
Show 1320: The Fascinating World of Tiny Animals Living on Us (Archive)
The People's Pharmacy
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The Relationship Between Western Diet and Acne
A Western diet that is high and highly processed carbohydrates and acne apparently when we eat ultra processed food it feeds those bacteria that make pimples. Whereas if we're eating primarily very unprocessed foods vegetables mostly you know in other parts of the world where they don't have access to convenience stores people have less acne. So I think there are exciting new conversations happening and I'm hopeful about a more ecologically minded future of our skin.
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