In a study conducted at Albert Einstein College of Medicine researchers found that women with the highest levels of insulin had 1.5 to 2.4-fold higher risk of developing breast cancer compared to women with lower levels of insulin. The risk prevailed even after accounting for other risk factors for breast cancer, such as high estrogen levels.
As you know high levels of insulin is also linked to acne. Swinging blood sugar levels lead to increased secretion of insulin, insulin like growth factor 1 (IFG-1) and other hormones. These hormones in turn lead to increased sebum production and more dead skin cells - in other words blocked pores.
It’s no surprise that insulin and IGF-1 are linked to breast, and other types of, cancer. They are powerful growth hormones, as Dr. McDougall explains in this video.
When it comes to acne these hormones stimulate the production of skin cells and sebum. When it comes to cancers they stimulate the growth of cancer cells.
This is one more example of why I keep repeating that building health is the answer to acne. Because pimples aren’t your real problem. They are simply a symptom of the condition your body is in. And acne is but one of the symptoms.
Fighting acne (=repressing symptoms) simply pushes the real cause ‘deeper’ into the body, and later on it may pop out as a far more serious condition, such as cancer.
Finally, please don’t take this as a flimsy scare tactic (i.e. buy Clear for Life or you’ll get a breast cancer). Simply take it as a friendly reminder to focus your efforts on where have the best effect - building health rather than trying to cure acne.
With that may 2009 be your last year with acne!
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