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[impeccableyou]

Could it be possible that we don't eat enough? I mean, our body has probably increased by third and therefore requires more food for our enhancement? I find that I still eat about the same as I did before puberty... perhaps even less.

Has anyone tried eating more??!! I'm not talking about eating all the time but eating a more fuller stomach when you do eat(without the use of fluids to make you full).

Edited by impeccableyou, 07 February 2012 - 11:07 AM.

[Bearishly]

Along the food line of thought, what's been working brilliantly for me the last few weeks is reducing my carbohydrate consumption and eating less in one sitting. I'm down to about 150-200 g of carbs per day (on roughly a 2500 calorie diet), and I'm starting to become a believer in the "insulin spikes cause acne" school of thought. I try to make sure all of those carbs come from a food with a decent amount of fiber, as well (oatmeal for breakfast, fruit througout the day, etc.)

A few incidents that I can confirm gave me bad breakouts:
-eating a whole pizza (no cheese)
-eating basically a whole bag of tortilla chips

I've also been able to limit the breakouts I've gotten from eating a massive amount of chocolate cake over the weekend for my wife's birthday. Buffering my fake sugar consumption with cinnamon and exercise has worked wonders. I've had some minor spots, but nothing big.

So to sum, I think eating more and stuffing yourself would be going in the wrong direction.

[bobbi364]

Yes, when I tried dieting it only made things worse. It stressed me out, and produced more acne on me. Once I started eating whatever whenever and not using soaps/topicals and not masturbating I was clear in no time.

[alternativista]

More likely that you don't eat enough real food with the nutrients your body needs to function.

I eat plenty.

[impeccableyou]

I am bumping this...

Bearishly, I can confirm that eating low carbs keeps my acne away. In fact, it is what I still employ. I try to eat and keep a 1:1 ratio in protein:carbs. But it doesn't make sense though. I asked my doc and he was puzzled..he had no explanation. I don't either... Why cant we eat carbs? We ate them with no problem during our younger days except for a cavity or two.

Anyhow, I am bumping this again to hear what other people have to say. Have you increased your food intake and noticed a difference in your acne for the better or worse? Please, only if you stayed the course for a couple of months.

Edited by impeccableyou, 28 February 2012 - 09:19 PM.

[SamIman]

LOL. This would hardly makes a difference. When I'm bulking for weightlifting I stuff in food, going from 3 meals to 5 or 6, and those meals aren't getting much smaller either. You know you're eating a lot when your gaining weight steadily. Made no difference, and I don't see how it would.

[impeccableyou]

SamIman, on 29 February 2012 - 12:01 AM, said:

LOL. This would hardly makes a difference. When I'm bulking for weightlifting I stuff in food, going from 3 meals to 5 or 6, and those meals aren't getting much smaller either. You know you're eating a lot when your gaining weight steadily. Made no difference, and I don't see how it would.

Does bulking involve weightlifting as well or other type of training? I'm just trying to look at 'work being done by body vs. the amount of food it needs.'

Edited by impeccableyou, 29 February 2012 - 06:10 AM.

[Lee1234]

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Does bulking involve weightlifting as well or other type of training? I'm just trying to look at 'work being done by body vs. the amount of food it needs.'

Bulking involves consuming a surplus of a calories in order to gain weight. It's a phase one goes through to add muscle mass to their body and it can be achieved without weight lifting. However, weightlifting is usually involved otherwise I'd question why one voluntarily chooses to consume so much. Your "lifts" normally rise (the weight you can lift) in correspondence to your rise in muscle mass (if you decide to increase the weight, that is). Bulking normally doesn't involve aerobic exercise.

Edited by Lee1234, 29 February 2012 - 06:33 AM.

[JB the First]

SamIman, on 29 February 2012 - 12:01 AM, said:

LOL. This would hardly makes a difference. When I'm bulking for weightlifting I stuff in food, going from 3 meals to 5 or 6, and those meals aren't getting much smaller either. You know you're eating a lot when your gaining weight steadily. Made no difference, and I don't see how it would.

I would imagine this would vary from person to person depending on your insulin sensitivity, ability to digest carbohydrates, etc.

I haven't drastically increased my food intake because I'm on a budget and trying to only eat healthy stuff. That limits you severely. Even if I had been, I've only been limiting my carb intake for about 3 weeks, so I couldn't give you any results worth pondering. I can say that my skin has improved dramatically over those 3 weeks (I've been pondering posting on the 'success stories' thread, but I'm going to wait until I have no active spots. I'm so close! But I haven't just been limiting carbs, I've been doing a variety of things.)

[alternativista]

impeccableyou, on 28 February 2012 - 08:39 PM, said:

Anyhow, I am bumping this again to hear what other people have to say. Have you increased your food intake and noticed a difference in your acne for the better or worse? Please, only if you stayed the course for a couple of months.

Yes. Now that I eat fewer empty or nearly empty calories and more real, nutrient dense foods. I not only eat more, I eat more food.

And yes, my skin cleared in a little over a month from the day I drank my last soda and began improving my diet.