HELP! I can't give up carbs and sugar...how do you all do it?

[Cassie4u22]

I have been really digging into all the posts by SweetJade concerning the diet/acne link, and I want to start up on a diet that will hopefully clear my acne. However, from many of the posts I have read, to clear your acne you basically have to live off raw veggies, raw fruit, and nuts...maybe some chicken or fish thrown in now and then. For those of you on this diet - HOW DO YOU DO IT?! I tried this for ONE day and I couldn't handle it.

I'm by no means "unhealthy" in my diet as it is, but yes, I do indulge in spaghetti from time to time (I recently switched to whole grain spaghetti, if that helps) and I also enjoy my bagels, sandwhiches, and homeade burritos with lean ground beef, cheese and lettuce. That's another thing - I LOVE cheese. Oh and I eat hardboiled eggs a couple times a week also...is this so bad?? I can't give this all up! I don't know how?

The diet that I am supposed to stick with to maybe clear acne just seems impossible and not to mention, not very flavorful. This doesn't seem like enough variety for a person either? Don't people NEED carbs and some sugar to be healthy? If someone who is currently on this type of diet and it is helping/has helped their acne, please, please, please help me!!

[Smartpants]

I say screw the diet...even if it is something that works temporarily, like you've already found, it will not be something you can follow forever....you seem to already be eating pretty healthy...have you tried meds?

K

[Cassie4u22]

Originally Posted by Smartpants

I say screw the diet...even if it is something that works temporarily, like you've already found, it will not be something you can follow forever....you seem to already be eating pretty healthy...have you tried meds?

K

Ohhh yes, I've been on pretty much every med/topical known to man over the past six or so years. Did accutane about four years ago, it was a miracle. My severe, cystic acne cleared up 110% for an entire year, then after that it came back, but very, very mild. Now three years after Accutane I still have mild to moderate acne (depending on the time of the month). There are times my skin will be completely clear, but most of the time I always have at least three pimples on my face. It drives me NUTS! I just tried to ask my derm for a second course of Accutane, but he said my skin isin't bad enough so he put me on Ampicillin (I've already been on this in the past and it didn't help).

For lots of people, the raw foods diet completely clears their acne, and that is what I want - to be 100% clear!

[Smartpants]

well you can try it...i know i could never do it either...not for a day, not for a week, and definitely not for life!

[tracy0021]

i couldnt do it either!