Just wondering if any of you who have been at this a while have noticed a difference in your hair and skin. I know others have mentioned that their nails are stronger, but I was thinking that the protien should also affect hair....perhaps making it stronger? Also, with so much fat in the diet, I wondered if anyone is seeing "nicer", softer skin?

Would love to hear your experiences.......

I noticed a change for the better in all three, hair, nails and skin.

~Angi~

No change in hair or nails, but I'm breaking out more.

Good skin is one of the first things I noticed doing Atkin's. I never break out any more, but when I ate alot of carbs I would break out occassionally. There is a lot of research going on relating carbohydrates consumption (especially the sugars and refined ones) with a lot of the skin problems such as acne, wrinkles, etc., that are only found in the industrialized western cultures and other nations that adhere to the high-carbohydrate diets. Once primitive cultures that lived off meats, and things they can grow, like non-starchy vegetables, were cultured into a more western style diet with a lot of carbohydrates, they had many of the similar skin problems associated with the western culture. So Atkin's is good for the skin it seems.

klawrence

if you haven't been on this woe for very long , this is normal, the body is trying to get rid /cleanse itself of all the toxins, that would be by skin breaking out. it will getworse before it gets better, there has been many article about this subject, can any one supply a link??? forgot where I go this info before.


But jus tin case, are you taking yout VitE and fish oils??

My skin is not breaking out much now at all and my face is absolutely glowing! I just look healthy now. I love low carbing!!!

My skin,hair and nails are doing great! My teeth are also loving me for eating this way. I have found so many benefits to eating like this. Makes you relize that this is the way everyone should be eating!

My skin is also better no breakouts. Hair is the same, it's always been good. No change in nails...they taste the same ; =).

My skin got drier, until I started taking coconut oil on a regular basis. Alas, my nails are as brittle as ever. As to hair, heredity isn't budging in its plan to bankrupt me of this asset.

ive been breaking out more.
Its probably due to the extra fat and oil we've been eating in this atkins lifestlye

I don't think the fat you eat comes out of your pores ; = D !!