You can read and see before/after pictures in the thread here: I had severe acne on my back for around 10 years starting age 14 which I've managed to control largely through dietary changes.

Sugar and carbs can worsen nutrient status of vitamins increasing acne or it could be the fact that carbs raise hormones and you cannot protect from the increased hormones. I think emphasis on lots of protein in the diet as well as lots of natural zinc, vitamin C, and good amounts of copper in the diet are big players in helping acne. Zinc is vital for immune function as well as hormonal balance, detoxification. Minerals like zinc and copper play a big part in this. Yeh antibiotics kind of put the pressure of your own body to deal with bacteria so its no surprise it helps. Its vitamins and minerals that are what help control bacteria and maintain a strong immune system. People getting acne is almost always related to bacteria and many people do not have the gut integrity nor strong immune function to deal with bacteria. The foods with the most iron also contain zinc at the least and sometimes copper which are both anti-bacterial and help against acne (zinc in particular being very good at this). Iron is not going to exacerbate acne, and your body controls iron very well, its not going to be chilling in the blood or circulation without being bound to proteins to prevent it from causing damage. But it gave me also a brutal pebble poop, which discouraged me from taking an antibiotic for a very long time.īasically, as you already probably guessed, I boil down the problem to a gut issue. How do I know? Because a small dose of Doxycycline wiped it out for good. I think vitamins X, Y, Z have nothing, or very little to do with it, nor hormones or supplements. For sure, it is very, very tricky to fix it. Or, unknown yet ingredient triggered it, idk. Or, they started to use sugar from gluconeogenesis. Perhaps, the critters adapted to the diet and hit back with vengeance. Unfortunately, it came back, despite the lack of sugar, and I`m not sure why. Sugar/carbs definitely makes it worse, so going carnivore did help for some time, to an extent that it disappeared completely.

Acne success story