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So I posted this the other day on the diet and holistic health forum.
Hey guys. I hope you can help me find some explanation to what's going on with my skin because I really have no idea and it's frustrating me a lot.
About a month ago I started drinking green smoothies everyday. For a few weeks my oily skin was almost normal skin and I was so so excited. I continued to eat wheat and other things but still noticed my skin improving. For the past 2 weeks I have gradually been becoming more strict with my diet. A typical day of eating for me has looked like this:
Breakfast: Green smoothie with eggs
Lunch: Chicken or fish with broccoli, carrots, and some fruit
Dinner: Chicken or fish with broccoli, peas, and sweet potatoes
Snacks: fruit or raw veggies
My diet before was never bad, but this is still a big improvement for me. Unfortunately, though, my skin has been acting so strangely this past week. My skin has become oily again! Uncomfortably oily! The texture of the oil has changed, though, from quite viscous/sticky to more thin/smooth. But it's still there and bothering me. I thought I got rid of this from the green smoothies and now it's back! The only things I have done differently since this started are eating more strictly and getting less sleep. Unfortunately for the past 3 days I have only gotten 13 hours of sleep total. So 3 hrs, 4hrs, 6hrs. I recently made another thread trying to figure out if this is the cause. Or maybe it's something else? Maybe the change in diet? Can you guys give me some insight? I really want to find out what's causing this set back.
I was curious about this so I found this article:
If you scroll to the "Vitamin C" section under "Antioxidant creams, lotions, and ointments" it says that large amounts of topical Vitamin C helped with hydration in some individuals. Maybe it has similar effects if you ingest it? So maybe if the vitamins were helping keep your skin hydrated, it didn't need to overcompensate with excess oil? Even if your supplement didn't have a lot of Vitamin C, maybe some of the vegetables that you put in your green smoothies contained it.
I'm by no means a science person so I'm just speculating what might have caused it for you. I mean hey if you got results from it good for you! You might have just convinced me to start taking vitamins/drinking green smoothies. Do you by chance have a recipe for the ones you were drinking? I'm curious to try it.
I was curious about this so I found this article:
If you scroll to the "Vitamin C" section under "Antioxidant creams, lotions, and ointments" it says that large amounts of topical Vitamin C helped with hydration in some individuals. Maybe it has similar effects if you ingest it? So maybe if the vitamins were helping keep your skin hydrated, it didn't need to overcompensate with excess oil? Even if your supplement didn't have a lot of Vitamin C, maybe some of the vegetables that you put in your green smoothies contained it.
I'm by no means a science person so I'm just speculating what might have caused it for you. I mean hey if you got results from it good for you! You might have just convinced me to start taking vitamins/drinking green smoothies. Do you by chance have a recipe for the ones you were drinking? I'm curious to try it.
From what I've read on here, it is actually a myth that oily skin is caused by dehydration. So, I don't think that's the explanation, but it is a good guess.
Here's my smoothie recipe:
1/2 banana
1 small handful frozen strawberries
2 very large handfuls baby spinach
1 cup of water
1 packet of splenda (soon I'm going to switch to stevia)
I'm also taking naturemade chewable vitamin C 2000 mg/ day and vitamin D. Some people have had great success with vitamin D helping their skin, but it really doesn't have much of an effect on mine. I just take it because I always seem to become very deficient when I stop.
Yeah I figured that out pretty quickly after browsing some of the other topics on here. My other guess would have been (based on that article) collagen? It said that Vitamin C helped stimulate collagen production, however I have no idea if there is a link between that and oil production...
Yeah I figured that out pretty quickly after browsing some of the other topics on here. My other guess would have been (based on that article) collagen? It said that Vitamin C helped stimulate collagen production, however I have no idea if there is a link between that and oil production...
Hm I'm not sure. I believe Retin A stimulates collages as well, right? That actually made my skin more oily.
What kind of vitamins are you taking?
Well obviously vitamin C but like what brand?
Naturemade Chewable vitamin C tablets. I'm taking 4 tablets a day which is 2000mg of vitamin C.