Acne
Diet and The Money Factor: You Can't Sell a Healthy Diet
Ask
any medical doctor if there is a connection between diet and acne and almost
all of them will claim there is none. Quoting from the Journal of the American
Medical Association: "Diet plays no role in acne treatment in most
patients…even large amounts of certain foods have not clinically exacerbated
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 a profit promoting a healthy diet. At least not 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). Promoting a
clear skin diet simply means less profits for the drug and pharmaceutical
companies.
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
Aside
from the fact 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
If
you thought sugar can aggravate your acne, here's another major nutritional
player in the formation of acne: behold the miracles of milk. Milk (all dairy
products included) is the most harmful, mucus forming, allergenic and acne
aggravating food you can find. 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.
Mike
Walden is a certified nutritionist, independent medical researcher, natural
health consultant and author of the #1 best-selling e-book, "Acne No More-
Open The Door To An Acne Free Life." Mike has written dozens of holistic
health articles and has been featured in ezines and print magazines, as well as
on hundreds of websites worldwide. For information on Mike's Holistic Clear
Skin program, visit: Acne No More
