| Continuing research into the causes of acne has | | | | the patients who suffered most from acne |
| brought to the forefront information related to diet | | | | outbreaks consumed greater amounts of milk and |
| and acne. There is new evidence that confirm the old | | | | dairy products than those who did not.Dr. Fisher then |
| wives tale of dairy and acne breakouts. Recent | | | | began a ten year study of teen-age acne sufferers, |
| science now believes it is possible that milk, and dairy | | | | again noting a correlation between milk intake and |
| products in general, can contribute to acne | | | | acne. His findings were reported to the American |
| breakoutsWhile not a new theory, there is increasing | | | | Dermatological Association (ADA), stating that as milk |
| evidence that dairy products may contribute to acne | | | | consumption decreased, so did acne outbreaks.It is |
| outbreaks in teens and adults. While leading | | | | also believed that dairy products may contain |
| dermatologists disagree over whether or not fats in | | | | excessive levels of iodine. Iodine has the potential to |
| our diet contribute to acne, and in this case, the fats | | | | irritate the pores and can enter the blood system |
| contained in milk and other dairy products, they all | | | | through milk supplies containing iodine. While iodine is |
| overwhelmingly agree that hormonal imbalance is the | | | | not naturally present in milk, it is believed that it |
| main cause of acne. Consuming dairy products means | | | | enters the milk through contaminated milking |
| ingesting the hormones produced by the cow during | | | | equipment and some medications that are |
| milk production.Approximately 80% of all acne | | | | administered to cows. Research performed at various |
| sufferers in the United States are teenagers. This is | | | | dairy farms throughout the Midwest confirmed the |
| because during the pubescent years, an overload of | | | | assumption.It is also possible that diary has a bigger |
| hormones floods the system, particularly the | | | | effect on acne in women, or teens, than on men or |
| hormone 5 alpha dihydrotestosterone (DHT).This | | | | adults in general. Though there has been no scientific |
| hormone is known to be the primary trigger, in both | | | | evidence to confirm this, many of the dairy and acne |
| males and females, for the release of fatty | | | | studies conducted recently involved young women |
| secretions from the sebaceous glands. These | | | | who drank both regular milk and skim milk. So, the |
| secretions combine with bacteria and other | | | | jury is still out with regards to just who can |
| contaminants, clogging the pores and setting the | | | | contribute an acne breakout to a bowl of cereal in |
| stage for an acne outbreak. This hormonal imbalance | | | | the morning.The easiest way to determine if dairy |
| is also prevalent in women as part of their menstrual | | | | products are contributing to your acne outbreaks is |
| cycle, causing monthly acne breakouts.The theory of | | | | to refrain from consuming dairy related products such |
| dairy products contribution to acne outbreaks was | | | | as milk, cheese, yogurt, butter, and cream. If |
| put to the test in the 1960s by a dermatologist from | | | | abstaining from these products reduces the |
| Pasadena, California, named Dr. Jerome Fisher. Doctor | | | | occurrence of acne outbreaks, diet modification |
| Fisher studied the dietary history of over 1000 acne | | | | should be considered to help control future instances |
| patients from the Pasadena area and observed that | | | | of acne. |