Guest guest Posted March 3, 2002 Report Share Posted March 3, 2002 My main skin prob right now is a food-induced redness + seb derm + pimply-like rash that happens whenever I eat. Its all pretty unsightly... looks much grosser than when I used to have just red cheeks (even tho that was bad too). It all seems to be food-related... If I eat next to nothing for a few days, it begins to vanish. Then when I eat alot (especially foods I know to be unhealthy) it all comes back full force, every time, w/in hours... I tried to see an allergist to figure out what foods are causin' the prob, but he was a total joke. I can't try Brady's diet, because there are foods he recommends that I know I cant eat.. (Oily/fatty foods appear to cause me to break out around the mouth with that pimply rash thingy... like I had some Lamb tonight for dinner, and that seemed to do the trick) Even a typical elimination diet's main focus is rice (carbs) which may be a causative agent... I know food is my main problem at this point.. and if I ate the right diet, I would be all set.. But I seem to have several food problems... For example.. my problem might involve some sort of wheat intolerance.. (many foods high in carbs seem to cause me problems) but there are also foods that have 0 carbs in them (like the lamb tonight) that will also cause me problems.. Doctors/allergists as always have been completely useless.. and I don't know quite where to go from here.. I want to do some sort of an elimation diet type of idea.. where you eat only safe foods until your symptoms go away, and then add in other foods one at a time... The problem is, I don't know of ANY safe foods that I am sure I can eat.. Fruits = High Sugar... if Brady's theory is correct, fruits are off limits. Many fruits are also quite acidic = trigger for cea. Meats (except chicken) = high in fat... seem to clog pores...contributin' to my prob.. Fish = oily, seems to cause a problem for me (the oilier the fish, the worse the problem) Chicken seems to be ok, except ANYTHING I put on it can be a problem.. (Orange juice, honey/mustard marinade, bread crumbs, lemon, etC) and completely plain chicken is kinda gross.. only vegetables that I can deal with the taste of seem to all be high in carbs.. (squash, carrots, potatoes, etc) For every food, there seems to be at least one reason why I may not be able to eat it.. And when I eat 6 or 7 different foods in a day... Its impossible to tell which is causing the problem... Are there any foods out there that ARE ok to eat regardless of the skin problem? (milk? lettuce? broccoli?) I really think that if I manage to get rid of this food problem I really will begin to have this problem under control... especially now that some of my typical cea (flushing to overheating, water, soap, etc) seems to be coming a little better under control... If anyone can help I could really use it. Even tho my skin looks as gross as ever, I really feel like I'm just one step away from beating this thing.. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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