Recent Chinese Study Validates Controversial Acne Treatment

In 2003, Naweko Nicole Dial, founder of the San Diego based research firm Noixia, argued that malnurishment, among other factors, could cause or worsen acne. Even though medical associations like the American Academy of Dermatology denounce the link between food and acne, Dial’s unothodox approach to treating acne continues to get validated by ongoing medical studies.

This time, the support came from China. In January, Chinese researchers examined the faces of 1787 women between the ages of 18 and 65 and published their findings in Skin Research and Technology. Upon examining the women, the researchers found a significant link between oily skin and the consumption of spicy or sweet food.

Dial notes, “The information provided by the researcher in China goes one step further in legitimizing the link between food and acne.” Dial reflects, “Much of the controversy about food and acne emerges from the chocalate and acne tests that started in the late sixties that observed no link between eating chocalate and the onset of acne.”

Dial explains, “The concept that “food causes acne is a myth” has persisted for so long because the medical community has not taken an individualized look at the causes of acne” As Dial explained in her book, Acne Messages: Crack the Code of Your Zits and Say Goodbye to Acne” people have acne because they are still living with their unique acne trigger. The author defines as ance trigger as any emotion, food (or lack), thought or environmental factor that sets off a series of biological changes in the body that manifest bodily needs as an acne lesion.

According to Dial, just because a few studies find that one food does not cause acne in a select group of people does not negate the connection between food and acne. In Dial’s view, “We’ve generalized food too much… Food is a source of vitamins, minerals, skin repair, immune support, and even allergies.”

Malnurishment has been linked to diseases like pellegra and scurvy that are characterized by skin eruptions and bleeding. For Dial, “There is even a medical basis to take the link between acne lesions and malnurishment seriously.”

Dial says, “If we take a more systemic and complex look at what food is and how it affects the body, then the medical community will give more hendance to the link between food and acne.” Medical reports released in journals like the Archives of Dermatology have already shown that consuming nutrients like the minerals zinc, selenium, chromium and the vitamins A, B and C does affect the incidence and correction of acne lesions.

In short, acne is difficult to treat because its pathogenosis involves a number of pathways inluding hormonal, neural and emotional flunctuations. Dial predicts that, “Expanding acne treatments to include dietary adjustments will help patients find relief from acne faster.”

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