Since starting PB, I'm getting really wrinkly...help? page 4

[Knifegill]

I ditched coffee. Cut back on meat (added more fruit), felt like crap, reinstated massive protein intake (cut the excess fruit). Looking young again! It was the coffee. Most likely.

[breadsauce]

I ditched coffee. Cut back on meat (added more fruit), felt like crap, reinstated massive protein intake (cut the excess fruit). Looking young again! It was the coffee. Most likely.

I've cut coffee out too. Wasn't linking it to skin at all - nasty IBS like symptoms!! And rotten sleep patterns when I drink it. Which leads to baggy eyes and black circles around them!

[EagleRiverDee]

Well crap. Coffee is the one vice I have thus far refused to give up...I always figured 12 oz of coffee a day shouldn't hurt me. *Sigh* I guess I could try it. Based on the responses here I may have to experiment to find out if it's my diet, my weight loss or my age. I guess it's time to start tweaking things and figure it out.

[Paleobird]

I have recently ditched even the decaf. It still has some caffeine in it and I tend to drink it by the pot not the cup. When I stick with just my rooibos tea, I find a notable improvement in my skin. It feels more elastic and has better all over even tone (w/o makeup).

There is some talk in the carnivorous community (which may or may not be scientifically verifiable) that the oils in coffee beans are not good for us even if we are drinking the decaf kind.

Interesting. Might be worth a try Dee.

[YogaBare]

I have recently ditched even the decaf. It still has some caffeine in it and I tend to drink it by the pot not the cup. When I stick with just my rooibos tea, I find a notable improvement in my skin. It feels more elastic and has better all over even tone (w/o makeup).

There is some talk in the carnivorous community (which may or may not be scientifically verifiable) that the oils in coffee beans are not good for us even if we are drinking the decaf kind.

Interesting. Might be worth a try Dee.

You know, I am loathe to admit it, but when I drink more than one cup of coffee per day my lips get really dry I'm currenlty drinking upwards of four.

Think I'm going to have to try this too...

[EagleRiverDee]

There is some talk in the carnivorous community (which may or may not be scientifically verifiable) that the oils in coffee beans are not good for us even if we are drinking the decaf kind.

This agrees with something my own doctor told me. She said that in some people, the oils from coffee do something to the liver that affects how the liver processes cholesterol and the LDL cholesterol in that individual goes up. A small switch can help- I changed from drinking espresso (no filter) to filtered drip coffee and my LDL cholesterol dropped.

How fast did you notice a change in your skin after quitting coffee?

[eKatherine]

If you lose weight, you get loose skin. It has to do with weight loss, not with low carb.

Any ethical plastic surgeon will tell you to wait a year after weight loss to give the skin a chance to tighten up before going the surgery route.

I have a few crinkles under my chin where I used to have a double chin. At my age it would be reasonable to have a facelift, even if I had never lost any weight. So I don't blame the diet I have been eating. My arms have tightened up a lot, too. But who knows where they will be in a year?

[Paleobird]

This agrees with something my own doctor told me. She said that in some people, the oils from coffee do something to the liver that affects how the liver processes cholesterol and the LDL cholesterol in that individual goes up. A small switch can help- I changed from drinking espresso (no filter) to filtered drip coffee and my LDL cholesterol dropped.

How fast did you notice a change in your skin after quitting coffee?

Exactly. It's not so much about the caffeine per se although that is not good for you for lots of other reasons, it is about the liver. That's what the carnivores were saying too. Interesting to have that confirmed by a doctor.

It took about 3-4 weeks to see the change clearly.

I know it's a hard crutch to let go of but it might very well be worthwhile making the effort.

[SophieScreams]

Damn. No more coffee?

I'm in, as soon as I'm through this last bag o' beans. Good whole bean coffee was one of my biggest food expenditures last year, as a matter of fact...

[EagleRiverDee]

*Gets out imaginary scale*

Places desire for delicious coffee on one side...Vanity on the other

LOL. That is a tough one- I do love my coffee. But it seems worth trying!