In April 1999, during a trip to France, I woke up with my bottom lip swollen to twice its normal size. I assumed I’d eaten something I was allergic to. But when I got home to Canada, the swelling kept happening—on my arms, my feet, my face. I was eventually diagnosed with idiopathic angioedema, a […]
While growing up on the standard American diet, I considered myself healthy. Although I dealt with acne and painful menstrual cramps, I didn’t get colds often, and I was able to maintain a healthy weight. As I grew older, new symptoms started popping up, including chronic fatigue, bloating, brain fog, atypical migraines, significant rosacea, and […]
When it comes to your skin, certain factors matter: sun protection, sleep quality, even how well you manage stress. But one of the most powerful things you can do for your body’s largest organ? Choose your food wisely. “You can protect skin at the cellular level with what you’re eating,” says Houston-based dermatologist Suzanne Bruce, […]
I first went whole-food, plant-based in mid-2018, because a few friends had adopted the diet and seemed to have way more energy and be healthier in general, both physically and emotionally. I found it easy to make the transition. But then I got engaged and wrapped up in the demands of preparing for a wedding, […]
From childhood through my 20s, I was thin and could eat whatever I wanted without gaining weight. When I did start to gain weight in my 30s, I thought that was just a normal part of getting older. All in all, I ate a fairly typical Western diet, with some type of animal protein at […]
Jennifer Sinyerd suffered from a host of chronic health issues, including eczema and asthma, but she thought that she was fairly healthy—until she went plant-based and saw what real health was. In November 2014, my boyfriend and I had an amazing Maui vacation, which included a day spent at a goat farm gorging ourselves on […]
For years, Kiernan battled cystic acne, attempting to keep breakouts at bay with medication and topical treatments. Nothing made a difference—until she changed her diet. My family has always been fairly health conscious. My mom and dad worked out and tried to teach us to eat healthy, at least most of the time. A lot […]
When Nina and Randa Nelson, the vibrant, bright-faced twins behind The Clear Skin Diet were teenagers, they had what Nina calls “a normal amount of zits.” But as the rising YouTube stars—who were also working in commercials and doing music videos—reached age 20, their out-of-control cystic acne devastated their career ambitions, their social lives, and […]
We are identical twins, and were lucky to escape our teenage years mostly free from acne. We never realized how lucky we were until last year. In 2014, all hell broke loose on our faces. We were 20 years old, and all of sudden we found ourselves battling severe cystic acne. It was the worst […]
Imagine an active eight-year-old boy playing baseball, basketball, and tennis … going nonstop. Now, imagine that same boy hindered with difficulty breathing ― something most of us take for granted. That was me, diagnosed with asthma and immediately put on all types of medication. The meds made me feel jittery and not “right.” I tried […]
For the two and a half years after having my daughter, I struggled every day with my weight, my body image, a lack of energy, and most of all my self-esteem. In 2012, two years after giving birth, I was still at my 40-week pregnancy weight, 190 pounds. For 30 months, this voice in my […]
In this NutritionFacts.org video, Dr. Michael Greger looks at three different Harvard studies that found a link between dairy consumption and acne in adolescent boys and girls. We’ve also provided a summary of Dr. Greger’s main points below. The Harvard Nurse’s Health Study, published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, found that the […]
