Testimonials for The Dietary Cure for Acne

The following testimonials are from people who have achieved success using The Dietary Cure for Acne.

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ACNE CURE FOR BOTH OUR CLIENT & THEIR FRIEND...

"In the first two weeks my skin became dramatically less oily and I started feeling better. Over the course of the next three months my skin cleared up dramatically, and I feel much better, particularly when following the diet. ... I have a friend who managed through Christmas ... on this diet, which she'd never been able to do before. Her acne also cleared up within a month. :) I think Cordain explains the diet and acne in a clear, understandable way. Yet, he is also a very respected scientist with published papers ..."
Mareko

A CURE FOR ACNE THAT IS ENTIRELY EXPLAINED ...

"If there were a manual that describes the entire process of the formation acne, this is it. Amazingly, as complex as it is ... 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 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..."
Randy Steward

HOW TO CURE ACNE FROM A PROFESSIONAL BIOCHEMIST...

"I'm a Nutritional Biochemist in Australia with around 30 years' clinical experience. In practice, I have seen heart-breaking cases of acne and the despair that such a condition brings to the person afflicted by it. Equally, I despair that such patients have been advised that diet has nothing to do with the condition. Sadly that comment is born out of sheer ignorance.... Brilliant work Dr Cordain! 'The Dietary Cure for Acne' is a great read and appeals to both the technical and lay reader, especially readers who have struggled to find a long term solution to their skin problems. ..."
Christine Houghton

OUR ANTI-ACNE DIET IS WHAT STRUGGLING MOTHER WAS LOOKING FOR...

"The Dietary Cure for Acne is the answer I've been looking for! After taking my daughters to the dermatologist for years, and spending thousands of dollars (I'm not kidding you...between the doctor's costs and the prescriptions and the years going it has added up)I have finally found someone who makes sense--Dr. Loren Cordain. The first thing my dermatologist said to me 5 years ago when I started with her was: Diet has nothing to do with acne. I bought into her "theory" and subjected my girls to countless oral and topical medications, including Accutane. Their acne would clear up for a little while and then return. We were all so frustrated! When after a recent visit to the dermatologist she wanted to prescribe Accutane AGAIN, I finally put my foot down and said NO! No more oral medications. I went online and did some research about the connection between foods and acne and that's when I came upon this book. It is written simply and is easily understood. ... by sticking to the diet we're starting to see results after just 2 weeks. And since they are seeing the results it makes them want to try even harder to stick with the diet. AND, it's good healthy foods so how can you go wrong?"
M.M. Herbert

ACNE CURED WITH NO DRUGS, NO SIDE EFFECTS...

"Think you can't have clear skin????? Think again. The only way I can get completely rid of my acne....is here. No drugs, so no side effects, damage to organs....actually will help you feel better too. Strict but effective. I did not think it would work. I'm 42 now and it's the only thing that EVER worked... I believe late '06. But now I have the book too. I dare you to try it. You'll laugh at the dermatologists afterwards and throw away your pills."
Doble M.

HOW TO CURE ACNE FROM SOLID SCIENCE....

"Unlike a lot of diet book writers, Loren Cordain has a solid background in science and a thorough mastery of the history of what humans eat and how it affects them. I am 28 and suffer from a lot of acne --except when I stay on the eating plan that Cordain outlines..."
Marcea

HOW TO CURE ACNE FROM A PERSON WHO TRIED EVERYTHING...

"I purchased The Dietary Cure for Acne around July this year and subsequently the printed book and DVD and I must tell you these were my best purchases of 2007.  I am over fifty years old and have suffered with acne for nearly 40 of those years.  I can honestly say I have ticked the boxes on almost every antibiotic, medication and treatment available for this disease (including Accutane) and at best I have got marginal and temporary benefits from them  ... I followed the diet and after about two months began to see major improvements.  ... For the first time ever, I believe I have the knowledge and tools to master this disease ...  Please pass my thanks to Loren Cordain for his great work. "
Paul

ACNE DIET WORKED IN ONE MONTH...

"I still can't believe that when I went on this diet in its strictest form for the first month, my face was completely clear for the first time in 35 years! Thanks kindly..."
Thom

THIS IS A DIET TO CURE ACNE ONCE AND FOR ALL...

"Though I never had any skin problems as a teenager, for a few years I have been having some adult acne.  I tried everything: cut out all junk food, went vegetarian, raw food, cleansing homeopathy and all else under the sun before eventually trying the hard stuff like proactiv.  On my forehead I had "bumpne" - my skin wasn't smooth, and sometime some red bumps would appear, though didn't seem like anything would come to a head.  I also started getting some on my shoulders. I already knew that I had sensitivities to wheat so I avoided it like the plague and though it helped, my skin still wasn't clear. Needless to say, I was hit hard psychologically and socially. I'm 27 and I was very self conscious, to the point that I would go out less and less socially. Not a day would go by that a new pimple would surface. I have been on the diet for a few weeks now and am very pleased with the results. There is a 95% improvement. My forehead hasn't been this smooth since I don't even know when.  I look in the mirror and I smile now, instead of avoiding mirrors all together.  This diet makes so much sense.  What do you know...nature has been handfeeding us all along, but all this time we've been pushing it all away thinking we know what is best for us.c
Yves Cloutier

ENTIRE FAMILY NEEDED ACNE FREE DIET...

"I saw that you were developing your studies ... and thought I would share my story with you: I guess it began when I was about 12, my family had a history of bad skin, my brother did a course of accutane, my sister did antibiotics (which my younger brother is now on).  I did not want to take this part so I searched for alternatives, mainly through diet.  I did the vegetarian thing, then went vegan, then went  95% Raw for a year (in which my skin was actually at its worst!) I thought these diets where the way to heal my skin. About 8 months ago after 12 years of this I ... then ... adopted your diet.  My skin was better from day one, it was clearer and I could see it starting to heal! I have had almost no breakouts during the past month. Kindest Regards, 
Kristi

ACNE CURE WITH THIS DIET ISN'T ALWAYS EASY - BUT IT WORKS!

"So far, (about a month,) I have noticed an incredible decrease in my inflamed acne (almost none left at all), and a marked difference in my non-inflamed acne.  The non-inflamed acne is still there, but there's a whole lot less of it, it's not as red and not as noticeable as before.  Following the diet is hard, but even following it at about 85% this is the difference I see.  It's harder for my fiancé because he loves pasta and bread just as much as I do, but he tends to eat less of it now that I don't eat it.  But he's also noticed a huge difference, so he knows that it's not just a useless diet.  I feel like I have more energy and I've also lost about 7 pounds, though that was not my intention in starting the diet.  I wish I'd heard of this years ago, I'd have saved so much money!  Thank you!"
Laura

HAS BEEN SEARCHING FOR METHOD ON HOW TO CURE ACNE SINCE TEENS...

"I had a few pimples as a teenager but when I went through a growth spurt at 17 I developed persistent, stubborn acne at a moderate level.  From then on my acne slowly grew worse as I became older and became increasingly difficult to treat with topical products.  And using oral antibiotics made no dramatic improvements.  I have tried most everything except Roaccutane.  I have been following the diet for over a year now.  From the first three days of eating this way I noticed a dramatic calming down of inflammation in my acne. In the beginning I followed the diet about 80% of the time. Then I tried following the diet very strictly for a month also eliminating all food, which caused a tingling sensation in my acne...."  Many thanks,
Richard

ACCUTANE WORKED FOR AWHILE, BUT THIS CURE FOR ACNE WAS THE LONG TERM ACNE CURE...

"I live in Fort Collins, and came upon your article about acne. I'm 24 and have had moderate acne since high school. Accutane worked for a while, less than a year, but then it came back... I was a serious cereal junkie too, cereal every meal every day. I ... follow your diet and I can't even tell you how much it's helped. My face looks great, I can't believe I didn't know this before; my dermatologist always said food had nothing to do with it ... Thank you so much..."

NO MORE THOUGHTS OF A LIFE WITHOUT HIS ACNE CURED...

"I stumbled across your work about 14 months ago and as an experiment began your diet. I had been wanting to lose extra weight to help improve my performance as a climber and had been previously following a low fat high cardio regime that was savaging me with little to no progress, I have also been suffering with acne since a teen that manifests itself as sporadic boils, oily skin and lots of black heads etc. Within a month of the diet starting I had exceeded my weight loss target and my skin had improved. However, I was still getting acne although less acute. I recently decided to re-read your publications and ... Within a few days I noticed that my skin wasn't as oily and places that were usually problem areas seemed less so. I seem much less prone to spots and so far none of the tell tail signs that I have a boil coming have arisen. I am now also down to 70 kg from 78 one year ago and my climbing has improved dramatically. With out your work ... I was beginning to resign myself to a life of bad skin and associated psychological anguish that it brings. I don't think that will be my fate any longer. Keep up the good work, it all helps.
Robin Tovey

ACNE CURED WITH DIET AT 25...

"My acne started as a teenager, and at 25 it was still there. I was getting extremely depressed, and I'd avoid looking at myself in the mirror, especially in public. Nothing I tried cured the acne, and there was no way I was going to put my body through accutane treatments. I read about The Dietary Cure for Acne on a forum for acne sufferers, so I purchased it and summoned the willpower to follow the diet strictly for 30 days. After the second week my skin was visibly clearer. After the full 30 days 99% of my blemishes had healed, and there were no more on the way! Before going Paleo my skin would be shiny with oil by the end of the day. Now, my skin always has a healthy dewy appearance; the excess oil is gone. My skin is still amazing, and I feel so much better in body and mind. I would recommend (this) to anyone."
Alison

A DIET TO CURE ACNE THAT HELPS OTHER LIFE AREAS...

"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 purchased the book ... 9 months ago and have been following the diet fairly strictly, with good results for my skin and outstanding results for my overall health and athletic performance... this ... 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 ...
Carolyn Sponaugle

ACNE FREE DIET AFTER QUITTING MEDICATIONS...

"On the road to acne-free because of Dietary Cure ... I owe a big thanks to Dr. Cordain for this ... 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... 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 ... has been a life-changer!
Matthew L. Brouwer

ONCE AGAIN, FOODS THAT CURE ACNE, FOODS THAT CAUSE ACNE...

"Easy to read and very informative too... My wife has been suffering acne since her teenage years. ... Many people are skeptical because there are overweight people who eat whatever they want and don't exercise, yet they have clear skin. That is where genetics comes in. Dr. Cordain does an excellent job describing how acne happens and then shows the relationship between the food we eat and acne. It is not just a theory without any clinical and scientific research. I know God didn't design our bodies to eat processed foods that come out of a bag or can most of the time ... Most of the information is easy to read and relevant. I would highly recommend this ... to anyone suffering from acne or knows someone that has this condition. Dr. Cordain suggests following his plan for one month. I suggest that people give it a try. As a result a person will not only have clear skin, but be overall a healthier person."
Bob

ACNE FREE FOODS WITHOUT DRUGS AND OTHER TREATMENTS...

"Basically, it works...., April 12, 2008 Believe me over many years, I have tried just about every acne drug and treatment and nothing works like this ... actually explains the whole process of acne and how to avoid it. For the sake of skin and for your health... buy this..."
A. Attew

OUR ANTI-ACNE DIET WORKS, JUST GIVE IT TIME...

"Works, just give it time, April 11, 2008 ... Did we evolve to have bad skin? I think not. What other animal in their natural environment has the health problems we seem to be inflicted with? If you took a lion and fed it grass, something in its' digestive system didn't evolve to deal with, the poor Tiger will suffer terribly and eventually die. Are we any different? We are adapted to a specific diet just like any other animal. This book explains how yet another 'disease' can be cured by removing the cause, it has worked for me and loads of others ... and it's the very first thing dermatologists should be prescribing. My inflammation screeched to a halt within 10 days and my non-inflammatory acne is getting clearer and clearer as the weeks wear on. Your body needs time to adjust and heal, it wont happen overnight, but neither do most medications or topicals and they don't get to the root of the problem. If you're suffering, I urge you to buy this and take the first step to clear skin..."
Jay

ACNE CURE BACKED BY VET BASED ON THE SOLID SCIENCE & HIS CHILDREN'S ACNE...

"Ground-breaking book based on solid science, April 11, 2008 ... Having a scientific background (I am a veterinarian), I tend to read popular books on nutrition with a jaundiced eye. Happily this ... is refreshingly different. Firstly, Professor Cordain is a well known scientist and researcher with a proven track record in peer reviewed scientific literature. His work is regularly reviewed by the top experts in the relevant fields. Secondly, Dr Cordain argues his case well and backs it up with solid evidence, as opposed to pseudo-science and flimsy conjecture. Science of course is always evolving. Some conventional scientific wisdom is based on a faulty foundation. The conventional wisdom on diet and acne appears to be a case in point. When a better theory comes along, it initially meets resistance. Science, after all, is done by human beings. And the new theory has to be well and truly tested. In my opinion, The Dietary Cure for Acne has a much stronger scientific foundation than the conventional wisdom that diet has little or no effect on acne...if you are an acne sufferer, what do you have to lose? Give the 'The Dietary Cure' a go for at least 4-6 weeks. At worst you will have gained nothing. More likely you will be overjoyed that you decided to test the theory for yourself. One of my children suffered with severe acne - and the recommended treatments - to little avail. The scars remain. I wish I had known about the approach outlined in 'The Dietary Cure' 20 years ago. ... give it a go. And, if you think it is just about acne, you are in for even more (pleasant) surprises."
Steve L.

ACNE DIET THAT IS BASED ON EVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE...

"The Pathogenesis of Acne, April 14, 2008. I should start by saying that IMO Dr. Cordain is THE pre-eminent name in Paleolithic/ Evolutionary medicine alive today. His abstracts and newsletters are absolutely required reading for anyone wishing the most thorough and accurate analysis and documentation of modern hunter/gatherer lifestyles (coupled with sound retrojected ancestral living patterns), and the health toll industrialized societies pay for their deviation. ... 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 ..."
R.B.

HOW TO CURE ACNE IN JAPANESE VISITORS...

"I came to that conclusion as a kid when I use to raise tropical fish. To keep them in optimum health and breeding condition you can't just feed them processed fish flakes and hope that they get all they need. You have to recreate as best as possible the optimum conditions in which they evolved. This led me to my interest in human nutrition and my decision as an adult to become a Naturopath. Another observation I had when I was in high school was that when our school hosted Japanese exchange students they would start the year looking quite healthy, but by the end of their 12 month stay nearly all of them would develop acne. I knew then there was more to the story than what the textbooks said. Cordain has done a superb job at presenting the science and epidemiological evidence that suggests that Acne is indeed linked to diet. It is written in enough depth to satisfy those with a more critical scientific understanding, but done simply enough that the average lay person can grasp the concepts presented... an amazing collection of hard work and quality research."
Jad Patrick

ACNE AND DIET? FOODS THAT CURE ACNE, FOODS THAT CAUSE ACNE...

"This is not a diet book. It is a review of the science behind the foods that tend to cause acne. It really opened my eyes to what chronic inflammation can do to your system. I am 46 years old and have had problems with acne since my early teens. I can say that after following the diet for just one week, I actually FELT lighter on my feet. I guess all that pasta and rice really does bog things down. I am anxious to see how it goes in the long-term..."
A.J. Jones

HOW TO CURE ACNE? 34 YEAR OLD CALLS THIS A TRUE BLESSING...

"As a 34 year old male who has had consistent break outs since I was 14 this program is a true blessing. ... He tells you the good foods you can eat and the foods you should avoid. It has been amazing how once I go off the diet and eat fast food or drink a beer the breakouts return. When I follow the diet my face clears and I also have lost all the excess body fat that was clinging to me (I have lost 15 lbs, down to 175lbs since I started the program six months ago). There is extensive research ... that support there claims as to what causes acne..."
Mike S.

ACNE CURED AFTER LIFETIME OF TROUBLE...

"I am a 57-year-old man from England.  While recently visiting my granddaughter in the USA, I chanced to listen to NPR when Professor Boyd Eaton lectured on "Health Promotion in the 50th Millennium."  I have suffered from skin rashes on my face for 40 years.  I believed that this was caused by an acidic sweat.  I could feel it burning me after exertion. I had no idea how to correct this pH imbalance, until I heard Professor Boyd Eaton's lecture. My physician has prescribed hydrocortisone (Locoid) topically for the last 15 years. I was electrified to hear of the acidic nature of a diet of dairy and cereal foods. For decades I have eaten muesli for breakfast and lunch. This is mainly dairy and cereal. I believed I had a very healthy diet! I purchased your book "The Paleo Diet" and have followed the diet for 4 weeks. After 10 days, my skin is completely clear for the first time in 40 years, and maintaining my ideal weight is far easier.  Thank you, and please forward this e-mail to Professor Boyd Eaton, whose e-mail address I could not find. I send you both my grateful thanks."
Nick

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