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More on Weight (sorry i'm late)

From: jmh
Date: 26 Jul 2002
Time: 14:10:46 -0400
Remote Name: 198.71.26.141

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Hi all- I know this post may be out of context at this point, but i just wanted to throw this out there: Weight HAS been scientifically associated with KP. (I've attached some links at the bottom) It's not black and white, as if skinny people don't have it and fat people do. Diabetes also occurrs in thin people, but it's obvious that weight has a lot to do with it. In fact, diabetes in particular has been associated with more kp and other skin disorders than in people without diabetes. That said, my own research points to being a much bigger issue than weight per se. Being overweight doesn't 'cause' the problem, what causes us to be overweight causes the problem. i think kp has to do with dietary/lifestyle/genetic factors (oooh, very original). more specifically, poor metabolism of fat and sugar are involved, side effects of a generally wretched American diet. This might be why one person complains of bad kp even when she diets (lo-[essential]fat), even though she is not overweight, or why supplementation with essential oils helps many people. the only time in my life since puberty that my skin was totally, completely clear was after a month-long no-sugar (of any kind!), no-dairy regimen - regardless of any products i was using ON my skin. i don't always have the discipline to live that way, but i will never forget the results. thoughts, anybody? jmh http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9571332&dopt=Abstract http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10348502&dopt=Abstract