Acne

To be blunt, I think the medical community's treatment of acne is just awful.  You see all kinds of young people suffering from acne, and what do the doctors recommend: pills, lotions, washes, etc.  None of which gets to the root cause of acne: diet.

Loren Cordain's book on acne is soon coming to paperback.  He's shown that in "primitive" populations, there are virtually no signs of acne.  Yet here in the U.S., there are thousands of cases.  So why does acne "magically" appear on the faces of U.S. teenagers?

Finally, researchers are starting to show that the modern diet is the true cause of acne.  For example, this study shows how a low-glycemic diet reduces acne.  This study shows that high dairy consumption is related to acne development.

These two studies strike a chord with me because of my experience with a sure-fire acne generator: chocolate milk.  I remember in high school, if I drank chocolate milk I would soon get pimples.  Luckily, I figured out this relationship pretty quick and quit drinking it.  From then on, I had no problems.

I feel sad for modern teenagers who are misinformed about the real cause of acne.  I see some young people at the mall with bad acne and I wish they knew better.  But I'm sure their doctors will keep on promoting pharmaceutical junk that does them no good.  Acne can be successfully treated with a Paleo diet, if only doctors would prescribe it.

I'm optimistic that eventually word will get out about the acne-diet relationship.  I just wish it would happen sooner than later.