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Thanks to a tip from ClinuvelNews, here is an article in ScienceDaily pointing us to some recent research that shows that a diet rich in antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids can protect us from skin cancer. In countries like Australia and New Zealand that have high incidences of melanoma, this is some additional reason to follow a diet rich in these nutrients.

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What are the best known naturopathic treatments for rosacea, and how well have they been shown to work ? Naturopathy is a medical philosophy that tries to improve our health by helping the body’s own ability to recover from illness and injury….

This sort of abstract just make me shake my head. If you read quickly you will think that this abstract suggests that Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) causes rosacea. What this abstract is saying that is that rosacea sufferers seem to have a higher incidence of SIBO than non rosacea sufferers. The secondary result is that eliminating SIBO clears rosacea. Well that …

Verifiable nutritional links to chronic inflammatory diseases are something that the whole rosacea community needs. This could be an important first step.

A randomized, double-blind study of a nutritional intervention in the treatment of psoriasis, Mandeep Kaur, MBBS, Steven Feldman, MD, PhD, Ann McCarty, MS, PA, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States

Background: The cellular immune system plays a dominant role in …

If indeed acne, and perhaps other inflammatory skin conditions like rosacea are mediated by diet, then why are there no studies ? This is an important series of questions that are asked by this paper. If cited papers is a measure of how well the background research is, this paper shines with 106 references to date. It will be interesting to see if inflammatory pathways …