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The Dietary Cure for Acne
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Average Customer Rating:  (29 reviews)
Editorial Review: With 174 scientific references, The Dietary Cure for Acne clearly explains the ultimate causes of acne, and details a dietary program that will begin to clear up your skin within 30 days or less. Written by internationally recognized author and researcher Loren Cordain, Ph.D., this is the only scientifically documented program that directly addresses all four known causes of acne, and the only program shown to clear acne blemishes in a human clinical trial.In chapter four you will learn how The Dietary Cure for Acne heals your skin from the inside by preventing all four known causes of acne. You will learn how the foods you eat affect hormones called IGFBP-3 and IGF-1, and how that affects pore blockage. You will learn how the type of fat you eat can affect bacteria proliferation in your skin. And you will understand how an enzyme called ZAG, that normally works to help keep pores open, is inactivated when you eat certain common foods. Chapter six reveals the 11 types of food to av...
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 a great starting point yet not quite complete, 2008-05-14
I have eaten pretty well since I was a teenager, but when my daughter began to develop acne, we discovered this book which cut to the chase even beyond eating organically. She had already not eaten sugar for about a year when we bought the book, but it was very informative for her and so very inspiring. I have also been eating the diet pretty closely and feel great too.
As was mentioned in other reviews, it was disappointing not to have more menu suggestions and the website only had a very few offerings of recipes. I consulted the Paleo Diet book and although it was a little helpful, there was contradicting information to the Acne book (about sweet potatoes and nuts, for instance) so we weren't sure what to do in those cases. Additionally, Dr. Cordain suggests adding one food group back in at a time each month, but instead of a specific food given as an example, he gives pizza as the example which has flour and cheese together....??? two very likely candidates to cause acne.
I was also surprised that Dr. Cordain didn't even give mention to the fact that there might be a link between the problems people are experiencing with grains and the fact that we are not soaking the grains ahead of time, which breaks down phytates (the part of grains that make them quite indigestible). Soaking grains is an ancient practice as well and might very well help many people have a plant-based source of protein that there bodies can then assimilate.
The amount of protein in ratio to veggies and fruits has been a big question for me about this diet. My daughter seems to want to eat a lot of meat (mostly chicken) and fruit. And she does always seem hungry, constantly foraging.
So, although I can see that this is very helpful and finally provides a scientifically-based explanation for acne, it really seems like there is a lot more to further this research as well as being far from a complete resource. I've had to purchase many more diet books, and search out interesting recipes as the months pass. And that, too, should be mentioned: my daughter has improved skin but she is still getting some new lesions and it has been almost 3 months. A great starting point yet not quite complete.
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 an essential foundation, 2008-05-02
the dietary cure for acne makes it clear what you may be doing wrong with your diet, and why, and what you can do to truly affect the health of your skin. I purchaced the book along with the paleo diet for athletes 9 monthes ago and have been following the diet fairly stictly, with good results for my skin and outstanding results for my overall health and athletic performance.although this book is a very good overview of the process of acne and a general guideline how and why to change your diet to improve your acne,i would highly recomend puchacing the paleo diet or the paleo diet for athletes. that being said, i also feel if you already have one of those books the dietary cure for acne dosn't offer any new advise and realy would only be useful to understand the prossess of acne, giving one more motivation to follow the paleo diet.Also i feel diet is the most important cure, however in some cases not a total cure. my recomendation for the person truely looking to improve thier overall health would be to skip the dietary cure, purchase the paleo diet and follow it, and purchase The Acne Cure by Terry J Dubrow. however, for a qick read that just may change your life, the dietary cure for acne can do wonders on its own
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 Simple is the Best, 2008-04-27
An easy to follow sensible diet with no special purchases or preparations. And it works! It is the best and most logical diet there is for promoting health and good skin, and you feel better when you are on it. Your body will want to to stay on this diet, and you will save money by not buying junk all the time to eat. Wiley has gotten it right with this diet.
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On the road to acne-free because of Dietary Cure, 2008-04-19
I owe a big thanks to Dr. Cordain for this book. I have an all-too- typical story: suffered from moderate acne for years, been on a medications for years with only moderate results. I quit my medication the day I started the acne diet and since then my skin has steadily improved over the past two months. I have had minimal breakouts, inflammation has gradually decreased, and my skin is clearer now than it has been since pre-highschool.
The diet does require considerable discipline, but I have also seen the other described benefits to my energy levels and general health.
The book is detailed, but easy to follow. My one recommendation would be that it draw a distinction between acne and rosacea. I also suffer from the latter and have had to cut some additional foods in order to see further improvement to my skin.
Overall, this book has been a life-changer!
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Rational Diet, 2008-04-18
I have followed Dr. Cordain's work for quite some time now, and have always found his explanations for modern, or western, diseases to be well-grounded and usually quite obvious given the proper framework -- i.e. eating a diet that we are not evolved to eat. The Dietary Cure for Acne continues his excellent work and makes the findings accessible without dumbing down the science.
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