How to Eat Sugar and Not Have Acne

For those of you who have been following the regimen to a “T” and for those of you who have been starving and craving those foods from which you have previously warded off. You’ve all worked very hard and I’m extremely proud of you. That’s why…

You deserve a break.

So I’m going to share with you a little trick where you can have something sweet and not have it hurt your acne…

If you recall me talking about what I eat for breakfast, you might remember… other than the fact that my first meal in the morning is barely anything at all, that I have:

1.) Water
2.) Fiber
3.) Probiotics

And if you remember what I said about in my past articles about fiber, you might remember me mentioning that fiber, other than being nature’s natural broomstick to clean out the tubes of your body, also serves as a buffer against blood sugar spikes.

If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you need to check out my other articles HERE because fiber is an EXTREMELY important aspect, not only of acne, but also of your general health.

This is because fiber slows down the absorption of blood directly into the bloodstream.

Now, do you get where I’m going with this little hint?

Here’s the trick…

After you take your fiber supplement in the morning, say for example, you take a rounded tablespoon which is roughly 6-7 g of fiber.

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You can eat… SUGAR!

Well… don’t literally start inhaling pounds upon pounds of strawberry cheesecake and orange soda.

What I mean is that there are certain kinds of snacks that you can have that won’t spike your blood sugar level. The reason why is because you’ve just had 6-7 grams of fiber, if you have another snack that’s high in fiber too, even though it contains some sugar, the fiber supplement that you just had for breakfast plus the fiber that’s included in your “snack” makes it a lot safer for you to eat so that you don’t break out.

For those of you who are a little more visual or logical, just remember this example:

7 g fiber (breakfast) + 8 g fiber (high fiber cereal) = 15 g fiber = buffer

If you eat a cup of cereal that has 12 g of sugar, the equation would be:

12 g of sugar (cup of cereal) – 15 g fiber (buffer) = -3 g of sugar

-3 g of sugar? You’re still in the safe zone. As a matter of fact, you can usually have up to around 10-15 g of sugar and not have it be too detrimental to your skin or affect your blood sugar level too drastically. Usually though, I like to keep it at around 6-8 g of sugar if I’m actually going to snack on something sweet.

I don’t do it too often but if I do decide to “cheat” and have some sweets without hurting my face too much, I might do something like this…

8 g of fiber (breakfast) + 1 cup of cereal (contains 12 g of sugar & 8 g of fiber) = -4 g of sugar

So I’m pretty good in the safe zone being that I’m still -4 g of sugar. But don’t forget that the cereal that I’m eating is made of grain. And that this grain is also converted into glucose in my body so that’s additional sugar that’s not accounted for.

But we’re not going to get too much into that for now. Just know that there are some snacks that you can munch on without feeling too guilty after taking a fiber supplement.

And it doesn’t just have to be in the morning either. Any time you take a fiber supplement or have fiber, you can exercise the same principle too. In fact, any time you have a “buffer” you can usually eat something sweet and not have it affect your blood sugar and acne so much as long as it’s AFTER you eat the buffer.

Meal or fiber THEN sugar or snack.

NOT snack THEN fiber or meal.

Remember the order! It’s not the same if you have sweets and then eat regular food or fiber afterwards.

Here are some snacks that you can choose from after you have a breakfast high in fiber (e.g. fiber supplement):

1.) High fiber cereal (What kind of cereal? I’ll talk about my favorite kind in the Acne Free Diet/Cookbook so look for it!)
2.) Blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, kiwis
3.) Half a banana
4.) Fruit Smoothie (Careful what you put in here though)
5.) Some whole wheat toast (this one’s tricky, I’ll talk more about how to eat, buy, and choose bread later)
6.) Maybe even a little oatmeal (depends on how reactive your body is, this works for some people while others may break out just after 3-4 days of doing this every morning)
7.) Wine (Just kidding =)

And that’s all I can think of for now. If anyone has any other suggestions for great breakfasts that are healthy, high in fiber, low in sugar, and nutrient dense, feel free to comment!

I hope this article has brought a little happiness to those gloomy meals we thought our lives were destined to have for all of eternity because I’ll admit, when I first started out I thought that was the end of all foods that tasted good.

But as it turns out, there is hope, there are ways, and there are definitely little tricks that I’ll be sharing with you as time goes on. So hang in there with me. It’s absolutely worth it, I’m sure any of us would give up strawberry cheesecake for clear skin any day… All I’m saying is that there are still ways that we can still have the occasional strawberries =)

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