Acne

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Permalink Reply by Jess on March 10, 2009 at 4:45am

I try not to. The only overt fat I have been eating recently is coconut meat from young thai coconuts...about 3-4 times a week. I have not eaten nuts and don't plan to...the last avacado I had must been at least 3-4 weeks ago.

I figured I wouldn't see much improvement for awhile since I would be detoxing junk through my skin...I'm trying to be patient, but my skin quality has always been my biggest gripe about my body.

Thanks for you help :)

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Permalink Reply by Jess on March 10, 2009 at 4:47am

Increasing my greens would probably be a good thing. Currently, I only have one green smoothie a day with about 2-3 large handfuls of organic baby spinach. My favorite is 6 ripe bananas with 2 handfuls of baby spinach...yum yummm! I have noticed that when I drink one, I have a very good feeling wash over me and I am trying to work on listening to my body...so maybe I should put two and two together ;)

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Permalink Reply by Diana on March 10, 2009 at 4:57am

I have definitely seen improvement in my skin and any pimples and I have been on a higher fat raw food diet for 27 days. But today is my first day of true 80/10/10 and I can just tell that my skin will get even better. Hang in there. You might be dealing with detox and I have read on other boards that sometimes people have their acne get worse better it gets better and clears up. You are doing the right thing though and you are on your way! Don't give up.

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Permalink Reply by Jess on March 10, 2009 at 5:05am

Thanks for your words of encouragement!

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Permalink Reply by Jess on March 10, 2009 at 5:10am

Unfortunately neither are in season here in New Hampshire. It's snowing right now :( :(

Thanks for the suggestions though! I love cukes and the best ones I have ever had were from a farm stand down the street from my school! Yum!

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Permalink Reply by Laurie on March 10, 2009 at 7:19am

In addition to diet, try not to put drying soaps and stuff on your skin. Do you use any products on your face?

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Permalink Reply by Jess on March 11, 2009 at 6:36am

just coconut oil. Yesterday I decided to stop using that also, just to let my skin be as natural as possible.

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Permalink Reply by RAWONE on March 10, 2009 at 8:41am

Well, I had acne a little bit but not too bad all of my life. I have been dry brushing which I think really helps alot and makes the skin on the face nice and tight and just so smooth too. I believe at least for myself anyway, that it is not just eating the right foods but doing other things to get the toxins out of our body.

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Permalink Reply by Heather Solano on May 8, 2012 at 10:23am

What is dry rubbing? I have some acne, as well and it has cleared up quite a bit with the raw foods. But, it's not 100% better.

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Permalink Reply by Dilyana Georgieva on May 10, 2012 at 1:13am

I'm also feeling the improvement just reducing the fats! There's still some but I don't worry, it just needs some time and persistence :)

As I found out I was a liiitle bit Zn deficient and read some of the symptoms acne was one of them. I believe increasing the greens really helps, too :)

Good luck you too!

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