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You have nothing to lose. Try this:
Sugar control:
Ketogenic/low carb diet -
How to do this in practice:
- Replace your carbohydrate needs with fats instead, do this by eating (organic) whole eggs, avocados, (organic) fish/meat, butter, coconut milk, coconut oil, nuts(in moderation).
- Eat as much vegetables (that grow above the ground), the best kind is leafy green vegetables, like kale and spinach.
- Do not eat/drink milk products. You can eat things made of cream but not milk. So no milk, no cheese etc.
- Keep your net carbs (carbohydrates minus fibre carbohydrates = net carbs) below 40-60 grams.
Inflammation:
If you break out on your forehead, this is especially important to you.
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Hi alleballe90,
I introduced the low carbs diet you are talking about nearly 3 weeks ago (I eat over 100 carbs, but thats still about 250 carbs less than before) and I did broke out on the forehead, about 5-6 red pimples, while normally I would have only blackheads there.
Is initial breakout on the forehead something to expect when one switches to low carbs diet, would you agree?
12 hours ago, kawecki said:Hi alleballe90,
I introduced the low carbs diet you are talking about nearly 3 weeks ago (I eat over 100 carbs, but thats still about 250 carbs less than before) and I did broke out on the forehead, about 5-6 red pimples, while normally I would have only blackheads there.
Is initial breakout on the forehead something to expect when one switches to low carbs diet, would you agree?
Hey!
I did not experience an initial breakout. I've noticed two different states (which I mistook for one before logging down every little change).
State A - Increased sebum
State B - Inflammation
State A was brought on for by eating sugary food, or basically any carbohydrate. So in other words the insulin response was making me oily which is a well established connection.
State B was brought on by inflammation. This would make me irritated and red in the face. My old acne scars light up and I just look like crap. This was due to gut inflammation which I corrected by doing the things mentioned in the old post.
I recommend you try going hardcore ketogenic. There is literally nothing you can lose from this. Try it for a month or two, cut out carbs completely. It's really not that hard. A good rule is: dont eat ANY carbs except leafy green vegetables. Go to the supermarket, stock up on eggs, coconutmilk, avocados, butter, salmon, tuna, peanut butter and go to town. You might feel down the first week or so but that's just your body switching over to using fat as its main fuel source instead of sugar. A mistake a lot of people make is that they cut down on the carbs but forget to up the fat.. this leads to a caloric deficit which makes you feel poop.. so if you try this, eat like 70% fats 25% protein 5% carbs.
There are other positive outcomes to eating this way. There is no ups and downs during the day, no need to nap, no lethargy. Your energy levels are at a constant normal which is awesome compared to having to lie down or rest every 3 hours. Just do it.
10 minutes ago, alleballe90 said:Hey!I recommend you try going hardcore ketogenic. There is literally nothing you can lose from this. Try it for a month or two, cut out carbs completely.
Stop turning this diet thing into a science. Your preaching sounds dangerous. And please don't advise anyone to stop taking in carbohydrates. It's essential for the human body. there are impressionable adolescents on this forum and they might be taking you seriously (and even people who are anemic). If a person has no proven allergy to gluten or grains, there's no good reason why he should avoid carbs. I tried that and learned the hard way. Food is life.
23 hours ago, Convinceme said:Stop turning this diet thing into a science. Your preaching sounds dangerous. And please don't advise anyone to stop taking in carbohydrates. It's essential for the human body. there are impressionable adolescents on this forum and they might be taking you seriously (and even people who are anemic). If a person has no proven allergy to gluten or grains, there's no good reason why he should avoid carbs. I tried that and learned the hard way. Food is life.
That is why i recommended the person to TRY it for a month. Keto isn't for everyone, but I've been on it for the last two years and I'm fine. Better than fine according to my bloodwork. I have in no way advocated a cure, I am merely sharing the things that worked for me and recommending people TRY it. There are absolutely no dangers involved in trying a low-carb diet for a couple of weeks as long as you don't fall into a caloric deficit. Again: I advocate trying things, not adopting things forever no matter what. Oh and gluten and grains have tonnes of negative effects even if you are not allergic. I'll link you the studies if you want to read them.
And since when isn't diet science? Putting on a lab coat and inspecting biomaterial makes it science but reading about the findings and implementing them into your life somehow makes it something completely different.
2 minutes ago, alleballe90 said:That is why i recommended the person to TRY it for a month. Keto isn't for everyone, but I've been on it for the last two years and I'm fine. Better than fine according to my bloodwork. I have in no way advocated a cure, I am merely sharing the things that worked for me and recommending people TRY it. There are absolutely no dangers involved in trying a low-carb diet for a couple of weeks as long as you don't fall into a caloric deficit. Again: I advocate trying things, not adopting things forever no matter what. Oh and gluten and grains have tonnes of negative effects even if you are not allergic. I'll link you the studies if you want to read them.And since when isn't diet science? Putting on a lab coat and inspecting biomaterial makes it science but reading about the findings and implementing them into your life somehow makes it something completely different.
And Northeast Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Koreans) have some of the longest lifespans around eating rice all their life. White rice -- the devil of all grains -- not even brown rice, dude.