subject: Do You Think Dairy And Acne Have A Connection? [print this page] When big companies can lose money they try to stop information from leaking to the public. The relationship between dairy and acne is having a slow start but it is starting to be better understood.
This could mean the loss of millions of dollars and so it will be fought like the introduction of the food pyramid, replacing the old four foods groups that left you with the impression, consciously or not, that 50% of your diet should be made up of animal products. Do you know who provided the four food group concept to Americans? Would it surprise you if I told you it was the meat and dairy industry.
Did you ever get a chance to see the illustration of two nurses with mops in a room that appears to be flooding with water? Soon you will see the skin on the back wall with the faucet open and water overflowing and flooding the floor. It is a silly and enjoyable illustration that teaches one of the greatest truths most people need to learn.
This truth is taught with many illustrations, another one being that of laying the axe to the root to stop a plant from growing instead of just chopping it down only to find that the sprouts continue to come up.
Dr. Danby, a dermatologist in practice for over 30 years had an interest in the relationship between dairy and acne and has produced works showing the direct relationship.
Selling dairy is a business and the more they can sell the better despite the ways they increase milk production. To get more milk production cows are artificially inseminated and the calves are taken away at birth so the milk can be gathered for human consumption.
In milk there are a number of unhealthful ingredients but that which is most detrimental to acne and pimples are the hormones. The hormones that are in the mama cow's milk is for the baby cow to grow fast. These hormones are like the male sex hormone testosterone that is well known to cause acne breakouts by increasing the size of the sebaceous glands and over stimulating the production of sebum, naturally occurring oil that is to keep hair and skin lubricated.
The problem is that the excess sebum cannot leave the pores and in combination with dead skin cells the pore clogs. In this clogged pore the bacteria propionibacterium acnes begin to colonize attracting white blood cells leading to an inflammation and the formation of acne and pimples.
I suggest that for a minimum of thirty days you abstain from all dairy products to see if your acne gets better. Products like milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream and prepared foods that have dairy in them.
The terms "Hormone Free" and "Organic" do not mean that the naturally occurring hormones in cow's milk that induce acne are absent.
It may seem like a huge change to remove dairy from your diet but it is not uncommon today and you can find lots of information online guiding you through the process. There are a lot of great recipes without dairy. This is to improve your skin so don't let this stand in your way.
