Acne is caused by excessive moisture in the skin, but only if sebum production is high.
Since it is extremely unhealthy and unwise to mess with your natural sebum production and/or hormone metabolism, you had better prevent excessive water retention - by avoiding both the consumption of 'dirty' protein and the occasional salt/spices binge.
Extreme water retention is called edema.
In skin-edema the skin contains too much water - increasing the water-pressure in the skin. When water pressure is increased, sebum canals are pinched off. All persons with acne have at least mild facial edema, but not all persons with edema have acne, because if sebum production is low, pinching off sebum canals does not necessarily causes inflammations. If you have both facial edema and a high sebum production, you will definitely have acne. Many studies therefore found that facial edema is related to acne [49]; in fact, acne is very related to facial edema. [50]
So how to diminish acne?
Because all foods contain protein, all cooked foods can cause acne, and salt / spices can also cause acne. So, even if you stop consuming the worst foods, you may still get acne. Can you imagine; you are doing the best you can, cutting out lots of acne-causing foods and you still get new pimples! That is extremely discouraging and then you probably lose faith in this diet eventually. To prevent this from happening, we need to apply a specific approach. Don't think it does not apply to you; doubts eventually destroy your determination too. So how can we eliminate these doubts?
By seeing fast and clear results. And once you are 100% sure that this diet works for you too, you can start experimenting, since then nothing can make you lose faith in this diet anymore. You can then start experimenting with those foods that you love so much, to figure out how, and to what extend they can be included in your diet anyway.
But to be able to do so, you need a safe haven, where you can return to every time after you got a new pimple by trying to include some more goodies in your diet. And that safe haven is the 'sample-diet'; the 'sample diet' that you need to apply to totally clear your skin..
The 'Acne Sample Diet'
This 'sample diet' consists of foods that cannot cause acne. As long as you are on this 'sample diet', you will not get a single new spot after having been on this 'sample diet' for at least three days. (If you stick to ALL the rules of course) If you maintain the 'sample diet' for two weeks, the results will be very clear. The longer you are on the 'sample diet' the clearer your skin will get, until all the pimples have been totally eliminated.
Once your skin is totally clear, you can start adding the least-acne-causing 'munch'-foods to your diet (see Ch. 45 and 55), to the extend that you want your skin to be clear.
What foods are included in the 'sample diet'?
The fruits, salad and fresh raw animal food as described in Chapter 40 to 46, and NOTHING else. So, no tea, no juices bought in whatever shop, no vegetables, no canned foods, etc., etc. and certainly nothing spicy (spicy herbs) or salty (e.g. no raw oysters) either.
But there is more…
The 'Acne Sample Diet'-rules
The rules are there to exclude all other possible causes (except for stress of course). Breaking a rule is no disaster, but if only you break one rule during these two weeks, you need to start from day one again.
1) You should maximally consume 100 gram (3.5oz.) fresh raw fish /-egg yolk a day. This because redundant protein can easily increase the blood-protein level, since blood protein level can fluctuate very much; from 100% (alanine) up to 900% (cystine). A too high blood protein level can elevate the protein level in the true skin, making the skin temporarily retain more water, pinching off sebum canals. But if If you intensively work out, you can consume much more 'clean' protein, since then the body very effectively utilizes extra protein.
2) You should eat some raw Brazil nuts (only if shelled by hand), avocado or a few bites of the salad that is covered with sufficient olive oil after every time you have eaten some fruits / fresh juices. This to stabilize the blood sugar level.
3) If you want to eat the fruits, salad and sashimi in one meal; first eat the fruits, then the salad and finally the sashimi, to prevent cramps / gasses / bloating.
4) You should remain physically inactive for at least 1.5 hours after every time you have consumed some fresh raw fish or –egg yolk.
5) Juices from pressed fruits (like orange juice) or from the juice extractor are perfectly fine to consume, but not shakes that you make by the use of a blender / mixer (especially when mixing / blending banana).
This because the high rotation speed of the knives in the blender / mixer originates 'heat at a molecular level', due to friction. Somehow, this is originates acne- causing molecules in banana in particular.
6) While on this sample diet you cannot use any topical or hormonal treatment (no Murrad, no Differin etc.), because any of these can also aggravate acne. (Browse through the archives of on-line acne discussion boards)
You should be off all antibiotics during two weeks before you can start with the sample diet. This because antibiotics weaken your defense system, which can be dangerous when you are going to eat fresh raw egg yolks or fresh raw fish.
7) You cannot use any moisturizer. Moisturizers contain chemicals that are absorbed in your skin to attract water, which may lead to an increased water-pressure in the true skin, which pinches off sebum canals, causing acne if also much sebum is produced. To protect your outer skin from dehydration you instead should use a fingertip of oil (that is low in vitamin E, since vit. E accelerates shedding of the skin) and spread that all over your face (that is still a bit moist) after you have cleaned it with a mild cleansing lotion.
8) Don't clean your face with tap water, but with low-mineral bottled water. (like Volvic, el dorado or Montcalm) Chemicals in tap water can trigger allergic-like reactions that cause sebum canals to be pinched off. Excessive chloride and other minerals in tap water dehydrate the skin, thus causing dry flaky patches on the face. You don't need to buy a special water sprayer for your face; you can use a plant sprayer filled with low-mineral bottled water, of course.
9) You cannot take any supplement while on this diet, because all supplements contain ingredients that can cause acne (like gelatin). This diet abundantly supplies you with all required nutrients.
10) You need to keep in mind that it is easy to consume too little food while on this diet.
If you are experiencing a lack of energy, you need to consume more fresh juices (see rule 5) instead of whole fruits, and then you also better add some oil and sugar to these juices.
11) You need to keep a journal during these two weeks, regarding what you eat and the condition of your skin, so that an analysis can be made in case things are not according to expectations.
You can view loads of questions and answers about this 'sample diet' (and results). If you, after having read the Q and A pages, still have questions about the diet, you can post your questions on our Acne Bulletin Board
Why is this 'sample diet' so strict?
Because it is your 'safe haven'. And to be your safe haven, it needs to be 100% reliable so that you can always trust on it. Therefore no compromises are allowed.
And because you need that safe haven, you first need to make sure that it really is 100% safe for you too, and that is why you need to start this "Fruit Diet" by first applying the "Sample Diet" for two weeks. Only after having applied the 'sample diet' for two weeks you will know for 100% sure that this diet really works, and on that basis you can start experimenting with how much 'munch foods' your skin can cope with, according to how clear you want your skin to be.
If you then get new pimples you know for 100% sure that it is caused by one or more of the 'munch foods' that you have consumed in the last couple of days. And then you also know exactly how to eliminate those pimples. Knowing that you are in control will boost your moral and supplie you with the determination to maintain the "Fruit Diet" (incl. munch-foods). And then it is totally up to you how clean you want your skin to be.
If you do it the other way around, by decreasing the intake of bad foods, you will be confused when you get new pimples, and you will be unsure whether this diet really works for you, or not. So, if you really want to succeed in eliminating your acne lastingly, start with investing two weeks of your life, by maintaining the 'sample diet' for two weeks.
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