Hey there

Great to hear your going so well! Very much looking forward to keeping up with your progress too (please keep updating )

One thing I was wondering, if there anything in particular you can eat/do to get over those sugar cravings? (I've tried getting off the 'white stuff' a few times - never heard of this candida diet before reading your posts, just think I'm too addicted to sugar). Anyway, my cravings get SO bad.

Congratualations again, you must be so happy to have such clear skin

Thanks. I'm still a work in progress. I've slipped up a little bit recently, but no big worries. Once I get back on track things will be back to the way they were last month. The red areas of my face were cleared along with the inflammation. I was expecting worse from eating all the junk I ate in Costa Rica. It may seem healthy like rice and fruit, but for my diet it's not good for me. It made me gain a few pounds and aggitated my skin in some places. I think I gained like two or three pounds from the rice, cookies, fruit. Back to full out diet for me!

As far as your sugar substitutes the only thing I can say is get liquid Stevia. I'm not sure what it would be good with on the diet though. The food is pretty limiting and I'm not sure if you would want to add something to make the food sweet. For instance, eggs would not be good with this stuff. I've used it in Pau d'arco tea, add two drops and its pretty sweet.

One of the symptoms of Candida is being addicted to sugar. So....

Hope this helps you!
Jeffrey

Today's diet (poor)
Breakfast:
4 eggs in coconut oil

Lunch:
2 burgers and two cookies

Dinner:
Applegate Chicken Hot Dog no nitrates/antibiotics/sugar
(first time trying them hope they are good)

Wow it's amazing how good you are at staying on this diet.
So props to you, glad it's paying off.
And I hope you fine ease in sticking to it.

I thought it was a Canada diet the first few times I read the title haha.

Camcorder, Yeah I can definately see how you thought it was Canada. Sometimes I think so too when I look at it real fast.

I would like to add that not only is it for yeast infections, but the most important thing this diet does is build up the immune system. Building the immune system is key in fighting off any type of disease and what not. We are a people (i'm guilty too) who listen to the FDA approved ingredient listings when they are pretty harmful to our health. And we also listen to the FDA about the food pyramid which should be turned upside down pretty much. Fats should be a bigger part of our diet then following protein from animals then vegetables then fruit and lastly grains, if at all. People have a hard time digesting grains (wheat, gluten, flour, etc)

Almost two months on diet

I have had about 10-15 of those days not being so good. Which I'm noticing now especially on the back of my head. As far as my face it is holding up well. It's amazing what food can do for your body.

Breakfast:
3 scrambled eggs cooked in coconut oil with onions and applegate farms (no antibiotics/ no nitrates) chicken hot dog cut up in it.

Lunch:
Organic turkey burger w/ sea salt
cooked vegetables (broccili, spinach, onion, yellow pepper)

Dinner:
Steak (fat and all) with butter and sea salt on it
Spinach salad w/ 2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil and sea salt


Observation: I never get shaky in between meals anymore. I know it's because my sugar consumption is very low which is a good thing. And I never feel bloated after a meal like I used to get on high carbs and moderate levels of sugar.

Hope this helps someone!!!
Jeff

Just a wee question - what is it in fruit that irritates your skin??

I did find out however that nuts are a bigger issue for me than anything as far as skin irritants. Nuts and seeds are difficult to digest. Sorry if I repeat myself sometimes. I may have said this in another post somewhere.

Well since I'm almost positive I have Candida or aka a yeast infection, all SUGAR feeds yeast. That results in yeast overgrowth. Therefore the sugar (fructose) in fruit feeds my infection.

The reason I think I have yeast overgrowth is because of my use of antbiotics on and off for 5+ years. Even one single use of antibiotics can throw your yeast into overgrowth because of the good bacteria that is killed off while on antibiotics. That's the reason for probiotics, but they cannot cure the yeast infection itself. 1)You need to cut out high carbs and sugars.
2)Supplements. 3)Add an antifungal (ex. garlic, oil of oregano, etc..). 4)Then lastly add probiotics. These steps are not something you do right away, you want to gradually start dieting and supplementing. After sometime then you can implement an antifungal, then lastly once die-off symptoms start declining start the probiotics. Message me for more if you want.

The way I've been eating and supplementing vitamins has been the only thing that has given me the results I have wanted for a long time. My immune system is in overdrive!!!

After being home from Costa Rica I'm having a hard time with the carbs and sugars. I'll go a couple days without them, but then my carb and sugar addiction comes back.

Still doing great. My face is 99.9% clear right now. I'm sure that will change because my diet has been going downhill. It's difficult when almost every food out there has some sort of sugar in it that I am addicted to.

Hope this answers you. And I don't have all the answers you can research things for yourself. I'm merely giving my opinion/experience and hoping it helps someone!

Jeff

Read it people: Two Months on Diet and Two Months off Antibiotics!

My skin is doing about 100% better than when I was taking those horrible little yellow pills called Minocycline. It's much relief that I don't have to go back to the doctor's office after getting off of them and getting re-prescribed more antibiotics. Phew! It took about 5 years to finally find something that works. I also don't shower everyday and I don't remember the last time I washed my face with any cleanser. I do still from time to time use a dab of tea tree oil on spots that are showing some inflammation. The best combat I have found for any skin problem is Epsom Salt Baths or Sea Salt Baths. Makes the skin soft and excretes those annoying toxins. I would say my face is 99.9%, the back of my neck is about 97%, my back is about 96%, and I'm a rather happy camper these days. It's a relief that I don't have to use crazy harsh chemicals like BP or AHA or anything like that.

As for the diet: I recently have a few slip ups here and there. It's weird how addicted we are to carbs and sugars. So my advice to all would be eliminate the high carbs and stop consuming so much sugar. I currently am still falling the diet in my signature.

Random Cool facts:
-sugar supresses the immune system
-sugar competes with vitamin c because they have similar chemical structures
-coconut oil consumption is good for you (anitfungal, antibacterial, antiparasitic properties)
-eggs are awesome! I've been eating anywhere from 2-4 eggs everyday since I started...
-the reason some people think they have egg allergies is because eggs contain sulphur and have antifungal, antibacterial properties.
-unsalted butter is the way to go. I eat it with a lot of my meats.
-sea salt is better than table salt.
-the body has a healing system and you must eat the right foods to enhance its healing properties.
-nuts and seeds are hard to digest. If you eat them I suggest soaking them overnight and then drying them in the over and throw a dash of sea salt over top of them. Yum! Although, I can't eat them anymore because they break out my skin.


Anyways, real food is medicine for the body. Hope this helps someone,
Jeff

Just wanted to say thanks to the people who view this log and for the encouragement I get to keep up with what is working for me. Thanks again! I hope the other acne sufferers out there find something that works for them.


Have a great weekend everyone,
Jeffrey

A short update:

Nothing to new, although I keep falling in this cycle of having to consume carbs and sugars. It's a pain in the butt. I am still doing rather well even when I do eat like crap. I don't suggest it at all. I went rafting over the weekend and had a few smore's. What can I say? I'm only a sugar addicted human at times.

I'm back to the basics of the diet. I dislike the word diet in this case because diets are something you hear people say when they are trying to lose weight. That's not the case at all for me. I don't know what to call it other than maybe Prevention Eating (Builds the Immune System warding off diseases/illnesses) That might be too complicated though.

Favorite things to eat at the moment:
Unsalted butter
Any type of meat
Green Beans


Hope others find peace with skin disorders,
Jeff

I have a few questions.

1- How much do you weigh?
2- Have you been losing weight during this process?

I admire you for your diet...but I could never do it haha. I love eating all that good stuff aka junk way too much to give it up.

I weigh 136 or close to that. I use to weigh 150 in January, but I stopped lifting and started messing around trying different diets to see what works and what doesn't. So from January til now I weight about 136 like I said before.

I can say that during the first month (May 29-June 29) I probably lost a good 5lbs. Then I went to Costa Rica and gained it back in about 10 days. Mainly from eating all that aka good junk food.

Yeah I threw in the towel after 5+ years of folliculitis/acne I needed to do something about this. And the diet was the only thing I found that has given me success. I would have to say that I enjoy eating like this, after awhile your taste buds change. I do crave a cookie from time to time, but I do believe that has more of about 20 years of eating sugary products than the actual cookie itself. "Keep out of the cookie jar." And after having a few binges here and there all the so called "good junk food" pretty much tastes the same. All it is, is sugar, preservatives, artificial flavorings, etc... junk junk junk. Next time you go to the grocery store read the labels and there are products out there that shouldn't even have the ingredient SUGAR (high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, saccarhin, etc...) in them. It's crazy. I really think that the FDA wants us to be sick so that there is a high demand for things like doctors, nurses, hospitals, pharmaceutical drug companies, health insurance companies, etc... I would say in America the health field is a wealthy system. Thats enough ranting, I hope I didn't go way overboard with this. It's my opinion and hope it doesn't offend anyone.

Jeff

Update for you all... It's been over two months on the Diet and two months off the antibiotics...


today I ate:
Breakfast
-4 scrambled eggs cooked in coconut oil w/ unsalted butter and sea salt.
-cooked vegetables (red peppers, zucinni, onions, garlic, broccili) w/ sea salt

Lunch
-all natural ground beef (4oz)
-1/2 cup of green beans

Dinner
-all natural ground beef (4oz)
-cooked vegetables (same as lunch)

It was a good day!!!

Tonight will be interesting. I'm going to a bon-fire and smores are definately my downfall. I'm going to try and replace them with chicken hot dogs (no antibiotics, no nitrates)


Have a great weekend everyone,
Jeff

hello there NightsDisguise,

I admire you for you courage and many try-outs. Ive been fighting myself for over 5 years with acne ( I am now 19 years old ). Because my hormones and stresslevel lowered the last 2 years, my acne is lesss worse than before. No big cists anymore but still a red skin, many black and whiteheads.

Your diet looks verry interesting, although I dont know if im capable of it. Nonetheless I had some questions concering it.

1. You see to eat allot of eggs, 2-3 each morning. Isnt that unhealthy ? I can even remember that somebody claimed that eggs were bad for skin (because of hormones maybe?). I really hope its not though, i love eggs.
2. Bread/gluten. Do you eat bread with your eggs ? do you eat bread at all actually ? and is it really bad to eat brown bread in the morning/lunch ( we always eat bread here ).
3. About the showering; you said that you dont shower much because its better for the skin. But I can remember a big topic about a guy who said it WAS neccesary to go 2 times a day in the shower because it was the only way to clear the skin correctly. I dont know, would like to know, in dubio
4. Fruits contains sugar, but there different sugars than the bad ones ? I love fruit, and thought it was healthy to eat (good for skin i thought) but I guess... not ?

Sorry for the questions mate, tired of fighting myself

Congratulations with your skin though

Thanks for the post! Glad to hear that your acne is less than what it use to be.

1.) Organic Eggs: Eggs are actually one of the best foods out there for you. It is the best source of protein and contains a lot of nutrients--vitamins. And yes they are bad for you according to the media because of high cholesterol. I don't believe that high cholesterol is bad. That is a long story. I will try to do it in a message sometime soon. Eggs conatin sulphur so that means they are antibacterial, antifungal, and antiparasitic.
2) I don't eat bread... I know for many people gluten is hard to digest. And because I believe I have a yeast infection. High carbs and the yeast in the bread feed my yeast which causes more toxins (acne, infection) to come out through the largest organ (the skin). I eat vegetables with my eggs and i also melt unsalted butter and put that on my eggs. With some sea salt. It's pretty dang good.
3) Well I don't shower everyday like I said before. I like to let the natural oils on my skin build up, because they are antibacterial and part of your immune system. I haven't seen anything bad come because I don't shower everyday. It's green and saves money... That's not the reason I don't shower though. Like I said before I like the natural oil on my body. Showers strip off that oil. Most of the time I do take a shower I just rinse off in the water. Some soaps are pretty harsh for the skin. They have lots of chemicals in them and it strips the skin. That's what I believe and I'm sure you can make your own opinion through trial and error about the showering deal. I suggest Dr. Bronner's soap. I like it!
4) Again, if you are suffering from Candida all sugar no matter what form feeds yeast overgrowth.

Hope this answered some questions you had...
Hope you find relief from your fight; don't ever give up there is a solution,
Jeff

Nightsdiguise:

Thank you for posting this! It's very informative. I'm not sure if I have a Candida overgrowth or not (seems to be fatty foods that affect my acne) but I was also on minocycline/dioxycycline for a long time, with horrible side effects and after effects.

I do want to experiment with my diet a bit, though, so I will be using some of your advice. I started eating an egg everyday for breakfast and adding a little bit of butter to my diet (which everyone ridiculed me for, haha) but I definitely feel a bit better.

Good luck, and congratulations on your results!

thanks for the reply Nightsdisguise,

atm im a little bit lost. I think I have a candida infection also;
- I have exzemia on my hands (since I was born though)
- was a sugar addict
- had intense stress situations in my life

IF so, I should try this also, although it WILL be verry hard for me. Bread is one of the things that makes me feel "full" if you know what i mean. hm, I want to try vegatebles instead, but the idea of eating vegatables in the morning is quite disguisting (no offense ). even though, I will try this.

BUT

I just bought a blender for the green veggie juice regimen... and damnit I think it wont work if I have candida right? (fruits + veggies = still sugar)

pff I dont know, little lost xD

it's been almost 3 months that i've been following the diet. something I wanted to share with everyone is that I don't look in the mirror anymore worrying about the blemishes on my face. I may have one or two blemishes at a time, but nothing like I use to have. I don't worry about it anymore which has freed up a lot of frustration and time. I never waste time washing my face with a cleanser and using follow-up treatment. It's a beautiful thing not having to worry about this anymore. And the most important thing I want to stress in this post is that no matter if your face is completely covered or just a few blemishes you are beautiful. In my own opinion, you were created in the image of God and that in itself is a beautiful thing. Thats my two cents for tonight you don't have to agree with me or anything but thats what I think. Hope everyone has a great week/weekend.

Never stop searching for a solution,
Jeff

This is interesting. I am following a paleo (or caveman) diet. We eat meat, fish, poultry, vegetables, fruits, and nuts. So your diet would be considered a paleo diet.

I am following this diet mainly because of acne (it has many other benefits, greater energy, etc. You can google it to see a fool list), do you think it is possible that you are clear because of this and not the candida? I have been on the diet for about 1.5 months and have noticed improvements, although I still get breakouts. I hope that by month 3 it will be all over, if not I might try this.

What are your thoughts?

the paleo diet is mainly the same, you said it yourself. That means that it effects your digestion greatly like the candida dieet. 90% of the americans have candida, and acne is most likely caused by it. So maybe it means that you had/have candida and you cleared it up with the paleo diet : )


I am currently in week 2 of the candida diet, ive been eating good. Although I find it hard to eat 1/2 spoons of coconot oil (bleh so disgusting). I have seen improvement already... there are hardly new clogged pores coming and my face looks calmer. But atm im in the die-off period. Last Night I had tremendous stomachach, and went 3 times to the toilet (diarrea). Atm I have quite a headach to, tired; like you have a hangover.

atm i want to eat bread and candy so bad haha, but ill resist. I must ^^. hows your diet going nightsdisguise?

Im only 15 and ive been on the candida diet for almost a month!
I weighe 105 to start with and lost a good 12 pounds ;|
I havent had any sweets, nothing all ive been eating is vegetables and meat!
I know its soo hard, but not going to lie i havent even noticed a difference in my face.
My naturalpath said that my candida is almost dead, but my skin hasnt made any improvement.
this month i am stopping all my cleansing medicine(the medicine i take for the candida)

Oh and the last symptoms you said!
my stomach omg.. the pain!
It was for a good 2 weeks straight of PAIN and diarrea.
i had know sleep because of this!
i was up all night!
But it does go away

please keep me updated!
are you taking any medication ?