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Super-oxide Anions Trigger P. Acnes to Inflammation

Ah, haven't tried topical, though I'm puzzled by how it would ever manage to pick up a zinc atom. Or maybe it is actually ZSOD labelled as SOD.

In forum Acne

16 years ago
Super-oxide Anions Trigger P. Acnes to Inflammation

Ooo, I'm using a product or two with superoxide dismutase in them. More reason to keep on using 'em. I went through a bottle of GliSODin, two a day, and found no particular effect. The #1 swamping f...

In forum Acne

16 years ago
A Zinc-less Zinc Regimen for Adults: Draft 4

the climate in Dubai is basically sun and more sun so i get a ton of outdoor light exposure. Define "ton", exactly. Are you actually working outdoors with a straight line (no hats, glasses, sunglass...

In forum Adult acne

16 years ago
Zag Enzyme, Lectins, Digestive Tract And Clogged Pores

LOL...i love how you picked out the dried fruit for your argument. Yeah, dried fruit is gonna have high GL. and bananas are one of the higher GI fruits. good job for figuring that out. Why don't you...

In forum Diet & holistic health

16 years ago
A Zinc-less Zinc Regimen for Adults: Draft 4

After doing some reasearch, I stumbled upon the 1938 trial done on vitamin D3, of which I'm sure you will be well aware:- Much like the more modern report (neither constitute a trial at all) of usin...

In forum Adult acne

16 years ago
A Zinc-less Zinc Regimen for Adults: Draft 4

I wouldn't bother with more than 50mg zinc picolinate/day. Taking a Vitamin B complex and 200mcg of selenium are probably more important than going over 50mg/zinc. I would just follow the directions/d...

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16 years ago
A Zinc-less Zinc Regimen for Adults: Draft 4

But on the other hand i've always slept with the tv on so you'd think that would cancel that all out? Good question. I suspect the answer would involve: how bright was the TV, how many inches was it...

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16 years ago
A Zinc-less Zinc Regimen for Adults: Draft 4

I cannot possibly follow this new regimen. If this hypothesis were correct, it should be possible to construct indoor lighting that produces the same effect as sunlight (power LEDs are available for...

In forum Adult acne

16 years ago
Niacin is AMAZING for acne!

It would be interesting (possibly only to me ) if someone who can clear their acne by overdosing niacin could try switching to overdosing carnosine instead. I see at least two plausible routes for ni...

In forum Diet & holistic health

16 years ago
Zag Enzyme, Lectins, Digestive Tract And Clogged Pores

Grains just don't have nearly the amount of nutrients that other food groups do. And their Glycemic Load is also much poorer than fruits and veggies. glycemic load of ripe banana 13 raisins ...

In forum Diet & holistic health

16 years ago
McDonald's broke me out

At McD I had 6 chicken mc nuggets and some fries. Maybe you should switch to a large 2-hamburger meal with the 32-oz Coke. I've had that meal just about every day I've been acne-free!

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16 years ago
Eating Foods with Vegetable Oils: Causes Acne?

You say:   a) vegetable oils causes your acne b) you don't eat vegetable oils c) you still get acne d) therefore vegetable oils "absolutely" causes your acne   It's unlikely you could remove...

In forum Diet & holistic health

16 years ago
A Zinc-less Zinc Regimen for Adults: Draft 4

I suspect the people getting improvements via massive doses of niacin are simply marginally increasing cell levels of glutathione (niacin being required to regenerate glutathione) Although another i...

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16 years ago
A Zinc-less Zinc Regimen for Adults: Draft 4

databased - have you ever done one of those melatonin level test kits that you send into a lab? I looked into them a year or two ago but decided to wait. The saliva test for melatonin (as opposed to...

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16 years ago
A Zinc-less Zinc Regimen for Adults: Draft 4

You have in common with me notable and extended periods of no days spent in bright light. There is a disturbing study I'm waiting to see replicated that showed that hours of dim light exposure could b...

In forum Adult acne

16 years ago
A Zinc-less Zinc Regimen for Adults: Draft 4

I always wake up with my body tensed and my teeth clenched. Yikes. That seems pretty extreme! One thing I like about this hypothesis as it evolves is it ties stress to acne in a simple but non-trad...

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16 years ago
A Zinc-less Zinc Regimen for Adults: Draft 4

So far, I don't know of any research to suggest that there are important effects related to the transition from night to day and vice versa. There is some research to suggest that before electricity, ...

In forum Adult acne

16 years ago
A Zinc-less Zinc Regimen for Adults: Draft 4

This article on what wild monkeys eat was interesting with regard to problems of vegetarian nutrition. If humans did evolve as largely vegetarians, that vegetarian diet may have looked nothing like wh...

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16 years ago
A Zinc-less Zinc Regimen for Adults: Draft 4

I have a few questions, after I came inside when the sun was starting to set I didn't know what I could do. Can I watch T.V.? Should I keep all the lights off in the house? It was only 4-5pm, far too ...

In forum Adult acne

16 years ago
The real cause of Acne

To be precise, Hulda's followers have to follow her to Mexico because money will allow you to prescribe treatments there without having to perform any manner of reproducible experiment to demonstrate ...

In forum Acne

16 years ago
Super-oxide Anions Trigger P. Acnes to Inflammation

Hope to hear your feedback on the GliSODin. I may try some too. Hasn't killed me yet! It's very hard to isolate the effects of just one thing. Probably the only certainty that is easily available i...

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16 years ago
A Zinc-less Zinc Regimen for Adults: Draft 4

Also- do you think that working under a sun lamp would have an effect on melatonin levels similar to the effect of working outside? I have installed in my office 2 banks of 4 4-foot fluorescent tub...

In forum Adult acne

16 years ago
A Zinc-less Zinc Regimen for Adults: Draft 4

Any thoughts about the timing of magnesium/zinc supplements? Wow, back from the days when they still used zinc sulfate in studies! (And that was a pretty hefty daily dose.). When I take zinc (not c...

In forum Adult acne

16 years ago
Super-oxide Anions Trigger P. Acnes to Inflammation

Probably the large nocturnal melatonin surge designed to stimulate cells to produce SOD naturally also prevents comedones by dampening the skin-local production of androgens.   Would taking a su...

In forum Acne

16 years ago
Super-oxide Anions Trigger P. Acnes to Inflammation

Production of Superoxide Anions by Keratinocytes Initiates P. acnes-Induced Inflammation of the Skin   Since most (all?) normal people without acne have P. acnes on their skin, the question is al...

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16 years ago