Thehoper

Hey wondering if anyone takes this or has read about it and their thoughts.  Found out about it last night and have been reading for a couple hours about it now.  To some it's the greatest supplement out there, comes from Green Pastures and is fermented cod liver oil/butter oil blend.  Supposedly other fish oil/cod liver oil including carlson's is heated at very high temps destroying the vitamins and altering the effectiveness of the oil itself.  Here is an article relating to it and acne:

 

http://www.thelovevi...-cod-liver-oil/

 

Stuff is definitely expensive, and am going back and forth on whether to try this stuff or stick to Carlson's.  

Haha.. yeah.. everyones favorite food, liver.  In the past week been reading about liver and how its literally the most nutritious food you can possibly eat, and its amazing source of vitamin A.  Which for those who dont know vitamin A can only be found in organ meats and low doses in real butter and some other foods, carrots/greens/sweet potatoes and all that is beta carotene, which your body has to convert to Vitamin A.  From the stuff I read turns out huge majority of peoples bodies cant even convert the adequate amount, and many people are deficient in Retinol or true vitamin A.  

 

Interesting because retinol is needed for healthy skin and accutane is a synthetic version, much better to get it from food like liver.  So this might help a lot of you.  I did a ton of reading about eating raw vs cooked, Tracey who comes on here from time to time and has the Love Vitamin blog eats it raw and has a video about it.  She says and from what I have read if you freeze it for 2 weeks all parasites and bacteria are killed.  This is also a case where grass fed organic is a better choice for a cleaner liver.. though from what I have read some say it doesnt matter because the liver doesnt store toxins, it filters them.. dunno either way if you can afford it go for the organic.

 

I tried mine today and decided to eat it raw.  It had been frozen for a month, I got the CALF liver because it has 3x the amount of Vitamin A and 4x the amount of Zinc then mature beef, something to keep in mind.  Im a man and didnt care about disguising the taste lol, I simply cut it into small chunks and swallowed them whole like the lion I am.  Haha it actually felt pretty crazy, kind of felt like a lion, it was frozen so the taste was faint but it does taste like blood.  The primal instincts in me kind of enjoyed it lol, Im not one who is easily squeemish or however you spell that.  Also is a great way to build muscle!  

Just read a couple articles pretty much saying hormonal acne is caused by too much free testosterone which with lowered SHBG levels result in excess sex hormones in the body slowing down the liver and kidneys, which result in toxins being pushed out the skin into acne.

Article was saying that all sugar and grains drop SHBG levels from 50-80%. And for a hormonal acne diet suggested pretty much high fat/low carb. Also suggesting to skip breakfast, or if possible juice a bunch of good detoxing vegetables in the morning. Then for the rest of your day eat organic meats, eggs, coconut oil/milk/butter, lots of veggies, small amounts of nuts/seeds/beans. And to eat up on broccoli and cabbage to help cleansing.

So it looks like a typical diet that most of us are already aware of, but the lowering of the SHBG is really interesting. A lot of acne people find good success in eliminating sugar and grains, this could be why. I'm also going to try the juicing only in the morning. My recipe is celery, cucumber, beet, parsley, ginger, lemon.

Then not eat again until lunch, and then dinner, nothing at night. I have rather big meals for lunch and dinner, and take digestive enzymes with them which I know make a world of a difference. So yeah thats the plan, and take B-5 in the morning with the juice, and then zinc later on with a meal.

Hey. So I want to start a topic where people say what has, and hasn't worked for them, or things you really know after experimenting break you out. Some of you will know me, I started on the natural road about 3 years ago but have been completely serious for about 2 years now. My severe acne was cleared within months, but I have never been completely acne free. I still get breakouts around my mouth/jaw.

I've been looking more into probiotics, candida supplements again.. different enzymes.. but Id really like to get to the bottom, although I think that may be impossible. A strict healthy diet is absolutely great for your overall health and skin, but as far as curing acne it won't, it will just help it a lot. We have hormone problems that obviously science has not been able to figure out with acne prone people, but really you can be the healthiest person in the world, and if your acne prone its not going to matter, you will still get breakouts. The good thing is that breakouts dont NEARLY effect me at all as they used to. Had some experiences over the summer and met some really awesome people who changed my view on skin problems. Because in the end stress is the biggest killer of all, and I know a lot of you are very stressed.

There has to come to a point where you literally accept having not perfect skin. You cannot allow it to hinder your entire existence. It's hard. I know. Really hard. But it has to be done. Literally do not give a fuck about breaking out lol, it will help you 100x more then stressing and being bummed about it ever will. I know its cliche but your sand is always running.. you will die one day and hopefully not be like wow I really let a skin problem effect me that much? And seriously people don't care about skin problems as much as you think, YOU CARE more then anyone else. You have to rid those negative thoughts and emotions and be confident, your personality/mood is a lot louder then any breakout.

Next I want to discuss diet. This can seriously be dangerous. I went through an obsession and I read threads on here and see sooo many going down that terrible path. For all you males out there, stop with the raw vegan shit. Your weight will wither away and your health as well.. from what I have learned its literally as bad as just starving yourself if you have weight problems. You need to eat. Organic rice, beans, eggs, lean meats, get back to being a normal sized man. I have gained back about 30 lbs since I got off raw vegan and I finally feel freakin normal again. I am 6ft and at one point was down to 140. Im at 170 now and feel like a completely different person. Always keep your overall health mental and physical number one priority over getting rid of your acne. That can be a dangerous road that just leads to a depressing lifestyle. Don't lie to yourself saying its great, because you know its not lol.


As far as supplements I have tried all under the sun, and the best in the end are Zinc and B5. B5 is I believe essential for acne prone, I take 1000mg a day, haven't had any side effects of hair loss or anything either. I have tried GTF chromium in the past too which really seemed to help so Im looking into that again. Probiotics always broke me out so Im on the fence about trying those again. Digestive enzymes have always been great, dont know how but they seem to get rid of breakouts very fast, if you ever get cysts them seem to be the all powerful cyst killer too.

As far as washing skin, I still believe less is more. I shave with an electric, and wipe my entire face with distilled water/acv. Best thing I have tried for scars/red marks is rubbing a potato on them, seriously works. Aloe from plant works just as well but is sloppy, potato and then better yet after rub a cucumber on there for double effect.

Change your pillow case too! You have no idea the kind of gunk that builds up on pillow cases. I change mine at least once a week. But yeah Im still trying to figure out these random breakouts I get around my mouth.. so if anyone has any additional advice thatd be cool. Peace

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Anyone use this stuff?  It has a ton of great reviews.  Ocean salt always stood out to me because through growing up whenever we went to my grandmas in Florida my skin would instantly clear when swimming in the ocean.  I'm convinced that it's the mixture of the salt and good bacteria that fight off the p acnes and just make your skin f'n perfect haha.. but there is some sketchy ingredients in that product but so many good reviews... it seems like the best way to use it is once or twice a week, very easy.