Acne and Diet – Part 4 – Native Diet

Acne and Diet – Part 4

Alternative Anti Acne Diet – Native Diet.

Further evidence of acne and diet and how it can effect skin conditions. In the Americas, upwards of 80% of teens between ages 16 to 18 have bad skin conditions or acne symptoms. More than seventeen million Americans suffer the pain of some form of acne, there is an interesting evidence that native people that live and consume in traditional ways, have significantly lower to no occurrences of acne.

In 2002, Dr. Cordain and his colleagues published a landmark study that examined three hundred people living inside Kitava Islands off the coast of Papua New Guinea. This research study that showed that not one of the Islanders had even one blemish on their face. Similar to the Kitavas, no case of acne was observed when the same experiment was conducted upon the South American Indians called the Ache, living in a remote jungle in eastern Paraguay.

Why don’t Remote Native Peoples Suffer from Acne.

The natives of Kitava Islands as well as the South American Indians had no access to modern over the counters, topical creams or typical acne drugs and so they had no dermatologist to consult with. The only vast differentiation between these native peoples and American or European individuals is their food intake.

These native peoples have probably never heard of fast food, pizza, fried chicken, french fries or candy or ice cream. They eat a basic diet full of fresh foods and fish, plenty of raw foods and most of the food is grown or collected fresh by the community.

Of course we are not suggesting that you become a farmer and grow all of your own food, but just consider a diet that is based organic fresh produce is much closer to the diet of the Native peoples than highly processed ready made foods made for nothing more than convenience. Fast foods and convenience foods are not made and produced for nutritional value, they are purely made to taste good for those individuals who do not have time or can not be bothered preparing fresh and healthy meals.

The problem is that over the the generations these fast foods or convenience foods, including highly processed, pre-packaged easy meals have become very popular and they are eaten regularly, far too often by most people.

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