Re: Dairy causing Eczema???

[Guest guest]

Caroyn,

From what I have read it would be the casein. The more dairy I eat the worse it

gets.

Also candida can cause it too.

Sheryl

keirfey <Poofig@...> wrote:

If it is true, is this due to a casein issue perhaps, or lactose

intollerance, or dairy allergy? Recommendations to find out what's

going on with me? I'm casting about and would like info!

Thanks.

~~Carolyn

[Guest guest]

>If it is true, is this due to a casein issue perhaps, or lactose

>intollerance, or dairy allergy? Recommendations to find out what's

>going on with me? I'm casting about and would like info!

>Thanks.

>~~Carolyn

I've never read anything where they found *the* reason

for eczema ... people tend to find a cure by experimenting.

In one study, probiotics helped eczema in half the kids,

but why? It didn't say. For a lot of people it is related

to a food or foods -- gluten and casein usually. Borage oil

helps some people, coconut oil or kefir others (rubbed on

the skin).

-- Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

> I've never read anything where they found *the* reason

> for eczema ... people tend to find a cure by experimenting.

> In one study, probiotics helped eczema in half the kids,

> but why? It didn't say. For a lot of people it is related

> to a food or foods -- gluten and casein usually. Borage oil

> helps some people, coconut oil or kefir others (rubbed on

> the skin).

>

> -- Heidi Jean

I think that coconut oil seems to help when I apply it topically,

but then when I take a tablespoon of it it makes my throat feel ever

so slightly constricted until the oil is washed out of my esophagus

by whatever else I'm eating/drinking. Is this abnormal? Like I

say, the feeling clears up as soon as the oil is out of my throat

and last time I experimented I didn't notice an increase in bodily

itchiness. I guess it's time to retest dairy and VCO again not that

I'm finishing a fast (though I am still itchy all over my body, but

not to the extent I was). Oak pollen season is also winding down,

so I don't even know that it's food yet. It shouldn't be soap or

laundry stuff, either.

I've just been having problems with my eczema the last 2 weeks and

being generally itchy all over my body. I'm not sure if it's

environmental or food, but I am guessing food. I have been

consuming more dairy lately, to some degree, but taking coconut oil

is also new. I've recently been " developing " food allergies,

though, so it may be something else. I'm still trying to figure it

out.

~~Carolyn

[Guest guest]

>I think that coconut oil seems to help when I apply it topically,

>but then when I take a tablespoon of it it makes my throat feel ever

>so slightly constricted until the oil is washed out of my esophagus

>by whatever else I'm eating/drinking. Is this abnormal?

I really can not envision eating it straight! Or any fat for that matter.

I use it in candy, or fry something in it.

CO has MCT in it though, and that absorbs into your stomach (and maybe

into your throat) really quickly. When I get MCT on my lips they feel kind

of dry-ish. If it gets on some plastics, it dissolves them. That isn't an

allergy

though, it's just a very reactive substance.

> Like I

>say, the feeling clears up as soon as the oil is out of my throat

>and last time I experimented I didn't notice an increase in bodily

>itchiness. I guess it's time to retest dairy and VCO again not that

>I'm finishing a fast (though I am still itchy all over my body, but

>not to the extent I was). Oak pollen season is also winding down,

>so I don't even know that it's food yet. It shouldn't be soap or

>laundry stuff, either.

I get itchy from food allergies, but CO hasn't been a problem.

>I've just been having problems with my eczema the last 2 weeks and

>being generally itchy all over my body. I'm not sure if it's

>environmental or food, but I am guessing food. I have been

>consuming more dairy lately, to some degree, but taking coconut oil

>is also new. I've recently been " developing " food allergies,

>though, so it may be something else. I'm still trying to figure it

>out.

It does seem like when you stop eating the main allergen, you get MORE

food allergies. Maybe because the immune system is healing, it can react

better. OTOH people who have leaky gut really develop a lot of allergies,

because proteins are leaking into the blood. Those proteins can

cause problems even if you are NOT allergic to that substance, just

because proteins aren't supposed to be in your blood! I think that is

particularly true of the lectin type foods, and probably dairy too.

-- Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

Carolyn,

if you're lactose intolerant, it could lead to eczema in the way that

the undigested sugars feed bad bacteria (may be candida) in your gut

and those cause eczema. But it's easy to find out the difference of

being lactose intolerant or an allergy. The lactose intolerance will

cause bloating, gas and/or diarrhea, so when you don't have these

problems (more than with other food), you're not lactose intolerant.

Of course it makes a difference how much lactose the food contains etc.

CU Anja

> If it is true, is this due to a casein issue perhaps, or lactose

> intollerance, or dairy allergy? Recommendations to find out what's

> going on with me? I'm casting about and would like info!

> Thanks.

> ~~Carolyn