On October 1, 2015 at 2:27 PM, AJM00001 said:

Skin Problems - Acne

Foods that Cause Acne

Beans Kidney beans

 

Berries Strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and red raspberries;

inflammation over days

 

Chocolate Whiteheads, one to two days

 

Citrus Inflammation, very fast, pineapple especially, within two hours

Lemon oil Found in jams and jellies, and other food stuffs (have to read label)

Cocoa Both whiteheads and inflammation, takes many days

 

Dairy

Milk Whiteheads, within 24 hours

Eggs Whiteheads within 24 hours, severe

Butter OLIVIO

Dates, Figs Inflammation that day, if eat large quantity over an eight hour period

 

Fish / Seafood:

Hong Kong Sea Bass Whiteheads within two hours

Sea Scallops Whiteheads within 24 hours

Salmon Inflammation after two or three days

Shrimp Very slow, very low inflammation

Rainbow Trout Very slow, very low inflammation

Grouper Inflammation after two or three days

Halibut Very slow, very low inflammation

Foul:

Chicken A few whiteheads in 24 hours. Very bad if eaten on consecutive days

Turkey A few whiteheads in 24 hours. Very bad if eaten on consecutive days

Fruits Apples, peaches, Kiwi

 

Grains:

Rice Whiteheads within two hours

Soy (and tofu) Whiteheads within two hours

Grapes; Whiteheads in 24 hours

Wine Little first day, increases every following day

Raisins Whiteheads, over many days, slow development

Melons:

Watermelon Very small amount, takes a couple of days

Nuts:

Almonds Inflammation that day, if eaten all day long

Walnut Inflammation that day

Cashew Inflammation, and do not fell well, if eaten all day long

 

Meat (Red) All

 

Salt Small amount 24 hours later

 

Syrup Agave

 

Vegetables - Nightshades (All):

Tomatoes Inflammation within 24 hours, tomatoes are severe

Potatoes Inflammation within 24 hours

Red, Green, Yellow Peppers Inflammation within 24 hours

Yams:

Sweet potato Very small amount, takes a couple of days

Foods that may Cause Acne

 

Pectin Found in jams and jellies

Acidic Acid Found in jams and jellies

Manufactured Food Fake butter: Melt, Nutiva buttery spread

 

Foods that do not Cause Acne

 

Fruits Bananas

 

Grains: Sorghum, Buckwheat, Quinoa, Oats

 

Melons Cantaloupe

 

Nuts: Peanuts, peanut butter

 

Oils: Olive oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil, coconut oil

 

Seafood: Rockfish, Mahi-mahi, Cobia, Swordfish, Vermillion Snapper

 

Syrup: Maple syrup

 

Vegetables: Carrots, spinach, asparagus, green beans, cucumbers, squash, pickles

 

Acne Aids

Benzoyl peroxide only works to aid in healing acne after the acne has broken the skin. It helps to stop inflammation in the area near the breakout, but does not stop new acne or heal the break out.

 

Clindamycin Phosphate and Benzoyl Peroxide - only works to aid in healing acne after the acne has broken the skin. It does not stop new acne. But is much more effective than benzoyl peroxide alone.

 

Iodized salt caused acne. However after reading a blog by a heath care professional who was arguing people in general are short iodine. And he said some people say iodized salt causes acne, it should not as we need iodine. So I took the challenge to add iodine to my food for one month, no matter how bad the acne became. I added one drop of Atomic iodine to my food per day. The first day I had a lot of new acne, the same for seven straight days. In fact, I go two stepping , and the ladies looked at me like something was very wrong. But on the eighth day the new acne was like before I began iodine.

 

One month after adding iodine to my diet the acne was about 50% less than the acne was before I began iodine. Two months after starting iodine, the acne was down 90% less than the acne was before I started iodine. After 3 months I was able to determine that red meat, grouper, blueberries, red raspberries, apples and peaches cause acne, all of which I previously thought did not cause acne.

 

After removing these foods from my diet, the acne appears almost gone, but it is not. If I eat foods I am sensitive to, acne appears within two hours. It appears a shortage of iodine results in more acne than would appear if iodine levels are normal.

 

Salt; now that the acne appears to be very close to being gone, salt (iodized or not) does cause a small amount of acne.

 

The problem with how scientists test food, such as chocolate, to determine if the food causes acne, is ineffective. The correct method to test if a food causes acne is to first place the patient on a no acne diet, a very boring diet, for three months. Then, after the skin improves sufficiently, add back in one food item. If the skin is clear, after eating a food item that causes acne, it will be obvious within two hours for most foods, but for some foods it is necessary to eat them for four straight days.

 

 

Osteoarthritis

About 2008 or 2009 it felt like I had a sprain in my left thumb, which kept becoming more painful, but I only noticed the pain when I was two-stepping (and sometimes when putting on my pants). In fact, after about a year and a half, I only used the last two fingers of my left hand to lead the lady. Then I discovered that night shade plants cause acne. I removed the night shade plants from my diet, and about three months later, the pain in the left thumb had reduced enough to use all my fingers when dancing. Within a year and a half, there is no pain, unless I intentionally throw the thumb to the left, but the pain is minimal.

I have since found that some other foods that cause acne also cause arthritis, but I did not record them.

 

 

Skin Problems - Eczema

The small sores on my left arm that never healed, became about a four inch long case of eczema. (I may have caused the eczema, because it occurred while I was testing cocoa for acne, and I did it for a month, during which time the acne was very bad.) Went to a dermatologist who gave me cortisone cream and some tape to put on at night. Neither worked. I stopped using the cortisone cream and tape. When I stopped the cortisone, muscles in the shoulder, back and wrist would cause a lot pain if stressed a little.

 

Went back to the dermatologist, new dermatologist, other retired. This time the dermatologist took a biopsy.

 

While waiting for the biopsy I came across iodine as a topical application for eczema. Within a week of topically applying iodine to the eczema, the bleeding stopped and some dried blood was left. Also, after topical application of the iodine, the eczema would have this low level burning sensation for about an hour.

 

Went back to the dermatologist, who said I had chronic Prurigo Nodularis and Lichen Simplex Chronicus. (Both are described as caused by scratching a continuous itching. Not true, I did not scratch nor did it ever itch. But the skin was very thick, and rarely flaked off.)

 

I told the dermatologist I stopped using the cortisone and tape, but topical iodine stopped the bleeding. She said stop using the iodine, and again to use the cortisone and tape as the tape will stop the itching. I told her it never itches and cortisone does not work. We went around this circle three times so I left, and started putting iodine on my eczema twice a day.

 

I was testing iodine for its effect on acne. However, after a week of taking iodine internally, there was no burning when I applied topical iodine to the eczema. After two months, the skin had improved by 75%. After three months the skin had improved over 90%. After five months, the eczema is 99% gone. A shortage of iodine appears to make eczema worse.

wow that's like everything. Lol

On 10/10/2015 at 9:26 AM, Stephen23 said:

When I stopped eating raisins, I stopped getting big cysts. Not sure if there's actually a correlation, but I think so. So this chart definitely doesn't apply for everyone. Raisins didn't give me whiteheads, they have me big cysts. (Note: I would eat TONS of them at a time and they're already high on the glycemic index so....)

This comment stuck out to me as I just finished reading"The Hidden Cause of Acne: How Toxic Water Is Affecting Your Health and What You Can Do about It"byMelissa Gallico.

Melissa refers to Fluoride as being her hidden cause of acne. She has an entire chapter specifically about the history of raisins in the US and how cryolite (a fluoride-based pesticide) is used on raisin mono-crops in California. Obviously as with all acne topics, YMMV. But I found it interesting you noticed raisins specifically..

OP is deluded