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Hey you guys. This video took forever to edit and upload. It’s pretty long so be prepared. Kent worked really hard on it 
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Hey you guys. This video took forever to edit and upload. It’s pretty long so be prepared. Kent worked really hard on it
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May 22nd, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Hey Dan,
I love the research you did on iodine… very honest. I know, way back when, the government mandated salt to be iodized becasue people would commonly get sick if they did not have enough iodine in there diets. With salt being iodized… iodine deficiency has been eradicate in America for many years now. I am thinking with an iodine supplement (normally 100% of DRV)… we may be getting to much iodine in our diets. Most of us consume way too much salt. What do you think?
-Karin
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Karin - I agree that our westernized diet probably has too much salt (and probably for many, too much iodine). With all the processed food people eat, plus salty snacks, use of table salt, and also dairy - I would think that most people get more iodine than their bodies need. I read a study that showed that milk from cows contained quite a bit of iodine and also that the iodized salt in the United States has a much higher concentration than the iodized salt used in European countries.
I also think that the connection between any dietary factor and acne is an extremely complex thing to study. Its very hard to isolate individual dietary factors, while holding all other dietary factors constant. I think that is why it is difficult to come to a definitive conclusion about the relationship between any dietary factors and acne.
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:51 pm
I have hyperthyroidism overactive thyroid. can the medication to treat this condition be causing acne? even though I have acne almost totally under control thanks to dans regimem, I read online that this medication when taken is converted to iodine. great topic Dan! now i have more to research.
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Good job, guys!
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:30 pm
GREAT video, dan! This makes me proud that I’m part of acne.org. There is some mention of the iodine/acne connection in the book that I gave you a long time ago (clear skin diet). I’m not sure if they mention this issue in great detail, but I think they bear mention of the fact that iodine causes a specific form of acne, not the acne vulgaris. again, good stuff!
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:41 pm
I think one other thing to keep in mind when you are determining how meaningful the research findings are is to consider what type of study they are reporting on. Much of the available information on the iodine-acne connection is based on case reports and case studies, clinical observations, and information extrapolated from the established connection between certain high iodide medications for thyroid conditions and acneform erruptions. Just because much of it comes from nonrandomized studies doesn’t mean the conclusions are wrong. Randomized research studies on a large sample size would be great, but these are difficult to do when studying something as complex as the connection between a single dietary factor and acne. I think that the level of research (and type of research) you are looking for just isn’t out there. Randomized clinical trials specifically on diet and acne are rare in general. Even the research on dairy and acne is largely correlational in nature - and based mostly on retrospective reports. However, that doesn’t keep the medical community from starting to agree that dairy may actually be a factor in the development of acne.
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Hey Dan, I like to thank you for all the hard work you and your partner are putting to helping everyone in this community. Not only taking time from your day and life but using your own resources to find answers which will further this community all together. Keep up the amazing work!!!! Your the Best!!!
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:16 am
love your video man, keep the good work going
May 23rd, 2009 at 7:31 am
Dan, I have a question:
What do you reccomend for oily skin besides blottng? Is there anything that can reduce it’s oiliness?
May 23rd, 2009 at 8:12 am
My congratulations
It may have taken a lot of time to edit, but it’s well worth it. I think it’s one of the best videos you’ve made.
Keep it going like this!
May 23rd, 2009 at 8:14 am
Thanks for all the information
Nice Video
May 23rd, 2009 at 9:30 am
Iodine is also a topic in “The Clear Skin Diet” by Alan C. Logan and Valori Treloar. They also talk about Iodine causing an acneiform eruption when eaten in excessive amounts, but this is not acne vulgaris.
One phrase made me laugh hard and made me realise that all this research is full of nonsense:
“So we have a situation where those with acne are told that diet doesn’t matter, but hey, watch out for fish and seafood because iodine causes acne (p. 40)”.
May 23rd, 2009 at 10:29 am
(This might be a bit of a long comment…sorry guys
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Hey guys
. I LOVED that video; very professional and by far one of the best I’ve seen on the org! Keep up the good work guys, especially Kent 
BTW, what video editing software do you guys use?
So, Dan I totally agree with you on the fact that many of these article are published by doctors/scientists with biased views on certain factors that aggravate acne, especially acne. I also agree with you where you said that many of the research is conflicting, and therefore you have to look at everything as a whole.
But do you honestly think that you guys can find something linking acne and iodine that these scientists missed? I mean absolutely no offense guys, I LOVE this site and really appreciate the work you do here (I’m sure everyone else does); but Dan, these scientists have been doing years of research and tests before they found any link between acne and iodine.
Do you honestly think you can find anything to….over-rule, if I may….to over-rule their research? I don’t know if you already do, but I think you guys should have a crew that’s ALWAYS researching these things if you wish to find any new links/flaws in the scientists research. Just a suggestion.
Again, I mean absolutely no offense by the above, Dan; it was just an honest opinion. As always I love your work here; keep it up
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May 23rd, 2009 at 10:31 am
And please correct me if I was wrong in the above comment; or if I got any of my facts wrong (although there weren’t many)
May 23rd, 2009 at 12:18 pm
awesome video dan, i really liked it. as much as i love the silly videos, its nice to see a change. shows how truly interested and passionate you are about researching acne. it feels good to know you are so dedicated to curing acne. im sure many people appreciate it ,i sure do. good luck dan.
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Hey, Dan wow this video was so amazing and informative! You gave me so much knowledge on things I really had no clue about. Thank you for working so hard constantly and taking time out of ur busy schedule to research and educate us.
May 23rd, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I honestly think they can very likely find things in research that scientists missed, SilentWalker. It’s not like the scientists found anything amazing like the cure for acne. From the research on iodine that Dan showed us, it seems like (at least in that field) they just kind of were going through it because it was their jobs and getting it done with.
Questioning things and not accepting is how great things happen.
May 23rd, 2009 at 5:44 pm
I’m really impressed by this video blog - you must have worked so hard on it doing all the research, etc. It was informative and you kept it concise and clear without sounding patronizing which many do when they’re trying to explain it to laypeople. Your conclusions were well argued and your wording careful so as to remain objective. Fantastic job!
May 23rd, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Yeah, this is unfortunately how science works. I’m an engineer and 90% of all publications are garbage
May 24th, 2009 at 11:51 am
I read in “The Acne Prescription”, that the study which concluded that diet doesn’t affect acne was based on a few teenagers, who already had acne, being given a candy bar a day and because their acne didn’t get worse it was reported that diet had no affect on their condition. Don’t know how true it is, but it makes me wonder how much of this research that is sometimes accepted as gospel can be trusted. I’m trying to take mainstream “science” with a grain of salt, but sometimes it’s just too damn tempting to believe it! Like, does anyone know what a ‘prebiotic’ is? It just sounds so darn good for you!
May 24th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Hi Dan,
Great observations. Especially the part you picked up about bromide. Actually, I just started an iodine protocol to help many of my health problems and guess what I have found out?
The elements bromide, chlorine and floride are all part of a group called “halides” and iodine is one of them, too. Our body loves iodine and every cell needs it. But bromide and the other halides that are similar in structure to iodine can get into the cell receptor sites that are supposed to be for iodine and sort of clog them up and the body starts having problems.
When you take a large dose of iodine the extra iodine goes around the body and starts kicking out the bromide that has gotten into the receptor sites and you get a detox reaction. Guess what one of the detox symptoms is? The “acne” that you are talking about!!! That is just the body throwing off the excess bromide and other crap. I got this symptom along with others like achy, mild headache, stinky underarms!
The various symptoms including the acne went away after a few weeks (I got the pimples sort of on my neck or my scalp or back or random places, including a few on my face.) The way to reduce the symptoms is to take a special sea salt and mix it in water and drink it and the chloride in the sea salt binds with the bromide and then it leaves the body when you pee. People think the iodine is “causing acne” but it really was the body just getting rid of bromide and other things it does not need.
Sorry for the long post, but it’s a cool subject!
May 25th, 2009 at 7:09 am
I love it when you in your videos aren’t just laughing around all the time but actually try to be serious, which make me pay more attention to the interesting things you’re saying, but this video was just too serious! xD Hope the other one is a little bit less serious
Anyway, nice length of the video and I really enjoyed watching it. Nice work all.
May 26th, 2009 at 10:33 am
Thanks to both you guys for doing so much research and making this video!
July 17th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Hi Dan. Very interesting topic. My daughter started her acne breakouts when she was 13. She started to have a problem with thyroid goiter as well. We been trying lots of wash product nothing helped. She is 19 now and I really started to worry about the pain she is going thru. After the blood test we find out that her iodine level is very low and the health practitioner put her on 2 drops of iodine a day! She doesn’t drink a milk, eat a butter, eggs and other product containing iodine, oh maybe iodine salt with a fresh tomatoes. Her acne is painful especially before the period than her acne has absolutely nothing to do with too much iodine and I will be very happy to share the reaction to her acne after 2 months of taking iodine.
Take care and thanks.
Gosha
August 17th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Is it just me or about 80% of the time, Dan seems scared to say the word “acne”?