How does the low fat raw diet effect your skin?
When in my teens, through my twenties, thirties and right up to my 40’s I had very problematic skin. I’m giving away my age now… If you are interested, I was born in 1965 and I’ve stopped counting!
I occasionally had psoriasis and often had dandruff on my head. I had painful thick cracking skin on one of my toes. I used to get incredible itchiness from clothes and from just taking a shower. I had fungal skin infections. By far the worst for me though was severe acne, I still have bad scaring on my back.
Due to acne, in my late teens I would often have to wear two shirts so that blood wouldn’t show through. One of the most painful gestures someone could do to me was give me a pat on the back. Acne has blighted my life and massively knocked my confidence as I was growing up and in my early adult life.
Doctors used to say to me that diet has nothing to do with acne, THEY ARE WRONG. Diet has a massive effect on the health of your skin.
When on holiday earlier this year I had a few ‘cheat days’ when I just ate regular food. My skin felt clogged and my acne came back, I felt fatigued and depressed. That was a bit of a wakeup call. From then on I decided to take things more seriously and try to stick with my raw diet without cheating. Within a few days the acne on the back of my neck started to reduce, and within 3 weeks my skin was looking and feeling really good again. My skin seems to get better and better for every week that goes by when I don’t cheat with my diet.
In case you are wondering, low fat raw food has helped my skin in the following ways:
* Psoriasis on my scalp is totally gone.
* Dandruff is under control – if it ever shows signs of coming back then I rub coconut oil into my hair and into my scalp in the evening and wash it out the next morning using just water. The times I need to do this are becoming less and less. I don’t use shampoo.
* Thick cracking painful skin on one of my toes has totally gone.
… Oh I forgot to mention… I used to occasionally get athletes foot, this has gone totally as well.
* I don’t get itchy in the shower or from clothes now. I don’t use soap and I really limit use of laundry washing power.
* ACNE HAS GONE!!!!!! Scaring remains, which is still quite severe on my back but it is less pronounced since being on low fat raw food and seems to be improving as the months go by.
* I used to get loads of blackheads on my back, neck, face and chest. I rarely get them now.
* My skin is soft, supple and feels moisturised yet not greasy or clogged.
I moved towards this diet and lifestyle to help with chronic fatigue issues, however I have been helped in numerous other ways too. Getting healthy skin is just another amazing added bonus!
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