Oxide said:
I will give it up starting today for two weeks to see if the Acne theory has any merit.
Oxide, you can do that, but doing so is a very poorly controlled study as there are other factors related to acne that are not being taken into account.
Is your acne mild, moderate, servere, somewhere inbetween? Believe it or not, but acne IS related to diet, regardless of whatever "experts" say. The HILARIOUS thing about it all is that these "experts" will agree that excess androgen are a huge factor in increased oil production and hence acne. However, what these "experts" fail to realize is that diet is related to developed insulin resistance and insulin resistance (which leads to high levels of insulinb hormones) STIMULATES androgen production. So they are in essence, contradicting themselves because they didn't do their research and instead decided to BLINDLY accept "pop dermatology". The "hip" stuff.
There was only ONE, poorly controlled diet study referenced in literature I have read. And from those meaningless conclusions, a doctor WHO MAKES TOPICAL acne creams (can you say conflict of interest?) decided that there was no link between food and acne (specifically chocolate).
I can tell you from:
1) My own research over 3 years
2) My fuvking face, my fuvking back, my fuvking chest
There IS a link between diet and acne. A STRONG link. Even my roommates saw a noticeable difference in just a few months when I found a good diet.
I have it MOSTLY figured out. I don't know everything, because genetics does play some role and it is hard to pinpoint everything. I also need more time to see what is happening to my skin because a skin disorder like what I've had will not change overnight.
However, I am MUCH closer to the full answer than a derm who sits in his/her office handing out creams, antibiotics and dangerous drugs for a living
profit, profit, profit, that is what it is all about. Not helping people with acne.
And for the record, I have tried creams, antibiotics, and dangerous drugs. That is what led to my frustration and avoidance of all this "pop dermatology" BS and do my own independent research (i.e. research that is NOT funded by say the chocolate industry in a study to determine if chocolate increases incidents of acne

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