is in a way, a hostage by the trillion dollar
drug companies. Did you know that the drug companies, who have no
interest in producing something that they cannot control financially,
sponsor most medical schools?

The right diet, although not a solution by itself, can, in many cases,
dramatically reduce inflammation and even completely clear one's acne
(if you're one of the lucky ones who's acne is triggered by allergic
response to food). There are less profits for the drug and
pharmaceutical companies when promoting a clear skin diet.

The truth is that conventional medications will never cure your acne,
simply because they are pre-designed NOT to fix the internal cause of
acne. They are pre-designed to deal with the external symptoms of a
disease as they create more and more dependency and more dependency
means making more money all at our expense and ignorance.

The Theory That Diet Doesn't Cause Acne Is A Myth

The dogmatic theory that diet does not cause acne and that acne is
merely an incurable genetic disorder was based upon two dated
researches published in 1969 and 1971 that were aimed at studying the
connection between diet and acne.

These studies were the foundation of the 'acne symptoms treatment
strategy', meaning, because acne is a genetic disease that cannot be
prevented, the only way to deal with acne would be to tackle its
symptoms (bacteria, inflammation, puss, redness, greasiness), by
applying creams, antibiotics, taking prescription drugs and over the
counters.

Surprisingly enough, years after the above studies were published,
clinical trials and in depth researches experimenting the acne diet
link have found that the studies from 1969 and 1971 had came to the
wrong conclusions and were in fact seriously flawed.

Recent studies have clearly found a significant connection between
diet and acne. It appears that the wrong diet is now thought to be one
of the leading acne contributing factors that can negatively affect
hormonal regulation and the natural process of toxic elimination,
which can seriously aggravate one's existing acne.

Diet Shapes Who You Are (Including Your Acne)

In the same way that crashing waves shape beach cliffs and just like
the wind shapes the canyon walls, slowly and methodically over time,
so does eating shapes and effects our physic, our internal system, our
physical and mental being, from the organ down to the cellular level.

The idea that an object foreign to our body that is inserted by the
food that we eat, has no effect on us, or has no impact on chronic
conditions such as acne is absurd. Diet is the primary thing that
affects and shapes who we are.

Diet has cumulative effect on our bodies, and that includes our skin
condition and acne, which is a manifestation of a chronic internal
problem slowly shaped and built by the wrong daily dietary choices
over the years.

Acne Diet and The Kitavan Islanders

While in the U.S, more than 80% of teenagers between 16 and 18 have
acne and more than 17 million Americans suffer from some form of acne,
there is an interesting evidence that native people that live and eat
in traditional ways, have significantly lower to no occurrences of
acne.

In 2002, Dr. Cordain and his colleagues published a landmark study
that examined 300 people living in the Kitavan Islands off the coast
of Papua New Guinea that showed that none of the islanders had even
one blemish on his or her face. Similar to the Kitavans, no case of
acne had been observed when the same experiment had been conducted
upon the South American Indians called the Ache, living in a remote
jungle in eastern Paraguay.

The natives of Kitavan and the South American Indians had no access to
the latest over the counters, topical creams or conventional acne
medications and they had no dermatologist to consult with. The only
vast difference between them and American or European citizens is
their diet.

Acne Diet and Sugar: The Sweet Poison

Did you know that sugar is a 100% pure chemical with zero nutritional
value? Recent studies have clearly shown a connection between the
consumption of sugar and the aggravation of acne.

When you consume any form of refined carbohydrates (white sugar, white
flour, white rice) here's what happens: right after you insert that
'sweet poison' into your body, it rapidly spikes up your blood sugar
levels. Your body needs to bring those levels down so it secrets a
surge of insulin, other male hormones and an insulin-like growth
factor called IGF-1. The excretion of these hormones overwhelms your
liver and your internal system in general. The excess of male hormones
encourages the skin to excrete large amounts of sebum oil: The greasy
substance that encourages the p.acne bacteria to grow, resulting in
the aggravation of your acne.

Acne Diet and Dairy Products: Got Milk? Got Acne

Milk (all dairy products included) is the most harmful, mucus forming,
allergenic and acne aggravating food you can find. If you thought
sugar can aggravate your acne, here's another major nutritional player
in the formation of acne: behold the miracles of milk. Surprised? I
thought so. After years of constant brainwashing by the media, who can
blame us for thinking milk is good for strong bones and healthy teeth?
The truth is: every sip of milk contains 59 different raging hormones,
(which trigger the hyper-production of sebum oil resulting in more
acne), saturated animal fat, steroid hormones, dead white blood cells,
and cow pus in abundance!

Did you know that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows 750
million pus cells in every liter of milk (about two pounds) produced
in America? Think about it, the next time you pop a pimple.

Scientific studies already point the finger at milk as one of the
worst acne aggravating foods: "As pointed out by Dr. Jerome Fisher,
'About 80 percent of cows that are giving milk are pregnant and are
throwing off hormones continuously.' Progesterone breaks down into
androgens, which have been implicated as a factor in the development
of acne...Dr. Fisher observed that his teenage acne patients improved
as soon as the milk drinking stopped."

If there's one element you should remove from your diet in the quest
for clear skin make it this one. Not only will you see an immediate
improvement over your acne, you'll feel a huge weight has been lifted
from your body. If you worry about calcium intake, don't! Milk being
acidic forming food creates a leeching effect where calcium is taken
from your bones to balance the acidity. Milk actually deprives your
body from its calcium resources. Green leafy vegetables, nuts and
seeds are not only excellent sources of calcium they also have the
powers to help you fight your acne symptoms.

Diet Is Only One of The Factors That Cause Acne

Dairy products and sugar are not the only acne aggravating foods. The
two above cannot sum up the list of western made acne triggering
foods. There are several other foods you should clearly stay away from
if you ever wish to clear your acne. The good new is that there are
tons of other foods such as essential fatty acids that are not only
excellent for your skin, they can actually help you clear your acne,
by re-balancing your body and promoting to an acne-free environment.

The right nutrition plays an important part in the complex process of
acne formation. When doctors claim there is no link between diet and
acne because certain individuals can eat specific foods and get acne
while others eat the same foods and don't, these doctors have failed
to realize that there are several factors involved in the formation
and aggravation of acne and diet is only ONE of them.

The Final Verdict On The Acne Diet Connection: How To Finally Overcome
Your Acne Challenge

Acne is a complex condition that is triggered by several underlying
factors. The only way to neutralize your acne condition is to tackle
all these acne-contributing factors-holistically. Since the wrong diet
is only one of these acne-triggering factors, in most cases no special
diet can cure acne.

There is a however, a tight connection between diet and acne
formation. Dietary factors can trigger and aggravate your existing
acne. Avoiding the wrong foods such as milk, sugar and hydrogenated
oils, and eating cleansing and hormonal balancing foods such as green
leafy vegetables and essential fatty acids, can help your skin heal
itself from the inside out and dramatically reduce your acne symptoms.

There are also several important dietary principals that you must
understand and follow if you ever want to cure your acne for good.

Taking responsibility over your body and adhering to these dietary
principals along with taking the necessary steps to tackle all acne
contributing factors, holistically, will not only cure your acne
permanently and give you the flawless acne free skin you deserve,
following these principals will also significantly improve your
overall health, mental well-being, look and feel.

_By: *Alisia Friend*_

*About the Author:*

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