if i don't eat bread then i seem to look much better skin wise and feel better

[ZippiBabes]

....is this true...it seems to be

Not an expert by any means but ... People with PCOS find that following the GI diet can improve their symptoms which include acne and lack of energy.
Also, isn't that what the Atkins diet was supposed to do?
Like I say, I'm no expert but there is quite possibly a link.

gosh, maybe I should try it then, my skin is really awful just now. Is there any particular diet you're following, zippi?
I think I'm addicted to bread.

Bread def doesn't agree with me but I am addicted. I feel better if I don't eat it. Makes me sluggish which I suppose slows down my digestion and would play a part in how my skin looks.

Atkins really agrees with me if and when I can get into it.

i'm not on a diet..i have done all the weight loss thing

i noticed last summer that my skin was a lot better

exercise and swimming definitely helps it

i can see the difference from the beginning to the end of a gym workout too

i don't think my resting blood circulation is very good

typically i have oats, granola and berries for breakfast with organic milk

i have given up tea and coffee most of the time and i am currently drinking lots of herbal teas

i eat a lot of fruit..eg about 3 bananas, plus apples kiwis mandarins a day

and then some veg like broccoli or cauliflour red pepper mushrooms salad leaves etc with cottage cheese or chicken or prawns

that kind of thing

i don't very often have carbs

tho i did have a couple of weeks recently when i baked bread and added stuff like nuts and olive oil to it which was lovely but i think my skin went crap

i haven't had any bread for a week and i look much better

i have a theory that if you are adicted to something it often turns out to be something which your body has a bad relationship with

i was looking at myself in the mirror last night and the difference might be something to do with water retention..you know how judy as in richard and judy has that jowelly flabbery face look..well i think i get like that as well as spotty looking especially on my chin..well the not eating bread and lots of vigorous working out seems to stop that face look and make me look youn ger

You are having carbs Zippi - but you're getting them from veg/salad/fruit rather than bread/pasta/rice etc

Benefits in all sorts of ailments can be seen with a low carb diet - lots of people low carbing also claim that conditions such as IBS and asthma are much better controlled. I always know if I've been eating too many carbs because my IBS starts to make its presence felt.

It may be, though, that if you've noticed it particularly with bread that it's not so much the carbs but the wheat? Wheat intolerance is also surprisingly common.

Whatever though - glad you feel better!

oh well i guess i do know that carbs are in the other stuff...

i don't eat much bread/potato/rice/pasta/pastry

I found exactly the same - by not eating bread, which I haven't done for a couple of weeks, I have so much more energy and am don't have a bloated feeling.

I always thought that with a main meal I should be having bread/rice/pasta or rice but then thought about using the carbs from other foods and stopping on the stodgy ones.

I'm presently trying the Paul McKenna way of eating and it's a fabulous system and it's really working. Since I began, I've cut out bread - not because he said to (he says to eat what you like) but because I realised how crap it makes me feel. It's not wheat intolerance - I had that years ago at uni, cut out all wheat for over a year and then gradually introduced it. Now I can tolerate small amounts.

i think a lot of the time people find bread indigestible because they are eating the wrong sort. real bread made with flour yeast water and salt is one thing, ready sliced (even brown) is not at all wholesome.

I think it's the yeast in any bread that causes my probs.

processed bread contains a lot more yeast than say home made or from a proper artisanal bakery. i eat lots more bread now i make it myself, couldn't stand that gummy stuff.

here is an article about it.

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interesting article i didn't know that omega 6 was bad

i have a bread maker

the last bread i made must have been about 4 times as heav y as a bought loaf

it was more like the texture of cake

but very nice

but i seemed to have a bit of a break out

thanks Fishie - I'll be grabbing the bread maker back off the in-laws after reading that. I had a funny feeling last week when I saw 'flavourings' on the Kingsmill loaf for the children. That got me thinking about what else was in it.

i knew there was all sorts of crap in commercial bread but that was very informative

at the pesticides

home made bread with 100% wholemeal flour can be a bit leaden. i put quite a lot of honey in and some chopped nuts to perk it up. or use half white/half wholemeal, still a million times better than shop bought.

Well, after being really inspired NOT to eat the supermarket crap, I have a loaf in the oven - Nigella's quick lazy loaf recipe.

You don't even have to knead it - just bung it all in a loaf tin and away you go.