Well, after being fine on a low fiber diet (mostly raw meat, vegetable juices, eggs and a good amount of fruit) my hemorrhoids problems have resurged. After I woke up and drank my usual glass of water today, I've had severe 'deep' pain coming from my rectum/anus that wouldn't go away. There has been blood in my stools for many months also. There wasn't any visible blood in my stools today, but it hurt when trying to get them out and there was a little bit of blood on the toilet paper afterwards.

I decided to do some research on hemorrhoids afterwards and it is conventional knowledge that a low fiber diet is the main cause of hemorrhoids. Where do you guys stand on this topic? Most of you have a very low to no fiber diet right? Has anyone on raw paleo every experienced this problem? I am not completely raw paleo, as I still do eat some sprouted bread here in there and a decent amount of cooked food for social reasons. I also lead a sedentary lifestyle, having a desktop job and being on the computer 12 hours a day often times does not help.

I am definitely going to exercise more, but what I'm wondering is if I should try to get more fiber into my diet? Also, is there no fiber in meat at all?

I have been facing many different health challenges and I feel like it is the end of the road here. When I look back at all the efforts I have put into changing my lifestyle and diet in the past year - all the money I have spent on supplements and books, it depresses me.

I have done 3 rounds of accutane in the past, and still have severe cystic acne on my face, back and chest. I have never had nice skin for longer than a few months at tops. It is extremely painful because whenever I have good skin I feel great and my social life is great, but as soon as it comes back I generally tend to isolate myself from most people and my mood is greatly affected. It depresses me because I feel like I am putting a stop on my life every time just because of my damn skin, but I can't help it - I cannot function well in the outside world without healthy looking skin. It contributes greatly to my well-being in general.

Another problem is that I have had blood in my stools as well as some mucus for multiple months now as well, and can't seem to get rid of them. I have cut out all dairy a couple weeks ago and was suspecting it to be the culprit for the acne and perhaps mucus in stools, but so far I still am having problems. I cut out pasteurized dairy (organic kefir, yogurt, goat cheese) before that and when I realized there was no progress I cut out raw cheese as well. It seems that my skin doesn't break out as much, but I still don't have an acceptable level of acne. I'm starting to think that it has absolutely nothing to do with diet, and that no matter what I do I will be plagued by it for the rest of my life. Not pleasant.

I am thinking of trying zero carb because it is the only thing that I can see that I have not tried yet. I am ready to give up after that and be dependant on accutane for the rest of my life (if necessary). I've tried so many different diets from raw veganism/vegetarianism to Wai to raw omnivorous and I am still plagued by acne. I have tried so many skin care products as well, and nothing seems to work as well as my urine, which still doesn't work as well as I'd want to. If anyone has any suggestions for me it would be greatly appreciated.