Over-activated TOR signaling may help explain the link between acne and subsequent risk for prostate and breast cancer

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Doctor’s Note

TOR is considered the engine-of-aging enzyme detailed in Why Do We Age? and Caloric Restriction vs. Animal Protein Restriction, as well as in my previous video: Prevent Cancer from Going on TOR.

I’ve touched on this topic before in Acne & Cancer Connection, and I covered acne and dairy in:

Urologists saving the lives of men is detailed in Survival of the Firmest: Erectile Dysfunction & Death and 50 Shades of Greens.

2018 Update: I recently released a few new videos on acne. Check out Does Chocolate Cause Acne? and Does Cocoa Powder Cause Acne?. There’s also Natural Treatment for Acne & Fungal Infections and Benzoyl Peroxide vs. Tea Tree Oil for Acne.

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LOL. What a simplistic view. Why is it, that I have had no pimples (not that surprising at age 67!), but started getting them when I took rapamycin? The one thing that we do know about rapamycin, is that it reliably suppresses mTOR. I don’t consume milk either.

I think this whole theory needs some refinement, because as it stands, it’s a mess.

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It’s believed Rapa may increase the IGF-1 level, which may cause pimples.

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What about UV acne, any correlation with visible acne?

#5

How would reduced nutrient sensing increase IGF-1 levels? It’s literally the opposite high glycemic and protein diets cause the IGF-1 to increase.
If I had to guess why rapamycin would cause some Acne breakouts ( I get an occasional pimple after rapamycin as well) I would venture to say that it might have to do something with impaired immune response to topical pathogens or skin barrier function issues.

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