Well it's more than just a healthy lifestyle. There are chemicals we can't avoid. Ventilation systems, paint, fabrics, everything around us is laden with chemicals. But you're right in that nothing makes you immune to cancer, although this statement goes only so far - plenty of people have died of something other than cancer, what we call old age - a wearing of the heart valves (congestive heart failure).

Here's a somewhat recent study on causes of death among the Hiwi, bolded for emphasis:

"The relative importance of major causes of death in the Hiwi vs. modern America is also striking. In the U.S., the major killers are heart disease and cancers, both almost nonexistent among hunter-gatherers."

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248406002193

Almost nonexistant is pretty good

Well it's more than just a healthy lifestyle. There are chemicals we can't avoid. Ventilation systems, paint, fabrics, everything around us is laden with chemicals. But you're right in that nothing makes you immune to cancer, although this statement goes only so far - plenty of people have died of something other than cancer, what we call old age - a wearing of the heart valves (congestive heart failure).

Here's a somewhat recent study on causes of death among the Hiwi, bolded for emphasis:

"The relative importance of major causes of death in the Hiwi vs. modern America is also striking. In the U.S., the major killers are heart disease and cancers, both almost nonexistent among hunter-gatherers."

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248406002193

Almost nonexistant is pretty good

Okay, enough about Cancer and Cancer statistics. Let's take a step back into talking about acne ignorance again.

Reading this made me feel so sad that acne could lead to eating disorders, I'd never even thought about that. My diet is crap, I know it is, I accept it and I should change it, but I just can't do it (I have a phobia of most fruits and veg- it's the textures, but that's another issue), so maybe my acne is not being helped by that, but I doubt it. Alot of people still believe bad diet causes acne, chocolate, dairy etc, I guess maybe it does make it worse in some people, it's hard to know isn't it? Everything about acne is so patient specific. I do think all these radical diets are a load of bull though, if you've going to change your diet, just eat a balanced diet and be healthy, don't cut whole food groups out, acne isn't worth an eating disorder. I've never been on the diet parts of the forums, I think I'd just laugh at it to be honest! I still think my acne (and probably most people's imo) is hormone related, it started exactly the same time as puberty and hasn't left 12 years later. I'm sorry you've had such a bad time of it, actually the first thing someone asked me on here was if I had tried changing my diet - I figured it would be though.

It makes me so sad too that the popular belief these days more than ever is that food and acne is entirely related and that if the person just cut out "Dairy" they'll be totally acne free. This really isn't true - especially for those of us with severe acne that comes up regardles of consuming dairy ect.

My acne has no trigger, it just comes daily as a result of genetics and the abnormal way my sebaceous glands get overstimulated by hormones erronously making excess sebum. I feel like a lot of people are in the same boat too; I have no power over this disease and I accept that now which is kind of a relief because before I was holding my self responsible and that caused me a tremendous amount of self hatred.

I definelty agree with you about all the people getting preachy about diet affecting acne. And quite frankly, for most people diet has NOTHING to do with acne. I always get a kick out of the people with like 3000 posts that come on this website and preach about how specific diets affect acne.

I have had three dermatologists tell me that for 80% of the population,diet does not affect acne. Acne is cyclical, and there's many, many factors that go into whether you have acne or not. Diet is ONE thing that, in combination with others, can affect acne. It is by no means the root cause, and anyone with an education in this area will agree with that. But in reality the most preachy people seem to be the ones without degrees LOL.

The best thing to do? If you see those members that have tons of posts, with signatures that talk about the eight types of foods to never eat LOL, and that seem to be full bore into alternative medicine and against "Big Pharmacy" lol; just skip the thread.

These people come on here and try to play doctor or dermatologist, with nothing but google and a warped view of the medical industry to guide them.

But don't let these people bother you too much. For every annoying idiot that preaches how dairy or a gluten free diet will cure acne for everyone, there's 10 others that know better but don't want to waste the energy to call out the guy.