Acne Sample-diet

You also said "this diet makes me hypoglycemic (low blood sugar)", and well, the first is caused by the latter. Consuming too little sugars, you WILL become exhausted eventually.

Not the diet, but YOUR interpretation of the diet made you hypoglycemic and, subsequently, rundown.

What is hypoglycemic?

Too little sugars in your blood.

How does a healthy person become hypoglycemic?

By consuming too little sugars, which maybe in combination with consuming too little fat.

Consuming too little sugars easily happens if you only eat whole fruits and don't make sure to eat enough all the time, since you are used to eating cooked foods, which contain appetite enhancers (beta-carbolines and opioid peptides) that make you eat more. Consuming raw foods only, you suddenly miss out on these appetite enhancers, so that you no longer eat enough (or too much) automatically. Now you actually have to pay attention to whether you eat enough, which may be very hard if you never had to do this before.

How can I more easily consume sufficient sugars? By consuming more fresh juices instead of whole fruits; juices are much easier to consume and digest than whole fruits. Pressed juices (like orange juice) and juices from the juice extractor are most effective.

It is also extremely important to consume sufficient fat with every sugary meal, this because if you don't, the blood sugar level will fluctuate too much. (hypoglycemic alternated with hyperglycemia).

This is because, besides alcohol, sugars and fats are the only 2 sources of energy in the blood (redundant protein is converted in both). Sugars are a fast, but short lasting source of energy, while fats are a slow, but long lasting source of energy. When combined, they are perfectly complementary, but if you miss out on fat, you will run out of sugars much faster, needing to eat much more often, spiking and lowering the blood sugar level more often.

Consuming sufficient fruit-sugars all the time, and consuming sufficient fat with every meal, your blood sugar level will be PERFECT.

007 ; "This diet made me anemic"

No, not the diet, but YOUR interpretation of the diet.

What is anemic?

A deficiency of red blood cells.

How is it caused in healthy people?

By consuming too little iron.

This diet certainly does not lack iron, unless you consume none / too little of those foods that contain sufficient iron.

Beef contains quite some iron, right? (2.2 mg./100 g.) Well, egg yolks contain over 3 times as much (7.2 mg./100g.) and tuna, salmon, dried fruits, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, coconut and passion fruit also contain quite some iron.

If you worry about your iron intake, submit your version of the diet to this nutrient calculator, and adjust your diet where necessary.

Here are the foods listed, per nutrient, that contain the highest level for that nutrient (for each nutrient), so that you can easily make the needed adjustments.

005 ; "This diet makes me hypoglycemic! (low blood sugar level)

No, not the diet, but YOUR interpretation of the diet.

What is hypoglycemic?

Too little sugars in your blood.

How does a healthy person become hypoglycemic?

By consuming too little sugars, which maybe in combination with consuming too little fat.

Consuming sufficient fruit-sugars all the time, and consuming sufficient fat with every meal, your blood sugar level will be PERFECT.

"Are you aware of the extremely low amount of protein their diet requires? It barely adds up to 10% of the calories, well below the US RDA!"

How much protein we need, is solely determined by our need for amino acids. If you, for example, eat loads of protein that lacks only one essential amino acid, the protein is totally worthless for reconstruction purposes.
So, logically, there is no save protein RDA possible. You need to know the origin of the protein. Or you need to look at amino acid requirements. And if you check these, then you see that my diet abundantly supplies you with all required amino acids. For more information about this subject, check this page.

"This diet is likely to lead to blood sugar and insulin problems"

On the contrary. Diabetes patients that are on my diet, need less supplementary insulin. Diabetes-1 patients cannot produce their own insulin. When one diabetes-1 patient was on the strictest form of the diet, he needed 40% less insulin! (you know him Gianni, it's Goracergo)
The reason: this diet contains hardly any starch (bread, pasta, grains, beans), which spikes the blood glucose level the most.

111) Three days on a fruit diet and I'm having dizzy spells!

That happens quite often, and mostly to people who are not used to eating much fruits. It is not because of the fruits, but because people are used to eat food that keeps on giving you energy for hours, so that you are used to eat in a certain rhythm. Consuming only fruits and fresh raw animal food, you need to eat much more often, because fruits almost solely contain sugar for energy. If you don't eat more often, your blood sugar level will decrease too much, and you will get dizzy spells. It is essential to eat more often because you cannot possibly eat as much fruit / juices in one meal as your are used to eat normal food, simply because fruits and raw animal food do not contain any appetite enhancers. (beta-carbolines and opioid peptides; all cooked / canned / heated foods contain beta-carbolines. All wheat- and dairy products contain opioid peptides. These opioid peptides (1) and almost all beta-carbolines (2) are physically addictive - making you eat more. Of course food-manufacturers are aware of the physically addictive qualities of opioid peptides and beta-carbolines. (3))
So, you need to eat more often; far more meals, according to your need for energy.

But that is not the only thing; you also need to take fat with every time that you eat fruits / drink fruit juices, simply because when eating fruits / drinking juices only, the only source of energy will be sugars (almost only), and to prevent the blood sugar level from fluctuating too much (which can also cause dizzy spells), you need the fat to stabilize the blood sugar level.
The reason:
We have (besides alcohol) only 2 sources of energy at our disposal: fat-like substances and sugar-like substances. (redundant protein is converted into both) And if one of these 2 sources is absent, the other source will be exhausted much sooner. So, consuming too little fat, your blood sugar level will fluctuate too much, which can cause dizzy spells and headaches.
The easiest way to absorb sufficient fat is to drink fruit juices, and add a little bit of olive oil to it. Or you consume something fat right after every time that you have consumed fruits/juices, like avocado, Brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, egg yolks or fresh raw fish. Or you make a big bowl of salad at the beginning of the day, with sufficient olive oil added, and you take a few bites of the salad after every time you have consumed fruits / juices.

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(2) Mitzoguchi, H. et al, Effects of serotonergic anxiolytics on physical dependence on diazepam in mice. Neurosci. Lett. 1993 / 160 (1) / 41-44. , De Boer, S.F. et al, Common mechanisms underlying the proconflict effects of corticotropin, a benzodiazepine inverse agonist and electric foot shock. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 1992 / 262 (1) / 335-342. , Loscher, W. et al, Withdrawal precipation by benzodiazepine receptor antagonists in dogs chronically treated with diazepam or the novel anxiolytic and anticonvulsant beta-carboline abecarnil. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch. Pharmacol. 1992 / 345 (4) / 452-460. , ) Kreeger, T.J. et al, Diazepam-induced feeding in ceptive grey wolves (Canis Lupus). Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 1991 / 39 (3) / 559-561. , Eisenberg, R.M. et al, Effects of beta-carboline-ethyl ester on plasma corticosterone -- a parallel with antagonist-precipated diazepam withdrawal. Life Sci. 1989 / 44 (20) / 1457-1466. , Cooper, S.J. ,Hyperphagic and anorectic effects of beta-carbolines in a palatable food consumption test : comparisons with triazolam and quazepam. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 1986 / 120 (3) / 257-265. , Duka, T. et al, Potentiation of the propunishment, but not the convulsant action of the beta-carboline DMCM by naltrexone. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 1986 / 25 (3) / 595-598. , Maiewski, S.F. et al, Evidence that a benzodiazepine receptor mechanism regulates the secretion of pituitary beta-endorphin in rats. Endocrinology 1985 / 117 (2) / 474-480. , Cooper, S.J. et al, Benzodiazepine receptor ligands and the consumption of highly palatable diet in non-deprived male rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl.) 1985 / 86 (3) / 348-355.

(3) Witherly, S. from Nestlé in : Solms, J. et al, Food Acceptance and Nutrition. London 1987 / 403.

110) The diet gave me a headache!

There are a number of possible explanations:

- You are not consuming enough fruit; the carbs from the fruits (or other food of course) are essential to your brain, because the brain mainly functions on glucose. Make sure to eat enough fruits and eat a few bites of the salad containing sufficient olive oil to stabilize blood-sugar level. Make sure to eat enough!!!

- You may, in the beginning, react to the amines in fish, this goes away after a few times.

- Serotonine; maybe you are reacting on the serotonine in different fruits. Especially banana, papaya, avocado and pineapple contain much serotonin. Though the brain also composes serotonin, this serotonin from fruits can not be used as the neurotransmitter serotonin. The body can easily decompose this amine through the actions of sepcial enzymes, called MAOs (mono-amine-oxidase).
However, if you are not used to consuming much fruits, you produce little of these MAOs, which may result in a splitting headache.
The good news is that the body adapts its production of MAOs to the amount of serotonin that needs to be decomposed, but this adaptation takes a few days (up to about a week)
So hold on!!!

109) Mil wrote:

I’m losing a lot of weight. I don’t wish to lose weight and I have been eating quite a lot. Is there any food that I can eat so that my mass can be maintain?
This is what I eat every day:
- 1-2 large serving of wai salad + olive oil
- 4 eggs yolk
- lots of apples/oranges/bananas

To prevent losing weight, it is essential to eat a small serving of salad with olive oil (or Brazil nuts, shelled by hand), after EVERY time you eat some fruits/juices. So not 1 or 2 large servings, but lots of small servings (just a few bites).
If you don't, the body converts muscle protein into fat to stabilize the blood sugar level, simply because the fruits hardly contain fat. And you dont want that.
If you are of to work, it is very practical to always take dried fruits and Brazil nuts (shelled by hand) with you, so that you never absorb too little sugars and fat.
The little servings of salad and the nuts are the KEY to prevent unwanted weight loss.

108) Goracergo wrote

Wai, i am talking about type 1 diabetes where insulin levels are non existent without injections. It will be hard for a diabetic to maintain as good blood sugar on this diet as non diabetics, but so many things affect blood sugar (i.e. physcial activity, stress, food consumption (even on your diet) ect. unless he/she stays at home and monitors blood sugar all day long. And most diabetics have to maintain their blood sugar to around 200 before they can exercise because the exercise brings the blood sugar down.

I've had it for 20 years (I'm 21) Today was my first full day on this diet and I was low in blood sugar all day long. I didnt break any food rules, but every half hour I had to have a strong fruit like watermelon or orange. Now that I know this, I will reduce my insulin tomorrow and see how it goes. I didnt realize how my rich diet of complex carbos was the reason why my blood tended to fluctuate so much, even though i blood tested five times a day and tended to watch what I ate.

I am thinking of reducing my long term insulin (NPH) by 7 and my regular by 3 in the morning and 3 at night. Its amazing how little insulin is required for the diet.

I was averaging around 60 blood sugar which is very low for me and I even had a 40! Normal blood sugar is 100-120 but as you said fluctuates... I had headaches all day long and was in a continous sweat. It was basically because i gave myself TOO much insulin for this type of my diet. I almost have to cut my regular insulin IN HALF.

My blood sugars are better than ever. The key is that this diet doesnt spike insulin levels like eating wheat/bread, ect does. I now give 10 units less NPH (long acting insulin to last throughout the day) and 2 less rph(short acting insulin before meals). WHenever I have to run, Ill eat half a watermelon which pops me up to around 180. Diabetics should be advised that they should cut back insulin considerably on the first day and just play with it for the first few days...

Wai wrote:

the reason why you need less insulin on this diet is this:

Fruits contain a mixture of different sugars: fructose, glucose and sucrose. And since sucrose (like plain sugar) consist of one molecule of glucose and one molecule of fructose, fruits contain a mixture of fructose and glucose. It is the glucose that has the most direct impact on your bloodsugar (glucose) levels. Fructose will affect it also, just not as fast. Starch, like that found in bread, potatoes, rice, etc. is a number of glucose molecules connected together. Your digestive system easily breaks these bonds so the starch becomes a lot of single glucose molecules. That is why things like pastries, potatoes, bread, rice and other grains will raise your bloodsugar more than plain sugar or fruits.
(bananas contain far more fructose and sucrose than starch and glucose)

Kat wrote:
106) I'm taking the contraceptive pill and always get at least one cystic spot on my chin towards the end of my 7 day break each month.... I don't really get any other spots, I would like to prevent the cysts though.

The pill you take is probably relative higher in estrogen than progesterone. Progesterone stimulates sebum production, the high-estrogen pill suppresses the secretion of progesterone via GnRH.
So this pill actually suppresses your sebum production.

Acne is caused by the combination of both a high sebum production AND pinched off sebum canals. If one of these is absent, you have no acne. That is why the pill diminishes you acne (certainly doesn't work in everybody).

But if you eliminate the pinching off of sebum canals, you will not have acne either.
So what you can do is this:
Start with the 'sample diet' one week prior to your next break with the pill, until you start taking the pill again (two weeks in total), and you will not have acne this time.
The next month you start with the 'sample-diet' 6 days prior to the break, the month after that you start 5 days prior to the break etc. etc., to find out how many days prior to your break you need to eat 'clean' to prevent acne.
Probably this will be 3 or 4 days, so you can also start with the 'sample-diet' 4 days before the break.

Once that is all set and clear, and you know that it works, you can start adding 'munch-foods' to the 'sample-diet' that you maintain during your breaks, to find out how much acne-causing foods your skin can cope with without getting acne (described in my book).

99) Is smoking OK?

Smoking does not influence acne at all.

98) Any external skincare regime i can take while on the diet. eg retinol / bezo / cleanser / moisterister / etc?

To be absolutely sure that the diet works for you (and not something else you use), you should not use anything else.
And such a diet can only be maintained if you are 100% sure that it works for you.
So don't during those first two weeks. after that you know that it works for you and you will not need those topical products anymore.

96) Should all supplements be suspended? i am taking some supplements at the moment that i feel are doing my skin alot of good.

To be able to maintain this diet, you first need to know for 100% sure that this diet works for you.
And you can only make sure it there is nothing else that may have improved your skin; if it can ONLY be contributed to the diet.
If you don't make 100% sure, there will remain doubts, which may keep you from giving this diet a fair chance!

82) To Barbara,

I woke up this morning with diarrhea, Is this a normal phase to go through?

Yes and No.
No in the sense that it should stop within a day. If not, you should not eat any animal food that day anymore, and as much bananas as you can eat (well-ripened of course)
Please keep me updated on this.
What exactly did you eat in the 24 hours prior?
Yes it is normal in the sense that our normal food contains so much constipating agents (opioid peptides in wheat and dairy products, beta-carbolines in all prepared foods) and your bowels always try to counteract this. And if you then suddenly stop absorbing these constipating agents, your bowels surely may be moving too much.
An analogy: You are pushing the door to get into your house, but your boyfriend stands on the other side of the door, and pushes it, so that you have to push harder to get in. but suddenly he stops pushing; then you will probably fall inside.
But again, please email me again about this today, to keep me updated.

2. How many raw egg yolks can be consumed daily for an active 200 lb. male before cholesterol or ance breakouts can become a negative factor? Obviously, one would want to gradually begin consuming raw yolks until the body gets used to it.

The cholesterol in raw eggs is only good cholesterol.
When heated (cooking, frying etc.), about 30% of this good cholesterol oxidizes into bad cholesterol (oxysterols). About 6% of this bad cholesterol (only from heated foods) is absorbed into the body, and can cause vascular diseases, click here for an extensive explanation and scientific references.
Fresh raw egg yolks can never be dangerous regarding cholesterol, because they contain only good cholesterol, and the body can ALWAYS convert redundant good cholesterol into bile acids, and this alsi inhibits cholesterol synthesis by the body. No matter how many fresh raw yolks you consume.

Indeed, gradually increase the number of yolks consumed.
For a male your weight the minimum is about 3 egg yolks and the maximum about 7 to 8 egg yolks (regarding protein), but your skin may very well be able to cope with more yolks. (you can start experimenting after the first 1 to 2 weeks)

3. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 'bag' of the egg yolk.

When you open a fresh egg, part of the egg-white will automatically slip through your fingers, though the fresher the egg, the more solid the egg-white (the less watery). The egg-yolk however is contained in a bag. If the egg-yolk is not contained in a bag, or if the bag breaks too easily, and the egg yolks also drains away, the egg was not fresh.
In fresh eggs the egg yolk remains contained in the bag, and you can flip it over from one hand to the other without a single drop of egg yolks is wasted, because it is still inside that bag.
Now if you make a small incision in that bag, the contains of that bag, the actual egg yolk, can be drained into a cup.
Do it slowly, because it requires some experience to drain all the egg yolk in the cup without pieces of the bag slipping into the cup too.
Maybe you have a cat. If you have, offer it one saucer with the bag on it and another saucer with just the egg-yolk on it. Your cat will only like the yolk, not the bag.
The reason: Like raw egg-white, the bag contains enzym-inhibitors (avidine and ovomucoid) that inhibit digestion. Your cat knows how to recognize these by taste.

BTW: egg yolk contains more vitamins and minerals (in greater quantities) than any other food in the world.

73) To Jerry
I asked my Dr. about the diet, he was concerned about the load up of carbs. But what do drs know anyways. I was just wondering if one would gain weight on this diet.

So according to that Dr you would be eating too much fruits?
Aren't you forgetting something?
The sample diet also contains fat (avocado, fish, Brazil nuts, olive oil) and protein (fish, Brazil nuts)......

Gaining weight?
Overweight is not caused by fat or carbs (or protein).
Overweight is caused by consuming too much of whatever kind of energy. You can get fat by consuming too much alcohol for example, or by consuming too much fat, or too much protein, or by consuming a little bit too much of everything.

Believe me, it is very hard to over-eat on fruits.
Have you ever had fruit-cravings, like one needs to empty that bag of crisps?
I didn't.
There is no way you will consume too much carbs from fruits.

And the reason why I advice to take a few bites of a salad containing sufficient olive oil after every time you have eaten some fruit, is because this stabilizes the blood-sugar level.
This means that then the only two sources of direct energy in our blood; sugar-like molecules and fat-like molecules (redundant protein is converted in both) are then in balance.

This diet will actually even make you lose your overweight; click here for more info.

70) If you are undertaking ANY kind of diet change, please read as much as possible from a large variety of sources and make sure your body is getting ALL the nutrients it needs.

Exactly.
Here is a list of the best fruit combinations; fruits that, in addition to some animal food and some nuts, supply you with all the vitamins, minerals and trace elements you need, to the greatest extend.

Check out the nutrient contents of fruits , dried fruits , Brazil nuts and the salad , and egg yolks and fresh raw fish These data are based on data presented by Souci, S.W., Food Composition and Nutrition Tabels, Medpharm Scientific Publishers, Stuttgart, and by the USDA Nutrient Database

Once you start with the diet, you can submit your personalized Acne Sample diet to this nutrient calculator, so that you know exactly how much of each vitamin, mineral and trace element this diet is supplying you with.

Is your diet incomplete, then it will be low in specific nutrients, and then you can adjust your diet by adding foods that are high in those specific nutrients.

Here is a list of all the vitamins, minerals and trace elements, and, for each nutrient, the 'Acne Sample Diet'-foods that are highest in these nutrients.

69) Also, I am not sure where nutrients such as calcium would be coming from on such a diet.

Fruits contain all the calcium you need; check this nutrient calculator

Babies need more calcium (per kg bodyweight) than any other human being, because their bones need yet to be calcified. Mother's milk contains all the calcium need. And yet fruits like oranges and kiwis contain more calcium (per kg weight) than mother's milk, which indicates that these fruits already contain all the calcium we need.
And to prevent osteoporosis?
In all countries where most calcium is consumed (drinking most milk) osteoporosis rates are by far the highest.
For example:
The Chinese averagely consume 8 kg milk per year.
Americans averagely consume 254 kg milk per year.
And yet osteoporosis hip-fracture incidence in the US is 6-fold higher as in China.
This clearly indicates that milk does not help against osteoporosis, on the contrary.
For much more information about this, with all the scientific references, click here

68) Cutting out things such as coffee, tea, cakes etc is a good idea but people don't need to start beating themselves up if they have a piece of chocolate or something.

That is NOT what this diet is about.
First of all, there is the sample diet and the real diet (in the book)

The sample-diet is to find out whether the diet works for you, that is why it is radical.
The real diet needs to be easy to maintain, that is why it also includes all kind of delicious 'munch-foods' (like chocolate and cream), but the ones that do the least damage to your skin.
This diet is about becoming in control instead of acne controlling you.

One remark regarding Michael's following post: No canned foods whatsoever, including no canned olives whatsoever.

06/24/01; Michael wrote:
Alright mates, I have been reading for two weeks and have not responded till now. My name is Michael I'm 22 and I have SUFFERED like all of you since I was 12.

I have skipped school, hid from friends, been late to work, quit jobs, lied to my girlfriends, never showed up to interviews, cried my eyes out, hit myself and pulled at my hair, said why me, hid in shame, rarely left my house for weeks on end, been laughed at, made fun of by perfect skinned individuals, worn womens coverup, been told that I don't wash enough or that I need to eat healthy, or I need to try the latest concoction from a gigantic drug company, who wouldnt even survive if I had no acne!

I have tried **ALL** the stuff in your local supermarket, I was on Minocyline (which took my depression over the edge and yellowed my teeth not to mention making me vulnerable to certain bacteria). I almost went on Accutane (please **NO ONE**, go on this drug, I don't care what your doctor says, NEVER take this, EVER!).

I have tried Retin A, Differin, Topical Hydracortisone, Prescription Benzoyl Peroxide Washes, Prescription Lotions, ProActive, and Murad.

I am TIRED and Exhausted! Stop the lies, dammit! Stop profiting off of other peoples suffering. Stupid drug companies and dermatoligists!

Wai, I have already started your diet and I'm following it to the freaking letter. I have also been keeping a daily "Blemish Journal" for the last week and a half and will post it here.

Wai has tapped into something I have suspected all along.

You see in my past I would eat something like pizza or hamburgers and break out in gigantic cystic acne all over my face for weeks and sometimes months. Gosh dammit! If those copycats in the medical fields would break away from the pack and actually CARE about us as people instead of simply spewing forth the same mantra as their professors we might be ok.

I use to go to my Mom who also has cystic acne and say, " everytime I eat something like pizza or sausage, or milk, or peanuts I break out" and she would repeat what she had been told by the "experts".

Lies, gosh damn liars! I am extremely bitter. They take advantage of us because they no that even if we are in debt, or can't afford groceries that we will always shell out cash for the next thing that will rid us of acne, it's our #1 priority. Ever heard this? "Remember kids, even after your acne clears you must continue to buy our product to "maintain" the results."

I was watching the tele yesterday and started to notice the women's skin care commercials. What the f#$! Women trying to get rid of fine lines and perfect the perfection! No, No, No! Freaking whiners, ever suffered with cystic acne? They can kiss my a!@#.

Ok, I'm calming down. This is the first time I have ever been this candid about the way I feel, correction, the way we all feel.

From what I have read Wai has basically GIVEN all of us her diet, and she damn well better get paid for her book if it works. If it works for me you will all here of it. Since I'm a songwriter about to step out onto the rock and roll scene, so will millions of other people. And Wai will be my friend for the rest of my life.

For all the people who are having "trouble" with Wai's diet. Get over it! Start now or shut up. It seems quite simple to me, I'll even describe it in three simple steps.

1. Stop drinking everything but water or fresh juices. Just stop! Don't slowly stop, JUST STOP!

2. These are the ONLY, ONLY, ONLY, I repeat, ONLY things you can eat! That means if you don't see it here, DON'T PUT IT IN YOUR MOUTH! This should eliminate ALL food questions!

Loads of ANY well ripened fresh fruits

Tomato-Cucumber-Avocado-Chives salad, covered with lots of Extra Virgin Cold-Pressed Olive Oil.
Cold-Pressed Flax Oil (harder to digest than Olive Oil)

Raisins (Sun dried, no added sugar or preservatives, the kind you have to refridgerate)
Dates (Sun dried, no added sugar or preservatives, the kind you have to refridgerate)
Brazil Nuts (Unshelled, Unsalted)
Walnuts (Unshelled, Unsalted)

Sashimi (fresh, un-frozen, uncooked, uncanned)
Raw Tuna (fresh, un-frozen, uncooked, uncanned)
Fresh Raw Egg YOLKS, (no whites, do not blend)

Olives (Soaked without the use of any salt / spices, this means NO to most canned olives)
Mixed Lettuce (NO other greens than lettuce)
Carrots
Red Onions
Shallots

Basil
Parsley
Pressed Garlic
Balsamic Vinegar
Lemon Juice (Fresh, not frozen or canned
Orange Juice (Fresh, not frozen or canned)

3. Eat ONLY these things for two weeks. Then look at results.

If you have suffered for years, what is two weeks? Come on! These people complaining about giving up beer or that ever elusive protein shake, or the whiners who wan't to pump up their muscles sound absolutely ridiculous to a person like me.

If you aren't going to try this diet EXACTLY, for two weeks, then I don't want to hear you say one thing about it, just shut up so the rest of us who are suffering can try it.

I will be posting my "Blemish Journal" on here soon. Thank you everyone, goodnight for now.

By email; 06/22/01
Chris previously wrote:
61) I get NO new zits but the existing ones, the size of sesame seeds, are 'ripening one by one', becoming yellow and filled with pus. (hardly any inflammation though). Before the diet, these zits sit on my face for
months without going way

Yes, that is normal. They become yellow because they can now reach the surface of your skin, while they could not do so before. The reason: When your true skin retains too much water, the sebum canals are pinched off, which causes the accumulation of sebum, but also can prevent the pus to reach the surface of your skin. Now that the excessive water in your true skin is eliminated, the pus can be deported and a yellow head appears.

60) If I do not eat the sashimi or the brazil nuts -sometimes my breath feels hot after the fruits and salad, almost like consuming liquor but not as hot

I know exactly what you mean. When you experience this again, immediately eat some raw tuna or Brazil nuts. The reason: the enzymes are balanced in such a way to digest both concentrated an non-concentrated foods. Consuming fruits and salad only, the enzymes that need to digest the concentrated foods remain workless, and bother you. Giving them something to digest immediately solves the problem.

63) The first days two ulcers developed under my tongue (which are gone now)

This might be because you are not used to eating so much fruit. The fruits contain many enzymes and if not used to eating fruits, your saliva does not contain sufficient enzymes to decompose the enzymes from food. The ulcers / sores will automatically go away after a few days as you start producing more of the appropriate enzymes.

It is also might be reaction to radically changing nutrient composition of your food, like an 'overdosis' vit. C. The body needs days to adapt its absorption rate; first it needed to absorb all available vit. C while now it has to decrease the absorption rat to prevent the uptake of excessive vitamin C. (Yes even excessive vitamin C can be harmful; Excess vitamin C is pro-oxidative, killing healthy cells. [1] Too much vitamin C decreases vitamin B12 level [2] and increases activation of mutagenic HCA from food. [3] Vitamin C can enhance tumors [4], and increases oxidative free iron level. [5] Adapting the absorption rate maximally takes a few days, so don't worry about absorbing too much vitamin C from fruits.
Did you consume little fruit before you started the diet?
Or maybe you are allergic to one of the fruits. Many people are allergic to papayas. Can you please try replacing the papayas by another fruit?

if i work out, can relying on just brazil nuts and raw tuna alone help build muscles?

Working out consuming just the Brazil nuts is probably not enough. But indeed, if you eat sufficient raw tuna (about 100 gram / 3.5 oz is the max you need daily) this will supply you with the right protein to gain muscles. Consuming both Brazil nuts and tuna is absolutely perfect!!!

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50) Just Me wrote: In today's day and age, who is not going to occasionally binge and stray from the diet etc

Binging and straying is no problem at all. When this causes new pimples to originate, you then will know exactly what to do to eliminate these pimples again. The BIG difference is that now YOU will be in control. No more acne controlling your looks and mood; it is you who decides how clean your skin needs to be, according to how clean your are willing to eat. And that will make quite a difference.

49) Just Me wrote: I think you said you have no qualifications - only studies of 6 years - and also I believe I heard Veronica2 mention that your diet didn't allow supplements etc - what if someone needs to be on a supplement for health reasons?

I never said my diet does not allow supplements. What I said is that supplements can also cause acne.
If you need supplements for health reasons, you need to take them of course.

43). I know I have to strictly adhere to the diet for it to work and give me the motivation to succeed and stick to it. But . . . if I slipped and had a few beers or a burger every few days or once a week, would all be lost or would I just get a lesser amount of acne?

What would be lost is the absolute certainty that the diet works. And having lost that certainty, you have lost the motivation to give the real diet the best try you can. Without that certainty, you will not be able to maintain the diet lastingly. You will start doubting whether a certain 'munch-food' caused the new pimples you get or that maybe the diet does not work after all. Then you will have lost faith in that what really works and eventually dump it and my diet will get a bad rep.
You NEED to make 100% sure first.
You just need to make an investment from which you can make huge 'profits'. Please have the strentgh to make such an investment (of time and determination), you will be very glad you did it.
And what is 1 to 2 weeks of your life if you can benefit from this investment for the rest of your life? (even 70 year old people can have acne)

To Pete
39) It seems very difficult to follow though, and not really that tasty, to be honest.

That is because this is only a 'sample-diet', it is not the real diet, it is not designed to be tasty, but to effectively prove to you that it works to get rid of acne.
Wait till you've read the munch-food recipes in the book. Once you have made 100% sure, you can start adding the least harmful, but delicious munch-foods in the REAL diet.
But yes, it is very true; it takes quite some determination to get rid of your acne!
I'm just supplying you with the opportunity to do so, you are the one who has to make it actually happen!

To Meg

36) I have to be honest. I cant get rid of the coffee until my vacation in July.

THANK YOU for your honesty Meg!
I need your help; I need you all to be honest, because wouldn't it be sad if this diet gets a bad rep because somebody does not honestly 100% stick to it and therefore concludes that it doesn't work, while it does if you do stick to it?

You only have to get rid of the coffee for one or two weeks, to make 100% sure the diet works for you. After that you can start experimenting whether you can drink coffee or not, and/or how much.

Sara wrote:
15) I am a vegan by nature, meaning no animals what-so-ever, can this diet still work for me?

Yes you can, it is just a little bit harder.

* you would still need to take supplementary B12, which might be a problem because as far as I know they all use processed protein in supplements for binding.
* Maintaining a vegan diet is always harder because you cannot decrease your cravings by consuming some extra clean cholesterol. (in sashimi)
* You would depend on Brazil nuts (shelled by hand) as a replacement for sashimi regarding the protein. Brazil nut protein quality is 2 to over 3-fold better than that of other nuts (and better than the protein quality of any other food in the world; twice as good as protein quality of beef for example.)
* Regarding vitamins in general you would also depend a little more one the availability of well-ripened avocado. (the creamy ones with the dark peel)
* Regarding taste and texture sashimi is nicely different from all the fruits. But once you have succeeded maintaining the 'sample diet' during one week, then that is not important anymore, because then you can start adding delicious munch-foods. There are lots of 'munch-food' recipes in the book, and most of them are without any animal food. (because cooked animal foods are the worst for your skin, and beans and grains)

For everybody who wants to give this diet a try it is extremely important to get to know FOR SURE first whether this diet works for you. Others can tell you that it does, but you have to experience this yourself first before you can be absolutely sure.
During one to two weeks you should consume no prepared foods whatsoever and no salt or spices at all. Then you will clearly notice how well the diet works, which will boost your moral to maintain the diet in its less strict form.

The sample diet you as a vegan should maintain during one to two weeks to make absolutely sure the diet works for you too:

- Loads of fresh, well-ripened fruits, as much as you can/want.
- Unshelled Brazil nuts, shelled by hand.
- A tomato-cucumber-avocado-chives salad covered with loads of extra virgin olive oil.

During this one to two weeks you should ONLY consume these foods. After that week you KNOW exactly how your skin can become totally clean and you can start adding munch-foods, as described in the book.

To stabilize blood-sugar levels (making the energy last) you should make a big bowl of salad every day and take a few bites of it after every time you have consumed some fruits. (of fruit-juices/shakes) To prevent gasses/gripes/cramps/bloating you should never consume fruit right after the salad. First the fruit, then the salad.

Sue wrote:
12) If it is too difficult, I won't be able to do it.

I understand, but the diet itself is not that hard, because you can still eat some delicious 'munch-food' regularly (like chocolate with cream), but you can only MAINTAIN this diet once you know for SURE (100%) that it works for you.
Only the 'sample diet' that is essential to make sure the diet works for is very hard.
After that it is not hard anymore, because you KNOW it works, and all you have to do then is to experiment how much delicious 'munch-foods' your skin can cope with without getting acne again.
And everytime you eat to much 'munch-foods' you need to be able to fall back on the sample diet to totally clean your skin again, which is easy once you know FOR SURE THAT IT TOTALLY CLEANS YOUR SKIN AGAIN.

11) So far, cutting out meat and dairy has not been too hard. Yesterday I cut out diet sodas. Cutting out chocolate starting today might be a little more difficult and bread most of all.

You CAN do it this way, but it is actually harder, because once you have been cutting out quite some foods, and you still get acne, you still will not be sure whether the diet works for you. So then it takes a lot of discipline without being sure you are doing the right thing. And this doubt may keep you from succeeding.
So it is actually harder this way.
The reason: KNOWING FOR SURE that it works for you gives you so much willpower. It gives you strength, it makes you happy and makes you feel that YOU are in control instead of this terrible disorder called acne.

Sue wrote:
8) I'm getting a little closer to getting the Wai diet. I cut out ALL dairy and meat and have been eating the Wai salad and fruit concoctions. I had some ahi tuna but I cooked it. I haven't been able to quit breads yet, either. I love sour dough french with salted butter! Next week though...

Hmmm, the problem with doing it this way, is that you never know FOR SURE what caused it when you get a new pimple. And then you may think the diet doesn't work, and you will give up that what can help you.
If you want to give the diet a try, you first need to be absolutely sure it works for you. After that you can do as much experimenting as you want.
All it takes is one week of your life, so that you know exactly where you stand regarding your acne for the rest of your life.
Please give it a REAL try, or not at all.

Leanne wrote:
6) I am desperate to start the diet so have I got this correct. Three meals a day.

No, no: AS MUCH fruits as you want whenever you want, except not within 1.5 hours after having consumed sashimi or a salad. You can nibble fruits and nuts (shelled by hand) all day.
If you want to have fruits, salad and the sashimi all in one meal, first eat the fruits, than the salad and then the sashimi.

Should I have watermelon and brazil nuts as a snack btwn meals?

Snacks / meals whenever you want!

It does not matter when or how often you eat some of the food described in the 'sample diet' ; eat as often and as much as you like.

Tina wrote:

002) The diet has left me feeling bloated. Am I not combining the fruits and fat correctly?

Bloating is caused by gasses. Gasses are caused by combining the wrong foods, or simply by consuming much fiber, since fiber can only be bacterially decomposed.
You can cause gasses by combining foods incorrectly because almost all foods contain sulfur containing amino acids, which originate methane gas if the bowels are stimulated while digesting protein. This can already be evoked by consuming some fiber within 1.5 hour after having consumed proteinaceous foods.

So, how to eliminate the bloating?

1. By consuming less fiber in general: instead of whole fruits, consume more fruit juices; not the ones made in a blender (the pulp is only cut in little pieces, which is still fiber), but the ones from a juice extractor (the juice and fiber are separated through centrifugation), or orange juice of course (draining the juice from the pulp). If you want a totally flat stomach, you need to eliminate sufficient fiber from your diet. (the worst are the foods that contain both fiber and bowel-sedating substances, like grains and beans)

2. Don't consume anything fibrous within 1.5 hour after having consumed sashimi / egg yolks. You can consume orange juice after the yolks / fish though.

Sue wrote:
1) I am psyching myself for the Wai's fruit diet. I need strength!

It is not that you are weak.
If you fight your body's natural instincts, you are likely to loose that fight. The problem of dieting in general is the assumption that we need to fight our body's needs to eat right. The opposite is true; the only way you can maintain the right diet AND have peace is by cooperating with your body instead of fighting it. You both share the same goals: to feel good, to be lean and have a healthy body and skin.

So what am I taking about?

Our strongest instincts are the instincts to survive.
To be able to maintain a diet, you have to know and meet these instincts.
For example:
Our brain alone needs 125 to 150 gram pure glucose daily. If not, you will get into a coma and eventually die. So absorbing sufficient glucose is part of our survival instinct. That is why our body is designed to get warning signals when too little glucose is absorbed: Glucose is required for the uptake of tryptophan in the brain, to be converted into serotonin, which makes you feel good and supresses appetite. So if you consume too little sugars (glucose), you will be depressed and experience strong cravings.

Another example:
Good cholesterol is essential for the composition of new brain cells and hormones and much more. So again there is a warning system to consume sufficient clean cholesterol: cholesterol products activate seronine receptors. If too little cholesterol is consumed, you again will be depressed / agressive and experience strong cravings.

Another example:
Fat is essential to prevent too strong fluctuations in blood-glucose level (which causes cravings-attacks). The reason: our body has (besides alcohol) only 2 sources of energy at its disposal: fat-like molecules and sugar-like molecules (redundant protein is converted into both). Sugars are a fast but short-lasting source of energy and fats are a slow, but long-lasting source of energy. Together they are perfectly complementary. Without sufficient fat the sugars are utilized too fast, causing too strong blood-sugar fluctuations.

SO WHAT IS MOST ESSENTIAL TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A SPECIFIC DIET?

Consuming sufficient clean cholesterol, sugars and fat. Of course there is much more to it, but that takes a whole book to explain.