Carlton Fredericks' Nutrition Guide for the Prevention and Cure of Common Ailments and Diseases

ISBN: 9780671445096

定价: 33.00

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ACNE
Until one or two years ago??? many dermatologists were dosing ache
patients with antibiotics??? sometimes for periods of years. With equal
conviction??? they now assert that hormonal imbalance is responsible
for this skin disease??? justifying glandular therapy. Although they find
it currently fashionable to deny that diet plays any part in acne??? I
remember a statement made by a physician??? a diplomate in der-
mat01ogy??? who for years was my ~sociate in research in nutrition.
\"A rise in blood glucose [sugar]???\" he~ said??? \"is multiplied by five when
it reaches the skin.\" His point: Sugar saturated skin is a happy hunt-
ing ground for bacteria. Diabetics will have learned to agree. That
takes us back to the acne diet of decades ago: It is important to
reduce the intake of sugar. Unfortunately??? sealing the sugar bowl
doesn t accomplish that??? for much of our sugar intake is concealed
in foods. Ketchup contains 20 percent sugar??? Shake n Bake is 50
percent sugar??? canned green peas are sugared??? a doughnut contains
five teaspoonfuls and a portion of apple pie twelve teaspoonfuls;
there is even sugar in the antacid tablet you take for the indigestion
fanned by too much sugar.
Several nutrients have proved beneficial in acne. These include
vitamin A??? 5???000 to 10???000 units daily; high-potency vitamin B com-
plex; vitamin 130??? 10 mg. daily; lecithin??? one to two tablespoons of
granules daily; and zinc gluconate or a chelated form??? 15 to 30 mg.
daily. The physician may considerably increase these levels.
When allergies have been clearly identified and your biochemistry
cooperates enough not to develop new allergies and lose old ones
ALLERG!ES