nutrition and skin

As of the last 3 years, I have been constantly reading up on this connection between nutrition and skin.  I do think the link between what you eat and your skin is there, but I also believe it varies from person to person and the skin condition they are looking to address.  In attempts to eradicate my acne naturally, without using topicals, I ate entirely raw food, I followed a macrobiotic diet, I bought a Vitamix and blended various expensive super foods together, I have done the vegan thing, I have taken every supplement  imagineable, and I spent oodles of dollars working with a very smart nutritionist.  As a result, my acne remained and the one theme that was present through the different eating patterns is:  I obsessed (aka stressed) over every morsel that went into my body, not to mention I felt somewhat isolated from society, because my diet was quite a bit different from what one could find at a typical restaurant and grocery store.  Stress is a large culprit in acne and fine lines, so I think my hard work was coming undone with all of  my nutrition obsession.  I'm not saying, nutrition doesn't hold credence because it does!!!  However, it's the obsessing and trying to stay under a label that I would advise against staying away from.  Nutrition is one of my favorite topics and I am constantly intrigued by what people are eating on a day to day basis. Food and are relationship to it plays such a critical role in everybody's day-to-day life, that I find myself constantly asking people what do they eat and how do they feel?   So, if you feel inclined to share what your diet looks like, please do!!! 

Here's what my breakfast looks like:

gluten free grains
spirulina
flax seeds
some fruit
1 cup hemp milk
1cup coffee
cinnamon
stevia

For now, I'm only going to include breakfast because my other meals vary soooo much from day to day, but breakfast stays pretty much the same.


Fine Print:  I am not a nutritionist, I just read a lot of books on nutrition, so do what you will with my opinion.:)