Acne Has Nothing to Do with Diet – WRONG!!!!
Hey guys, I’m new here, however I’ve been suffering with breakouts
like the rest of you. I’ve had acne for 10 years, since I was 13. I’m
22 now, and I must admit that me getting older has calmed it down a
lot, however now I’m not so sure it was because of my age. I believed
it was due to me changing what I ate. I don’t care what doctor or
scientist tells you that diet doesn’t affect your skin….being an
acne suffer and doing experiments with diet changes, DON’T BELIEVE
THEM!!! Just think, we’ve all been there, we’ve been to the drug
stores, the dermatologists, we’ve tried EVERY kind of fash wash,
cream, potion, drugs, and low and behold we STILL have acne! After
years and year of struggling with this, something clicked in my head,
that ‘hey there has to be something more to acne than what’s on the
outside’. So I started doing massave research and came
across ‘natural’ solutions. I started learning that
the ‘crap’(because honestly that’s what it is) that we put into our
bodies, our bodies are telling us that it’s not right by showing up
on our skin. Just think, you’ve heard the saying YOU ARE WHAT YOU
EAT. Is that ever so true! Now I know you probably think to yourself,
but John Doe eats what he wants and doesn’t break out not once? That,
my friends, is where the HERIDTARY part comes in. What gets passed
down from generation to generation is the way our body reacts to
these foods, not the acne. The acne is only the result of our
reaction to the food. It’s our body’s way of telling us that
something wrong is going on the INSIDE! How else could it let us
know, our bodies can’t speak for itself. You know how I know it’s
diet, is that fact that while my skin breaks out, I also suffer from
digestive and gastral problems. I’m not saying that all people who
have acne suffer from this, but A LOT of acne sufferers experience
this also. I found my gastral problems worsened when I ate foods like
cheese(I love cheese), pizza, burgers, so on. I’m telling ya’ll what
we’re putting in our bodies is GREATLY affecting our health. The
reasons the doctors LIE to you is b/c just think, if they told you
that you could CURE your acne, by just changing the way you eat, what
PROFIT WOULD THEY GAIN!! We wouldn’t need to buy all those face
creams, cleanser, drugs, etc. The skin care business would literarlly
COLLASPE!!! If you don’t believe me, do the research for yourself.
Here’s this newsletter I’ve found and am sharing it with you. I
TOTALLY understand where you all are coming from, and I totally am
sympathetic, b/c I am STILL suffering(moderate acne), however I’ve
decided that enough was enough and I’ve got to get this thing under
control. After reading this I am going to do what it says and keep a
log of the differences. I will let you all know how I’m doing in
about 2 weeks. Keep the faith ya’ll, the answers are right underneath
our noses! First read this, and just see the logic and truth in it
for yourselves. Take care and God Bless….
"Standard dogma from your medical doctor is that your oily skin and
acne have nothing to do with the foods you eat. Next time you hear
this message, ask for the evidence. You will find this learned
professional speechless and almost empty-handed , because this
incorrect information dates back to a single article published by Dr.
James Fulton in the Journal of the American Medical Association
almost 35 years ago (in 1969). Furthermore, the results of this
study have been justly criticized and effectively discounted for more
than 25 years. Still countless millions suffer needlessly.
Dr. Fulton studied 30 adolescents (14 girls and 16 boys)
attending an acne clinic and 35 young adult male prisoners with mild
to moderate acne. The Chocolate Manufacturers Association of America
provided the study with two kinds of candy bars – one with and one
without chocolate. Both bars were made mostly of fat and sugar and
had similar amounts of calories (557 to 592 calories per bar). The
subjects then added one or the other bar to their usual daily food
intake for the next 4 weeks. Nothing else was changed in their diet
during the experiment, except for the addition of the candy bars. Dr.
Fulton and colleagues then counted the pimples on their young faces.
Forty-six of the 65 subjects stayed the same, 10 were better and 9
were worse. (Not unexpectedly, the rate of sebum excretion increased
by 60% with the addition of either kind of the high-fat, high-sugar
candy bar (with or without chocolate) in all subjects. (Sebum is a
fatty substance secreted by the skin.) Yet the results of this
single, seriously flawed, and completely irrelevant (it only tested
the effects of chocolate candy bars), experiment are the heart and
soul of the claim that "diet has nothing to do with acne."
The "Acne Plague" is Found Only Where Rich Food is Eaten
Acne develops when the pores in the skin (sebaceous follicles) become
blocked with dead skin (hyperkeratinization); then fatty materials
(sebum) accumulate within the blocked pore. This overstuffed pore
then becomes infected by bacteria, resulting in inflammation – the
pimple. The bacteria eat the sebum and thrive. Prevention and
treatment are now directed at unblocking the pore, reducing the
accumulation of the sebum, lessening inflammation, and killing the
bacteria, by various pharmaceuticals sold over-the counter and by
prescription. As with all Western diseases, there is a better way –
and that is attacking the cause and invoking the cure with a healthy
diet.
Incidence of acne in Western Countries
Adolescents 79% to 95%
Older than 25 40% to 54%
Middle aged 3% to 12%
Incidence of acne in underdeveloped countries: often 0%
Multiple studies of people living on their traditional native diets –
almost all of which are low fat-diets, based on starches, vegetables,
and fruits – have found these people have little or no acne. When
these healthy people learn the Western diet, acne becomes an
epidemic – as do the other diseases of modern civilization (obesity,
heart disease, diabetes, prostate and breast cancer). Examples of
well-studied populations include the Kitavan Islanders of Papua New
Guinea who live on a diet of 70% carbohydrate from plant foods, and
the Ache’ of Eastern Paraguay with a diet of about 70% of the
calories coming from manioc (cassava – a root vegetable). Acne is
COMPLETELY absent – NOT A SINGLE SUFFERER – in these two populations
living primarily on unprocessed, low-fat plant-foods.
People living in Africa on plant-food-based diets show similar
freedom from acne. Southern African Bantu adolescents have an
incidence of acne of 16%, compared to the whites in Africa with a 45%
incidence. Zulu have been reported to develop acne only after they
move from the villages to the cities and learn a Western diet. People
in both Kenya and Zambia have far less acne than do blacks in the
USA. People from Malaysia living on rice-based diets have been
reported to have no acne problems. A rice-centered diet is also the
reason people in rural Japan have very few skin troubles. Even those
Europeans on lower-fat diets (Crete, Southern Italy) have less acne
compared to those in Western Europe on higher fat diets. The Yemenite
Jews following a healthier, lower-fat diet than European Jews report
less acne, too. The picture is clear to me: switch from a plant-based-
diet to a high fat Western diet centered on meat and dairy, and your
face lights up.
Undoubtedly, there are components of the Western diet that cause the
skin to become unsightly – this is not a normal, natural condition –
this is a disease.
Ways Diet Causes Acne
1) A high-fat diet increases the amounts of fats in and on the skin
(sebum). With extreme changes in food intake such as almost total
avoidance of fat (like the McDougall diet) or inclusion of fat as the
sole source of food the amount of sebum production has been found to
be greatly altered. Please note that it does not take much fat on
the skin to plug the pores, feed the bacteria, and cause acne in
susceptible people. Also note the bacteria eat vegetable oil as well
as animal fats.
2) The rich Western diet increases sex hormones causing precocious
puberty (girls mature at 12 rather than 16 – boys mature earlier
too). Earlier maturation of women is known to be associated with
more severe acne. Excess male hormones (androgens) in men and women
are well known to cause acne and increase production of sebum.
3) Growth hormones adversely affect the sebaceous glands causing
them to become easily plugged. Insulin-like growth hormone-1 (IGF-1)
is known to be increased by dietary protein (meat, poultry, etc.),
and especially by dairy products. Research shows elevated IGF-1
levels are associated with more acne.
Other factors that may play a lesser role are:
4) Acne is promoted by lack of antioxidants and other plant-derived
nutrients that keep the skin healthy.
5) Poor circulation to the skin from a high-fat diet allows the skin
to be more susceptible to acne.
6) Fat and oils, brought to the skin by hands picking up greasy
French fries and burgers, cause acne – this directly-applied grease
plugs the pores and feeds the bacteria.
Preventing and Curing Acne
Everyone knows that acne is related to surging hormones during
adolescence, but to blame acne on puberty is like blaming heart
disease on old age. People get more heart disease as they get older,
but only when they eat the wrong diet. Heart disease does not exist
where people eat healthy, such as in rural Africa and Asia. Heart
disease is also cured when sick people change to a healthy diet.
Same story with acne.
Acne may be the best angle you will ever use to sell a healthy diet
to your teenage children. After changing to plant-based, low-fat
foods you (and they) should expect to experience a noticeable
REDUCTION IN THE OILINESS OF YOUR FACE AND HAIR WITHIN ABOUT 4 TO 7
DAYS. The pimples start to resolve shortly after that, but sometimes
it takes as long as a month to start to show improvement. Strict
adherence to the diet is absolutely essential, because I have found
that small indiscretions result in a crop of pimples within a day or
two. One night out to the pizza parlor will mean a face-full of
flare-ups before you can say, "I shouldn’t have ordered the extra
cheese and pepperoni." This means you must follow a diet based on
starches with fruits and vegetables – strictly avoiding all added
fats, including nuts, seeds, avocados, olives, soybeans, and
vegetable oils – even the so-called "good" fats. Wash all oils from
your hands before touching your face, shampoo the oil from your hair
daily, and use a "buff pad" to help open your pores and thoroughly
clean your skin. If your skin is not improving, then my first guess
is you are not adhering strictly enough to your diet and skin care.
After all, millions of people living in Papua New Guinea, Paraguay,
rural Africa and Asia who eat a plant-based diet are acne-free
throughout their lives – so why can’t you also be acne-free, if you
behave like they do?"
Good Luck Guys!!!!