High Fat Diets and Acne

Diet and Nutrition
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Recently I’ve been home from college, and thus being able to eat healthier than I would be from their cafeteria. I’ve been sticking to a high protein, high fat, low carb diet plan in an attempt to lean out.

My diet consists mostly of red meat, eggs, turkey, chicken, assorted fish, bacon, assorted greens and a buttload of water.

I’ve also noticed, since I started this diet, I’ve been breaking out much more than usual. Can a high fat diet lead to increased amounts of acne?

For the most part, everything else has stayed the same. Shaving habits, general hygene, sleep levels, water intake, soaps, etc.

Any ideas?

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I don’t have almost any breakouts since I’m on a low carb, high fat diet. It actually improved my skin, but everybody’s different and it might be bad for your skin.
Arn’t you by any chance overusing spices?

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what’s the overall fat balance like - make sure there are no junk fats and ensure enough fish oil

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If your processed food intake is low, and you are actually taking in low/no starch, then two things come to mind:

any change in diet affects us all in diffrent ways and;

your T levels have been boosted, either by the increase of fats or the decrease of starch, or most likely, both.

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Funny, I was gonna start a post on this…
I just finished a High fat, High protein, Low carb diet and whilst on it for a year I was breaking outlike crazy, got proper acne when all I ever had before was a spot here or there. Well I recently started Thibs Carb cycling method and guess what? The skins cleared up and the face is pristine much to my delight.
Different folks, different strokes, some peoples skin will excel on the opposite diet whilst some (you & mine) will go to shit…Viva la Carbs

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[quote]edvizard wrote:
what’s the overall fat balance like - make sure there are no junk fats and ensure enough fish oil[/quote]

To be honest, I dont know. I’m not even counting calories. Well, kinda ballparking it. Its somewhere around 2500 with at least 200g of protein a day.

And yes, I’m taking in enough fish oil. About 10g a day.

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Sounds like a T-level issue.

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I got this bad breakout on my arm which I actually counted the bumps and it was around 30. A few are quite large for bumps. Been there for a while now.

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that sounds like more than a simple acne-style breakout…

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When you do high fat and low carb diets usually your free T levels get a boost when combined with heavy lifting.

What I heard to regulate your free T-levels increase your cardio.