Acne and Cancer Risk

by Nina & Randa Nelson

Could acne be a warning that we're on the wrong track? 

Did you know that people with a history of severe teenage acne are more susceptible to developing certain cancers?

For example, a recent study based on almost one hundred thousand women who were followed for over twenty years - found those who had experienced severe teenage acne were 44 percent more likely to develop melanoma, and 17 percent more likely to develop breast cancer, compared those with mild or no acne. 

See: https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cncr.29216 

Another study of almost thirty-five thousand men found that those with a history of severe acne were significantly more likely to develop prostate cancer compared with men who’d had mild or no acne.

See: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3076591/ 

But there's some very good news. The same diet that crushes acne - a low-fat, whole food plant-based diet -...

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