The Dietary Cure for Acne
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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 avoid, along with a clear explanation of how that particular food promotes acne. The rest of the chapter provides a specific action plan. The diet is divided into two distinct phases. In Phase 1, which lasts 30 days, you will be attacking the causes of acne with every nutritional tool that can improve acne symptoms. By closely following the diet, your acne will rapidly improve. Phase 2 covers the next 3 months and beyond.
Chapter seven is titled The Good Foods, has a sample menu and complete information on all the food that you will be eating on this program.
After reading The Dietary Cure for Acne, you will understand how the right foods can prevent the pore blockage, excess oil production, inflammation, and bacterial infection that characterize acne. But most importantly, you will learn specifically which foods to eat, and which foods to avoid, so you can take action and get results. more info
Looking and Feeling Better!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I would not hesitate to echo what has already been said in other reviews about this book. Definately made a difference and I have more energy. I don’t throw stars around lightly – it is five-star-worthy in all aspects.
Lifestyle change, not a diet
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This book was recommended to me by a friend who has found it useful. Even though my skin problem is not severe, merely annoying, I decided to try it out. The principles explained in this book goes a long way towards enhancing general allover quality of life and healthy living. I think it should be used as a guide to a lifestyle change, and not just a diet. I have started losing weight, I feel great, and my skin tone and texture has greatly improved. I strongly recommend this book.
The Cure For Acne Is Determined By What You Put Inside Your Mouth
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Don’t eat too much chocolate, fatty foods, or sweets or you’ll have zits all over your face! I heard that for most of my life and who was I to question it. And yet even when I avoided all those things so dutifully, I still dealt with acne into my 30s. Using every over-the-counter acne-fighting wipe and cream I could find, nothing at all worked to clear up the blemishes on my face and body. Dr. Loren Cordain, creator of the famous low-carb Paleo Diet, understands this problem and created a dietary solution to a very common problem. Like most health conditions, acne is a direct result of our modern diet and we need to eat like our early ancestors to restore the natural beauty and complexion that they had way back when. He identifies the causes of acne, what foods you can eat to “cure” it, and what foods you should avoid to keep it from coming back. There are 174 scientific references to back up every single recommendation provided in this 120-page book-this will give you plenty of evidence-based proof to be convinced!
It WORKS!!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I am a 30 year old female, Professional Esthetician working in Skin care, who has had acne since the age of 12. I’ve been on Accutane, prescription medication, prescription topicals, and yet have consistently struggled with this. I found this book through a friend who has been on the Paleo diet for awhile now and swears by it for fitness and health related reasons.
I have been following this diet for 2 weeks now and am AMAZED at the progress thus far. The diet is strict no doubt, but my craving for sugar and dairy have subsided in week 2, and the one time I cheated and had pancakes at breakfast, I found myself craving the veggie omelette my friend was eating. I am still not sure exactly what my trigger for acne in my diet is, however I can report that in week 2, not only have I not had a single breakout (a miracle in itself trust me) but my skin is less red and inflammation from past breakouts is significantly reduced. I would say I am about a week away from being able to go out with no makeup on and feel comfortable, something I have not done in years.
The other bonus of this diet is I lost 4 pounds since I’ve been on it. I am a fit person as it is, weighing 2 weeks ago at 115 pounds, so it didn’t seem like there was anywhere to lose 4 pounds, but I did. It was all in the form of fat, and I’m excited to have my body fat percentage measured as I know it has gone down. Previously I was working out 5 days a week to maintain my body weight, and in the last 2 weeks Ive been to the gym twice, yet managed to lose 4 pounds, and looking more toned every day. This program works, and I feel absolutely amazing being on it. The first few days are tough but eat a ton of veggies, a ton of fruit, and you’ll get through it. IT WORKS!
A must read for every practitioner
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
At last we have some solid, scientific evidence to present to our clients that our modern western diet and lifestyle are creating nutritional deficiencies that result in skin disease – from acne to wrinkles. This book is a must read for practitioners and clients who want lasting results that work.
Essential for those serious about dealing with their acne.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This book is a must-read for those serious about dealing with their acne. Diet is essential. The author does a great job of explaining why – based on what we now understand about how our bodies work. It is also helpful to understand that acne is not common among populations that are not indstrialized and therefore do not have the SAD (Standard American Diet)diets that we have in America!
So far so good…
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I have been following the diet for about one month now and so far so good. I’m not 100% there but it’s a slow process and I’m confidant that it’ll just be a matter of time. This is an excellent read, well researched and written. Fairly strict diet (at least the first month) but you get used to it after a bit, it’s really not that bad. It feels good to eat well. Up to date and challenging.
a great starting point yet not quite complete
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
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.
Science that actually helps people.
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
If there were a manual that describes the entire process of the formation acne, this is it. Amazingly, as complex as it is, this book breaks it down into a form that is easily understood and yet detailed enough that you feel like you really know what is going on. The great thing about that is once you know how something works, it becomes much easier to think about how everything you do affects that process. Everything he tells you in this book is backed by scientific research too, which instilled even more confidence in me as to what I was reading is truth.
The other wonderful thing about this book is that no matter who you are, the diet itself can be applied. If you suffer acne, but are an athlete, or you are seriously wishing to lose some weight, this is a diet that will meet your goals in those areas as well as clear up your acne.
My only beef about this book is that although it really explains the process of acne formation well with scientifically backed research and tells how to alter your diet more specifically to clear up acne, in order to truly understand the diet aspect of it “The Paleo Diet” by Loren Cordain is pretty much a necessary addition to this book, which itself is a good read. Fortunately for me I already owned “The Paleo Diet” and had been utilizing it for a couple months already when I got this book which helped me tweak and understand the process more fully.
That is the only reason I give it 4 stars as opposed to 5, because I know if I needed two books for the whole answer and only had one that had touted to give me everything, I would be slightly peeved.
strict diet & great results
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
My skin looks great. I still use some skin topicals. The diet is hard at first, but I have gotten use it. It feels very healthy to eat this way as well. The book is easy to read.
The Pathogenesis of Acne
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I should start by saying that IMO Dr. Cordain is THE preeminent name in Paleolithic/Evolutionary medicine alive today. His abstracts and newsletters are absolutely required reading for anyone wishing the most thorough and accurate analysis/documentation of modern hunter/gatherer lifestyles (coupled with sound retrojected ancestral living patterns), and the health toll industrialized societies pay for their deviation. Having read his “The Paleo Diet” (but not “The Paleo Diet for Athletes,” which frankly struck me as a convenient mishmash between quasi-scientific ‘sports medicine/nutrition’ and the type which nurtured and shaped our genome for countless millennia), I can say without hesitation that this is his purest and most far-reaching book, refreshingly free from the ugly earmarks of publisher meddling (stripped-out science replaced with hokey promises, popular wisdom on adjacent subjects, etc.), and a must read for anyone interested in the exact mechanisms by which certain foods of agriculture/civilization create and promote that ‘nuisance disease’ called acne. If you are a parent or friend of someone who suffers through this condition, you are doing them a disservice by not giving them this book.
Simple is the Best
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
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.
Rational Diet
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
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.
an essential foundation
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
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
On the road to acne-free because of Dietary Cure
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
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!