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[TofuEater]

Awesome, thanks again for sharing this. Are you 100% clear when you're not eating pasta, or do you always have some mild acne?

I haven't touched pasta for about a month now. I have ONE really really small active pimple. But i have a lot of superficial scarring around the sides of my forehead and cheeks. I'm just letting the skin do its natural thing and heal, even if it takes a six months to a year to heal. I don't like the idea of bio or emu oil...

I've also been taking vitamins, which IMO has helped to even keep the acne (3-5/month) I got prior to this whole crapshoot down. But don't worry, I'm not one of those crazy "pill poppers" taking 10 pills ++ a day. I only take 2-3 pills/day

[Gilmour56]

hey tofueater


i feel like i have discovered the same thing as you, nothing really would stop my acne.. no medications no vitamins nothing

masterbation definately triggers it.. i noticed a while ago that chocolate is bad and i thought maybe the jam i put on my toast which ive now realised is probably the actual bread

when i first started getting bad acne id just moved to university and wasnt sure why i started getting bad acne.. however my diet had changed to pretty much a plateful of pasta dowsed in cheese and occasionally pasta sauce

a couple of weeks ago i had the clearest skin ive had in a while.. i though it was maybe since taking zinc but also during that time i hadnt consumed quite as much pasta.

its only just dawned on me.. from today im cutting out wheat in my diet.

heres what im going to do;

asda have a range of gluten free foods which is perfect for me so i ordered lots of that. im eating lots of apples and fruit at the moment and quite a bit of meat.

I also take zinc tablets and betaine hydrochloric acid with everymeal. How have you been doing the last week ? Il update with details every few days if people are interested.


Thanks
Jack

[bitchplease]

Sure Jack, I'm interested. I don't eat wheat myself because I'm trying to clear up my skin without BP. I'm not sure you should be eating gluten-free bread and shit though, wheat is still wheat even if they got rid of the gluten. I say cut out all grains.

Edited by dirtbomb, 04 April 2010 - 12:24 PM.

[Gilmour56]

ohh right, i thought wheat was in gluten not vice versa..

so does this mean gluten free bread will contain wheat, anyhow il check the labels when it arrives tomorrow and if so wont eat the bread or pasta.

thanks for your advice though! you may have saved me

Edit:

just checked the labels online, everything is gluten and wheat free so shouldnt be a problem.. if youre interested the name of the supplier is "Dietary Specials" and if youre in the uk you can get them from asda and probably other supermarkets

Edited by Gilmour56, 04 April 2010 - 12:32 PM.

[bitchplease]

Alright man. Yeah, gluten is a poison that can be found in wheat. Wheat and other grains contain more poisons than gluten though, which is one of the reason I don't eat them at all (no wheat, oat, rice, corn, etc.). Cutting out wheat is certainly a great move, but like I said I think you should try cutting out or at least limiting your intake of other grains as well. They seem to be causing acne in humans. The only acne-free populations on this planet are peoples who do not have a tradition of eating grains, dairy, sugar, and vegetable oils. They get their carbohydrates from vegetables and fruits instead of grains. Many people think the reason grains and other agricultural foods cause acne is because of their high glycemic load. Here's a table of some different foods and their respective glycemic load:

http://archderm.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/f...TABLEDOB10212T1

As you can see all the typical modern grain-based foods have a really high glycemic load compared to vegetables and fruits.

There could be other reasons grains cause acne though, but that's a common theory anyway.

[evasion]

I think you would get less acne if you didn't eat dairy with your pasta. But, I have noticed sugar breaks me out so the high GI of pasta definitely hurts.

[Chocobot]

Hi there,
I was just wondering - what do you have on the pasta - cheese, tuna, butter - could it be the topping as well, that is accounting for the improvements?
Best wishes,
Thomas

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Hi, all I ever add to pasta is sauce (no cheese/dairy), which is of different kinds depending on the prices. Usually the tomato sauce with mushrooms or whatever.

It's quite incredible. I'm sure there are other foods I am not eating often that could trigger my acne. I remember that if I ate a whole bag of tostitos my skin would get mad oily and breakout. But when it comes to eating food in regular quantities, it seems pasta was the #1 culprit.

Sugar is also definitly something I try to limit, but I haven't change that part of my diet from before as I have been limiting sugar consumption for a long time.

Basically:

1- Pasta: Never eating pasta again.
2- Sugar: Minimize as much as possible my intake of sugar (been doing that for years).
3- Salt: Never salt my food, and buy products low in sodium (been doing that for years too).
4- Dairy products: I only eat yogurt, and even that I eat in limited quantities. I like cheese but I haven't had it in a while.

Those are the only real guidelines I follow, but pasta is the one that made a difference. All the other ones I had been following for a long time and broke out anyway.

But I am sure all of those things can trigger my acne. It's just that it seems that pasta was the one thing I was not limiting (I was eating large portions every dinner).

I eat whole grain bread every day. I need it, otherwise I'll starve:p

edit: Oh yeah I avoid rice too, it makes me constipated and makes my skin oily often. But it was never part of my regular diet anyway.

Edited by Chocobot, 04 April 2010 - 08:57 PM.

[Chocobot]

Awesome, thanks again for sharing this. Are you 100% clear when you're not eating pasta, or do you always have some mild acne?

I am 95% clear. Never been this clear in years. I don't mind going out anymore, etc. I could probably do even better with better sleep and diet, and masturbation only once or twice a week.

Had acne since I was 12 or 13, I'm almost 28.

Edited by Chocobot, 04 April 2010 - 08:57 PM.

[f acne]

It could be because of gluten intolerance.

[Gilmour56]

how bad was your acne chocobot?

and how long did it take to notice a difference when cutting out pasta


im officially starting my wheat free diet today, probably not even going to chance the gluten free pasta

the substitutes dont taste so bad, they have yeast in so i will be watching out for that and they also contain milk (which i dont think im allergic to dairy)

[bitchplease]

Gilmour56, keep in mind that dairy is a big trigger for lots of people. I don't wanna discourage you when you're just starting out on a wheat-free diet though, just saying.

[Gilmour56]

ive been thinking of dairy as well. Il also be (almost) cutting out cheese and milk as well. If my skin clear the first thing i will add is dairy and see what happens

i think i break out after ive ate cheese sauce but i also eat it with potatoes so could be that OR it could be the flour in the cheese sauce so i dont know but hopefully il find out soon enough

[bitchplease]

Good luck buddy, let us know how it goes.

[TofuEater]

hey tofueater


i feel like i have discovered the same thing as you, nothing really would stop my acne.. no medications no vitamins nothing

masterbation definately triggers it.. i noticed a while ago that chocolate is bad and i thought maybe the jam i put on my toast which ive now realised is probably the actual bread

when i first started getting bad acne id just moved to university and wasnt sure why i started getting bad acne.. however my diet had changed to pretty much a plateful of pasta dowsed in cheese and occasionally pasta sauce

a couple of weeks ago i had the clearest skin ive had in a while.. i though it was maybe since taking zinc but also during that time i hadnt consumed quite as much pasta.

its only just dawned on me.. from today im cutting out wheat in my diet.

heres what im going to do;

asda have a range of gluten free foods which is perfect for me so i ordered lots of that. im eating lots of apples and fruit at the moment and quite a bit of meat.

I also take zinc tablets and betaine hydrochloric acid with everymeal. How have you been doing the last week ? Il update with details every few days if people are interested.


Thanks
Jack

Hey Glimour,

It's still pretty early for me to tell, since my last pasta related break out was late feb to early march. But i've been quite clear since then. I haven't gotten any pimples anywhere on my forehead or left cheek. But my right cheek gets 1-3 zits every now and then.

What I'm dealing with now is the scarring. The scars on my forehead are mostly faded, but the ones on my cheeks, especially right side, is nasty. A lot of scattered brown/red dots. Looks even worse in the dark. Sometimes I look at my right cheek, and think, this is worse than the acne

I'll bump this thread in may (2 months healing time from the pasta-acne breakout), and write how I'm doing.

Good Luck with your reg

Edited by TofuEater, 05 April 2010 - 02:25 PM.

[Chocobot]

how bad was your acne chocobot?

and how long did it take to notice a difference when cutting out pasta


im officially starting my wheat free diet today, probably not even going to chance the gluten free pasta

the substitutes dont taste so bad, they have yeast in so i will be watching out for that and they also contain milk (which i dont think im allergic to dairy)

My acne was white heads, new ones every day, on my chin, around my mouth, on the side of my face, and neckline. The usual spots, except the forehead. It was pretty bad, but not the kind of acne that leaves major ice-pick scars.

It took maybe a week to realize it was working.

Note that it is definitly not the solution to all problems, at least for me, because I know I have other triggers like too much sugar, salt, not drinking enough water, not enough sleep, or too much masturbation. But kicking out pastas is the one thing that made a clear difference. Masturbation I would say is my second worst trigger, so keeping that to a minimum is definitly my new goal.

Edited by Chocobot, 05 April 2010 - 07:23 PM.

[Gilmour56]

i noticed masterbation was a definate trigger, i started taking zinc tablets a while ago though and although it hasnt cleared my skin; masterbation seems to be no longer a trigger. id recommend you to take safe doses of zinc because zinc is a common deficiency and is lost in semen

ive cut out chocolate and sugars, cheese (which i ate about 3 blocks a week), wheat, most gluten

there still is milk in the wheat free foods im eating but i havent had a reaction as of yet so fingers crossed

[Spikey]

I'm craving pasta now thanks to you

[Gilmour56]

okay only been about three days and too early to draw up any conclusions.

i could see a pimple forming two days ago which i was sure was going to get inflamed and leave a huge mark on my cheek where i also have other marks. however it didnt get inflamed and just surfaced to be a tiny pimple thats just about gone now which i was pretty happy about

apart from that no new acne in the last 4 days.

Just wanted to give people some background to compare to...

okay im 20 years old and since i started uni (nearly 3 years ago) ive been troubled with acne. Recently its been quite a lot of nodules and pimples with a few cysts every month and the marks all my pimples leave are horrible. In my opinion the worst thing about the acne is the inflammation

ive tried dans regimen, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, zinc, vitamin c, b5, niacin, d, ethromycin (sp?), oxytetracycline, differin gel, panoxyl wash, dead sea salts, potatoes, green tea, sudocrem, calamine lotion, cold showers.. thats all i can think of at the moment

some have shown initial improvement and then stopped working after about a week. thats why im really gonna wait a couple of weeks before drawing up any conclusions with this.


whats the difference between a wheat intolerance and a wheat allergy btw?

[Gilmour56]

1 week update:


for the first time in almost a year i have no active acne on my face. two big cysts on my neck still but hopefully they wont be around for too long

the marks left on my face are awful though and will probably take months to heal and cover about half of my face so its really too early to say if this is working yet.


im pleased after the first week though and il update next week

[bitchplease]

Jojoba oil and/or AHA may help your red marks fade faster.