On many of the cleansing forums, one of the first things that is advised to be removed from the diet is processed foods, white flour, white rice, White Sugar , sodas, etc. The relationship between a toxic body and processed foods is well established around here. Of course the exact causes can vary between different people depending on the life and lifestyle of the individual. Individual body types play a big part in the issue of diet's effect on skin, as well. Some people handle meats very well, others don't. The same with grains, and fruits.

Keep us posted as you further explore this correlation.

Hi there.
I think your observation is something I have as well.
I was on atkins too. And it seems that when I was on atkins my pimples didn't break out too many. But they were still there though.

I was reading on atkins and found out that too much refined carbs can actually accelerate the growth of these bacteria and other fungi.

So maybe what we observe is scientifically logical.

Are you still on Atkins? if you are you can go to this site to sign up for the free newsletter. They give away ecookbooks. just go to http://www.cookie4thought.com. do not buy anything there. just scroll down, and sign up for the free ecookbooks.

The first ecookbook was healing foods worth about $100 or so. I got it free in my email. So I hope it helps.

Hi! I don't know very much about the Maker's Diet but I have recently been trying a raw food diet for my Acne and it really seems to be helping. I had a bad breakout last weekend and that's when I decided that I needed to really commit myself to make a conscientious effort to clear up my skin.

I think that it's been a combination of the raw diet in addition to a couple of other cleansing methods that has really helped to clear me up.

All this week I have been eating nothing but lots of fruits and veggies--mostly salads with spinach and tomatoes, lots of apples, water with lemon sqeezed in, a few dates when I get a craving for sweets, and a glass of fresh carrot juice per day. On top of that I've been having about 2 cups of dandelion/burdock/nettle/taheebo tea per day.
By yesterday (after 5 days of this) my skin is already really soft and glowy! The breakout I had (which included a number of painful cysts) has already cleared up almost completely. I'm really happy with this! I'd like to continue with the raw diet and see if I can put a stop to my Acne for good. I've noticed that the oiliness from my skin has also reduced significantly.
There are a couple websites that I gathered information from in this process:

http://www.hotlib.com/articles/show.php?t=Acne_-_An_Introduction

(This links to a number of articles by Rudy Silva on how to clear up Acne naturallY)

http://chetday.com/naturalapproachacne.htm

I've also been gathering information on the raw food diet and here are a couple of websites that I've found that have good information.
The recipes on these sites look really yummy and I can't wait to try them out!

http://www.detoxyourworld.com/

http://www.thegardendiet.com/

So the other things I have been doing to help along the healing process are:

1)to get my breakout to heal more quickly it really helped to put hot compresses (I used a teabag soaked in hot water) on the cysts to help them 'come to a head.'

2) Using a mild face scrub of baking soda and diluted vinegar solution applied in my face each night.

3) Using a face masque made from egg whites and lemon juice to help heal the red marks left from acne. (Some people have had a lot of success with this..I'm seeing an improvement in my skin too!)

Here's where I got the original info on the egg white masque and the vinegar and baking soda routine:

http://www.acne.org/messageboard/index.php?showtopic=35135

4) For the past about 4 days I've been doing one coffee enema each evening. These really seemed to kick-start the healing process..my skin started looking better even after just one.

5) Started taking a green supplement everyday (greens+)

6) Nutritional yeast flakes (about a TBSP a day) for the B-vitamins

7) I just started taking 1000 mg MSM, 500 mg l'cysteine and 500 mg Vit C.

I think that's it! I don't know if it was the combination of all these things that really helped or if it was one thing in particular...all I know is that my skin is looking really nice now.

Just thought I would share my experience in the hopes that it can help someone else. I know how awful it is to suffer from acne, I developed it at around 11-12 years old and I'm still struggling to find the answers even now at 25.
I know that it's still early to tell if this will be a long-term solution for me..I'll post again to update if this continues to work.