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[baskman]

Crevin and Adam,

I too have been experimenting with my diet intensely (over the last 10 months), trying to strip my diet down to basic raw food and work my way back up to bigger stuff to see what exactly causes my acne.

There's no doubt that binge eating has a negative effect on your acne, and the reason why is probably because of your body's insulin reaction. When you eat food, especially foods that raise your glycemic index (breads, starches, pasta- foods high in sugar, even veggies), your body releases the hormone insulin which apparently contributes to acne. Therefore, when you binge eat, more insulin is released in a shorter period of time, contributing to more acne.

I've been trying to increase my calorie intake, but I've been cautious to spread out my meals throughout the day (it's tough!). Trying to eat a medium-sized meal or small snack every two hours is what I shoot for.

[mike59]

hey guys, im new here (even though not new with the whole acne thing) and this topic caught my attention. I am def. going to try this approach and will let y'all know how things are going. Crevin, Rubbish, Adam and Blossom....how are y'all doing now? i see that it has been a while since someone has posted anything.

[Glass Danse]

Binge eating carbs will probably break you out, yes.

[Adam08]

hey guys, im new here (even though not new with the whole acne thing) and this topic caught my attention. I am def. going to try this approach and will let y'all know how things are going. Crevin, Rubbish, Adam and Blossom....how are y'all doing now? i see that it has been a while since someone has posted anything.

hey mike. i think not binge bingeing will be helpful for your skin, as well as your overall health especially digestion. for a period of time i thought that binge eating was contributing to my breakouts. maybe they were BUT then i realised that my breakouts were actually due to my skin being damaged. things like binge eating, sugar, carbs etc only affected breakouts (most notable inflammation) when my skin was irritated. im now focused on repairing my skin. see the cavemen regimen & water only threads. i think blossom is doing something similar.

[mike59]

hey guys, im new here (even though not new with the whole acne thing) and this topic caught my attention. I am def. going to try this approach and will let y'all know how things are going. Crevin, Rubbish, Adam and Blossom....how are y'all doing now? i see that it has been a while since someone has posted anything.

hey mike. i think not binge bingeing will be helpful for your skin, as well as your overall health especially digestion. for a period of time i thought that binge eating was contributing to my breakouts. maybe they were BUT then i realised that my breakouts were actually due to my skin being damaged. things like binge eating, sugar, carbs etc only affected breakouts (most notable inflammation) when my skin was irritated. im now focused on repairing my skin. see the cavemen regimen & water only threads. i think blossom is doing something similar.

Adam-thanks so much for your update, i will def. check that thread out now.

[AutonomousOne1980]

the theory of aging and disease is based off of overeating and the free radicals produced from a high calorie diet, that cause errors in the dna sequence to create disease and irregular cell functions in many different systems in the body. low calorie diets have increased life span of monkey by 30% with little to no aging or disease.

Oxidative stress has been one theory behind many diseases, melatonin is the most powerful anti oxident so get your fair share of darkness while you sleep, when the sun i down, your house should be as dark as possible so you produce melatonin.

lesson to learn here is high sugar and fat diets are bad for you, excessive light is also bad for you.

[Trying1111]

What is your spiritual background, Autonomousone? I am glad you found strength.

[melissabee23]

This threat is GREAT. I LOVE the "run around the block" test. You may enjoy calorie restriction society website. http://www.calorierestriction.org/.

I agree about binge-eating being a trigger of acne, even if its bingeing on good stuff.

1. My "experiment" last summer: I stopped using all acne products like anti-biotics and differin gel. I did a calorie-restriction candida-type diet, no wheat, fermented stuff, caffeine, no dairy, no sugar, etc. I ate slowly, and stopped when I was full. Sometimes I binged on fruits and veggies and sometimes I binge drank.
My inflammed acne stopped (very few new "zits") but the sandpaper type skin-colored acne bumps that are all over my face and really gross remained stubborn. I couldn't get enough calories in me on the candida diet (I'm a vegetarian) and I got grossly skinny.

2. Dan's regimen + back to binge eating: By fall, I started eating whatever the heck I wanted, and binge ate again -usually healthy stuff, sometimes "bad" stuff and often binge drinking. Dan's regimen of benzoyl peroxide made my sandpaper acne go away (yea!) but now I get more inflammed red zits, as if the bacteria has retreated into my skin or something (boo!).

3. Going forward: Dan's system, plus no binge eating even on healthy stuff. and no binge drinking. No crazy candida-type strict restrictions, but listening to my body and treating it well.

I'll keep posted on whether this bears good results in a few months.

Any support or comments are welcome!

[meat_pirate86]

I'm doing a similar diet sans BP regimen. I am doing an instincto diet while avoiding certain foods that I just knooow will cause me to breakout, plus other unhealthy foods that trigger other reactions.
The only things I avoid like the plague are starches and dairy products. I can eat small amounts of sugar no problem.

[the fiverman]

i binge eat on peanut butter all the time without breaking out.

Now if i binge out on ALOT of bad carbs/high GI i break out.

[meat_pirate86]

i binge eat on peanut butter all the time without breaking out.

Now if i binge out on ALOT of bad carbs/high GI i break out.

OMG, peanut butter is the beeessst. Instead of a binge meltdown I'll have a little PB....keeps me clear and full. Amazing product for acne.

[TwentyOne]

Really, peanut butter?? I'll have to remember that and go back to the good Ol' celery and peanut butter days more often when I need a snack.

Aww I miss those days.. They were so.. Acne free..

[the fiverman]

Really, peanut butter?? I'll have to remember that and go back to the good Ol' celery and peanut butter days more often when I need a snack.

Aww I miss those days.. They were so.. Acne free..

oh yea its great. i use to grab a bunch of cookies or a huge bowl of cap'n crunch.

if you do get peanut butter. get all natural. skippy makes a really good one.

[Swits]

for me what i notice is that you shouldnt munch on snacks or anything in between. you should periods of a couple hours in between your meals. because if your constantly snacking, your body is focusing on digestion 24/7 and not so much on your acne. so eat foods that will fill you up, i'm not talking lots of fruits or anything, actually carbs are the worst way to fill up because your stomach doesn't digest sugar, it's immediately released into your small intestine. so you'll get an empty stomach faster. eat more protein and fat based foods, like eggs that will stay in your stomach for longer periods and you wont feel hungry so you wont be constantly snacking. plus it elevates your blood sugar well.

[melissabee23]

I'm so happy people are posting on this thread...

I'm feeling good and hope I can keep up this no binge eating thing!

[the fiverman]

i mean when i say peanut butter i dont mean eat half a jar or anything and get mad if you have a little bump or something. like i did lol.

[deadonfive]

Binge eating might be a component for some people's acne, but I do not think that stopping it is a cure by any means. (The message that you're trying to get across is to eat smaller portions more frequently, right?)

For example, what about clear-skinned fat people who binge eat all the time? Or bulimics? There are people like that who do not have acne. I also know a load of constipated people who don't have acne either, and they're teenagers.

My self-example is that when I had anorexia about 2 years ago, I would eat incredibly slowly and concentrate on my food so that i'd fill up faster and on less substance. I never binged and always ate really small portions of fruit and vegetables (nothing else really) throughout the day to keep my metabolism up to burn fat. My moderate acne was really bad at this point in time and never got any better. I know that since my diet was lacking healthy fats and protein altogether, that probably contributed to me not being clear. Since then I've learned that fasting doesn't work for me and I don't think it would make a difference if I decided that I wanted to binge (i don't, though); it's the types of food that break me out instead.

[Stark]

I would always eat before going to bed, this is some good advice. If you want to boost your digestive system at night drink some lemon juice mixed with water before bed time, but sip it as your reading a book before bed or what not. Make sure you brush your teeth after though, life is tough without enamel.

[Glass Danse]

I would always eat before going to bed, this is some good advice. If you want to boost your digestive system at night drink some lemon juice mixed with water before bed time, but sip it as your reading a book before bed or what not. Make sure you brush your teeth after though, life is tough without enamel.

I've seen suggestions to avoid eating before going to sleep, but I don't think I've actively ever tried one way or another. Not really sure of the reasoning behind either stance.

[meat_pirate86]

I think binge eating contributes to acne. For me, when I'm careful about my diet and stick to foods in moderate amounts, I can have some cheat bites of certain bad foods and be alright. I think the major problem is getting yourself into a depressive state. When you start getting manic, you'll overeat for no reason at all, almost to the point where you know you'll cause a breakout. It's weird. I think the biggest favour you can do for yourself and your acne is to stop eating any time you think what you're eating is going to break you out. When I first cleared up, this was my only rule. Now I'm actually back to it, because I find I can't make blanket statements about X food breaking me out. It's all relative. I can tolerate lots of rice from this greek restaurant that uses lots of oil (I can never make it right myself tho, so I avoid all non-this-restaurant rice), I can tolerate certain kinds of chocolate, certain deserts with sugar, etc. The only things I try to avoid completely are grains, dairy products and most desserts.

When I'm trying to lose weight my skin clears up.