THE DIETARY CURE FOR ACNE
by Professor Loren Cordain

This program is the natural acne cure uncovered through the research of Loren Cordain, Ph.D.  It is backed by ground-breaking research published in major nutrition and scientific journals, and has worked for thousands of now acne-free individuals.

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With 174 scientific references, The Dietary Cure for Acne thoroughly documents and clearly explains the ultimate causes of acne. Put together by internationally recognized researcher Professor Loren Cordain, 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.

The Dietary Cure for Acne will help you understand the scientific basis of why diet matters in keeping your skin acne free. It provides a simple plan that produces results quickly. This very specific diet is the only natural acne cure that has been shown to work in published scientific studies.

The Science Behind The Diet That Cures Acne

For nearly 50 years scientists have understood the following four immediate causes of acne:

• The pores become blocked by skin cells that stick together.
• Glands in the skin produce excessive oil.
• Bacteria colonize and infect the oil filled, blocked pore.
• The oil filled, blocked pore and surrounding tissue become inflamed.

However, until now the reason behind these immediate causes of acne was not well understood. Most people grow up thinking that "acne just happens", and that other than expensive and often ineffective treatments, nothing can be done to prevent it. But in fact, we now know that diet directly affects all four of the immediate causes of acne.

For instance, there is an enzyme called ZAG that normally dissolves the proteins holding together skin cells lining the pore, so that they can flake away and not block the pore. However, new evidence shows that components of certain foods enter the bloodstream and inhibit ZAG, thus causing the skin cells lining the pore to stick together and thereby block the pore.

In The Dietary Cure for Acne, Dr. Cordain explains the causes of acne, and its connection to diet. You’ll learn how pore blockage also results from excess blood concentrations of a hormone called IGF-1, and insufficiencies of another hormone called IGFBP-3, and how the food you eat influences both of these hormones. You’ll learn how excess oil production is caused by certain foods, and you’ll learn how the inflammation of acne can be rapidly calmed by eating the right anti-acne diet.

Scientific research by Dr. Cordain and his colleagues has established a new understanding of how diet influences the hormonal, cellular and molecular underpinnings of acne. The Dietary Cure for Acne works by preventing the four immediate causes of acne, and will quickly result in great improvements or complete remission of your acne. This is a completely natural diet, and the only one among all acne cures.

Who is Dr. Loren Cordain?

Dr. Cordain has published a series of three scientific publications outlining the central role diet plays in causing acne. The first of these papers was a ground-breaking article entitled “ Acne Vulgaris: A Disease of Western Civilization”, which appeared in the prestigious medical journal, The Archives of Dermatology in 2002.

Featured on Dateline NBC, the front page of the Wall Street journal, and the New York Times, Loren Cordain is the author of the popular books The Paleo Diet and The Paleo Diet for Athletes. He is also the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles and abstracts. His research has appeared in the world’s top nutrition journals including the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the British Journal of Nutrition, and the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. His recent work has focused upon the effects of diet and skin health.

Loren Cordain, Ph.D.

His first acne article was followed by “Hyperinsulinemic Diseases of Civilization: More than Just Syndrome X”. In May of 2004 the American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) recognized this paper as the most significant international medical publication of the year.

His most recent peer-reviewed scientific paper about acne, “Implications for the Role of Diet in Acne” outlines the underlying mechanisms of how diet causes acne.

Dr. Cordain has spoken extensively on the topic of diet and acne. He is invited to lecture regularly, a list which includes a talk at the largest, most prestigious dermatology organization in the United States: The Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID), and its equivalent in Europe: The European Society of Dermatology and Venerology (EADV).

The evidence and methods presented in this book are based upon an exhaustive study of the scientific literature, an understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in acne, and an actual scientific trial with acne patients. With The Dietary Cure for Acne you will discover the true cause of acne, clearly explained, with a solution that can be implemented immediately that produces results in a matter of days. You can become acne free with a natural acne cure.

Since Dr. Cordain's 2002 article, there have been multiple, peer-reviewed articles supporting the hypothesis that this type of diet program has indeed been a cure for acne for many people.

You may download the full text of Dr. Cordain's articles with full lists of references here:

• Acne Vulgaris: A Disease of Western Civilization
• Hyperinsulinemic Diseases of Civilization: More than Just Syndrome X

The Myth – That no Acne Diet Causes ... And Can't Cure Acne

For years the medical community's position has been that diet had nothing to do with acne. Many people, including most physicians, believe that acne is primarily a genetic disease, and that nothing can be done to prevent it. So your only remaining strategy has been to treat acne’s symptoms by washing your face often, applying creams, or by taking antibiotics or other prescription drugs. One could eat whatever they liked, because it had always been assumed that diet had nothing to do with acne.

On pages 9 and 10, you'll learn how this myth is based upon two dated studies that examined the connection between acne and diet. One was published in 1969, and the other in 1971. As you’ll learn in the book, both studies were seriously flawed and came to incorrect conclusions.

We now know that diet does in fact cause acne. A recent clinical trial has shown how certain foods negatively influence the hormones that directly underline acne. Yes, an anti acne diet will make you acne free.

The Kitavan Islanders and the Ache Hunter Gatherers
Ancient Wisdom Among Acne Cures…

In the U.S., between 79-95% of all teenagers between 16 and 18 years of age have acne. Acne is present in children as young as 4 and about half of young men and women over age 25 experience some form of acne.

Despite the nearly universal presence of acne in westernized countries like the U.S., there is intriguing evidence from frontier physicians, explorers and anthropologists that the prevalence of acne is incredibly lower in native people when living and eating in their traditional ways. These observations had not been formalized in the medical literature until 2002 when Dr. Cordain and his colleagues published a landmark study in The Archives of Dermatology. In this study, they examined a group of people living on the remote Kitavan Islands off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Out of the 300 young people examined on the Kitavan Islands, there was not a single pimple to be found.

In the second part of the study, they examined a group of South American Indians called the Ache, living in a remote jungle in eastern Paraguay. Over a two year period with these people, not a single case of acne was observed by Dr. Cordain’s research team.

Dr. Cordain's research team found that there are certain characteristics of their diet that are vastly different from that of the average American, European, or Australian citizen, and that are now known to prevent acne.

Human Clinical Trial shows Acne Free Results

Does the absence of acne in remote societies prove that diet causes acne? Does it mean that you must eat strange exotic foods only available in remote jungles or faraway islands to cure your acne?

No, neither of these suggestions is true. But by examining the special characteristics of non-westernized diets, and by using common supermarket foods, researchers from Australia were able to mimic certain dietary conditions that enable the Kitavan and Ache people to go through life without ever experiencing acne.

In 2003 a two year study of 43 acne patients was started at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. The diet used to treat the patients was based upon the dietary characteristics that Dr. Cordain had suggested were responsible for the clear skin in the Kitavan and Ache people. The results of the study were reported in 2005 at a meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia. This experiment was the first human clinical trial to show that diet did indeed cause acne, and that diet could also be used to improve acne symptoms.

How the Dietary Cure for Acne Works

The Dietary Cure for Acne is a complete and detailed program which will provide everything you need to immediately begin ridding yourself of acne. The program starts by providing an overview of acne and diet. In chapter four of the book you'll receive, you will learn how The Dietary Cure for Acne heals your skin from the inside by preventing all four known causes of acne. You’ll learn how the foods you eat affect hormones called IGFBP-3 and IGF-1, and how that affects pore blockage. You’ll learn how the type of fat you eat can affect bacteria proliferation in your skin. And you’ll 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’ll be attacking the causes of acne with nutritional tools 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’ll understand how the right foods can prevent the pore blockage, excess oil production, inflammation, and bacterial infection that characterize acne. But most importantly, you’ll learn specifically which foods to eat, and which foods to avoid, so you can take action and get results.

It takes about 30 days for your skin cells to completely turnover, by following this diet you can expect to experience impressive results in only a month. In fact, by closely adhering to the diet you will begin to see positive changes within a week. After 30 days you will experience great improvement or complete remission of your acne. At this point you may begin adding back certain foods to see how they affect your acne symptoms.

Imagine 30 days from today, looking in the mirror at blemish-free clear skin, knowing that you’ve got your acne problem licked - for good!

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