AFTER 19 YRS I FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT. It's sugar!! In all shapes and sizes except fruit. If you can cut it out or limit it to one day a week. I think you will be surprised to see no acne after awhile. If anyone reads my history you'll see I have had it pretty bad. I posted on here i am clear now. Well Sunday I cheated and had a dairy queen sundae and then tuesday we had gelato and an organic dark chocolate bar. what happened? I woke up yesterday with one pimple. After being clear for a few weeks. I expected it cuz I ate to much sugar over the week.
Sugar is a huge culprit because your insulin spikes tremendously to get the blood at a normal level. Not only this but it calls in All the other hormones ..in particular your adrenal glands. So really keep the sugar to one day a week and not to much of it. Try this for a few months. 3-6 months to really notice a difference I would imagine.
Ding! Ding! Ding! That's it, acne solved, close this forum!
I agree, I've recently cut sugar and instantly my skin became less oily by 95%, I also ordered some ThreeLac because I believe I have candida which was feeding off all the sugar I was eating. It's only been 2 weeks, and I admit I've cheated a few times eating sugary foods, but my bacne which was horrible is slowly getting better. I will continue on the ThreeLac and no sugar diet, basically a quick way to tell if a certain food is causing a reaction, is if you get oily skin. For most people with acne sugar is the culprit.
It is! and I have a severe sweet tooth. Spent so many years trying to find another cause. All because I really didn't want to give up all my sugary treats. I think alot of people go through this. And continue to search for some other kind of cure. Now, I have a cheat day one day a week I am allowed sugar. Sugar is in many things so you have to give it all up.
Yes, it is extreamly hard to give up all sugar, and sometimes things that you eat that you think are healthy actually are not. Quick example is myself, I've been eating these Nutri Grain bars for the past year, being proud of myself for eating a "healthy" snack. Well once I've stumbled across this sugar issue, I've looked at the sugar contents on these bars and it was a staggering 56g of sugar per bar - and I would eat like 2-3 of these per day, every day - this is on top of any other sugar snack I would it!
Why us, unfortunate people, have this reaction to sugar is a different issue and is probably not easily known, it is most likely our genetic predisposition. A lot like any other person with any other allergy.
what have ur experiences been with fruits. i know some people say that even fruit sugar is bad for candida but i ve already cut out so many things....i really wont have that many things left to eat.
I also heard concentrated fruit juices are not very good. It is recommended you eat fruits raw - ie do not juice them, and as long as it's in reasonable proportions it should be fine, moderation is key as with most things in life.
I thought I was being healthy too by eating those odwalla bars which had spirulina and dried fruit. I thought I was the healthiest person on campus! It's funny how there are just certain foods that you would never question until someone smacks you in the face with it..and then suddenly it becomes so obvious and you're like "ohhhhhhh."
Has anyone been on antibiotics? I had a massive amount iv'ed in the emergency room due to blood poisoning and I realize I've had a terrible case of candida ever since. You all know I've been using horopito and oliveleaf to fight it, and thought I'd won the battle.
However, last week I had an "biofeedback" computer experience...it's software that diagnoses illness and also "cures" by pulses (see http://www.quantumsource4life.com/faq.html
for this amazing machine - this is what lance armstrong used to treat his cancer). It showed that I STILL have a ton of candida. The computer did some pulsing to get rid of it and my skin has been clearer since then.
This computer software with electrodes seems unbelievable; has anyone else had experience with it? I will keep you all posted, but it confirms the theory about candida and acne (for me) and how hard it is to rid the body of fungi once it's ensconced.
I was on antibiotics at a very young age, almost at birth for some strange cold, than again at 13 for acne - for lack of better knowledge. I figured I have candida for sure from being on this stuff so much, and I did the saliva test to confirm it.
That machine sounds amazing, I don't know how I never heard of it. I too will keep all posted on my progress with no-sugar diet with ThreeLac.
You are right in saying sugar makes acne worse. I don't dare eat candy or syrup with pancakes, etc. I know if I did, my acne would get much worse. The only problem is, that even if I don't eat anything with sugar, I still have acne. Cutting out sugar may improve your acne, but it won't cure it at all.
what would you consider a cure? I think being clear for an entire month for the first time in 19 yrs is pretty permanent. it takes time lots of time...I have been at it even longer than you.
But you cant just not eat sugar for a week and then have sugar next week ...In order to get clear you need a good 3 months or so with virtually no sugar.
BE HONEST how much sugar are you eating ? No one ever is honest with themselves.
And if you SERIOUSLY dont' want your acne. Dont eat bread cereal or yogurt either..ALL HAVE SUGAR!
eat only fruits veggies., meats ..fish and nuts. thats basically it.. YOu do that for a few months and i bet you'll notice no more acne.
Now one thing you seem to not understand what sugar does..by itself you think its the enemy ..It is not.
Excess sugar causes the body to send the signal needing more insulin to balance the blood. Not only this? but the body also signals for other hormones to be called into action. there are many hormones located in the adrenal glands 50+ if you are eating sugary foods. YOu have tons of hormones coursing through your body at one time. So it's inevitable you will wind up with major acne on your face.
I also think the liver does really play an important role into the longterm effects of getting rid of acne. But if you want short term effects while continuing to cleanse your liver? Drastically eliminate the sugar. even if it means using splenda ..If your face means that much to you. you will use splenda..I know it sucks we are all trying to be healthy. but i'll have splenda before i get a new scar. OR some other sweetener that is not hugely affected by acne.
so rodger I dont think ur really giving it a honest attempt at avoiding the sugar. I am a SUGARHOLIC ..I love it like an alcoholic. I have lived in denial for 2 decades thinking it was not the cause of my acne ..NO WAY...well? YOu can't have your cake and eat it to. At least not right now if you want clear skin.
Look up velocity diet ..if you want a 2 week crash course on getting clear skin ..as what accidentally happened to me.
I have been able to finally control my face since Sept 14th ..I think its practically a miracle to me.
Now if i get a pimple I can directly relate it to excess sugar on my cheat day..Sometimes though I can have sugar and not get any kinda pimple at all. I think the amount of sugar on any given day is the major deciding factor.
But if your acne is not under control you will not be able to tell.
Crash course acne diet
I also take fish oil pills and lecithin Which is not the reason for my clear skin. I was taking those WAY before i got clear skin.
LOL i just caught this! YOu say you don't dare have syrup but you're eating PANCAKES? WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK PANCAKES HAVE IN IT?
YOU PHAIL! you gave your acne a half hearted approach and then you come on here telling everyone to spend thousands on accutane and antibiotics when you couldn't even cut the sugar out.
Of course you never got rid of your acne. You didnt cut the sugar ..YOu just cut the syrup. or direct sugar.
unbelievable.
Coincidentally Grade B maple syrup doesnt effect my acne AT ALL!
I cant help to be angry with what you just said. You never REALLY TRIED! And now you are giving people no hope just because you couldnt put down your pancakes
You show your true colors here. You are a zealot. Don't you think that if cutting out sugar cured acne that we would all stay away as far as possible from sugar? We are not that stupid.
What scientific study can you produce from an accredited source that shows that cutting out sugar completely will cure acne? Note, I mean "accredited" source not hocus-pocus source.
As I said before, cutting out most sugar will improve acne, I believe in my case. It doesn't mean it will be the same for you. I am just sharing a personal and un-scientific perspective. I went for years not eating any type of sugar. No sugar as in no sugar, no cake, no candy, no soft drinks, no nothing I wasn't sure if it contained sugar, and NO PANCAKES. It cut down on acne, but it didn't come near to curing it.
Well, if you do know something than lets see evidence to support it. I want to see something from an established scientific or medical source. I don't want some tirade from some fringe element source who believes in some "big conspiracy" from the medical community because they want to keep you sick so they can make billions. That is all rubbish.
I come on this site because I do believe there are some good things I can learn that I can't learn anywhere else. I truly hope for a cure for my malady and I hope also that the people who visit this site, too, can find a cure here as well.
What I worry about are young people with severe acne coming on here and trying to use mostly bogus means to end acne. The acne won't go away, but his/her scars will remain for a lifetime. He needs to go to a doctor and accept proven scientific medical advice. If he wants to supplement medical advice by coming here, that's fine. I advise he does so just as long as he realizes that everything and anything needs to be done to prevent scarring in the early years by cystic acne.
I have been here for 4 years ..cleansing and fasting..cleansing and fasting ..i have done it all..And sugar is the problem...It's directly related to that...If i eat to much cold stone creamery here comes the zits. maybe it takes a few years of cleansing to get to the point that you have clear skin and the only time you get acne is if you eat sugar ..but by golly if i would have saved myself from eating all that sugar ..I WOULD HAVE and i am here to tell people now ..before they are damaged wiht scars to cut the fricken sugar out. I still dont have acne..finally i am saved! you dont know how f**ckin miserable the last 19 yrs were.
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