raw foods and skin health

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Permalink Reply by jason on February 26, 2009 at 10:08pm

If it were me, I'd try fresh aloe vera and wheatgrass pulps on the exteral effected area along with adding wheatgrass juice to your diet and stop eating cacao.

I doubt its the kale.

Peace

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Permalink Reply by Greg Sinicrope on February 26, 2009 at 10:12pm

Thanks, Jason, for the tip. I also doubt it's the kale but when I returned to the kale drinks, it got a bit worse. No more cacao for me. Paul Nilsson, a raw foods author, thinks chocolate is not a health food at all. Aloe vera is supposed to be good for the skin so I will consider this. Greg

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Permalink Reply by FractaLove on February 26, 2009 at 10:12pm

Green smoothies have given me similar problems, although I think my issues were due to a high sugar high potassium diet that removed too much sodium from my body and simultaneously made me vulnerable to fungal infection.

Still not totally sure, but I switched back to my old ways of eating with just maybe 50% raw with plenty of salt, and my problems with dry skin and itchiness went away. These days, I'll eat a raw salad with raw root veggies, plenty of cooked starch, a fair amount of raw meats (mostly fish) and a solid amount of raw eggs.

I'm not entirely sure I'm in better shape than before I started raw, but I feel good and energetic in general, and appearance wise - well, nothing can help my face when I'm just plain ugly ...
but It's not really an issue. I love my face. LOL

Oh, I think Green Smoothies with kale were a primary factor in many of my issues, and I remember someone by the name of Meadow, who I think reported similar difficulties. Not sure if this is true for you, as it seems quite a few on here do really well with kale- based green smoothies.

I guess my only useful contribution is this: higher salt plus a bit more cooked food plus getting off the high-fruit 811 crap removed my strange raw food symptoms.

Love and Light,
FractaLove

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Permalink Reply by Greg Sinicrope on February 26, 2009 at 10:18pm

thank you. I think the subject of optimal health is full of mystery. I have seen a dermatologist, a naturopathic doctor, have communicated with an expert on eczema (she cured herself with healthy foods, primarily, meaning no medicine, no herbs or pills of any kind) and they all say different things about eczema. thanks

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Permalink Reply by Josh Fossgreen on March 1, 2009 at 9:38pm

811 helps my skin. Seems like a lot of people like to bash it (calling it 'crap') because they didn't get it to work for themselves. 811 works for a lot of people, done properly, and it's a great way to eat if you are interested in staying 100% raw.

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Permalink Reply by Kat on February 26, 2009 at 10:20pm

I had the same damn problem, and I am still recovering. I got eczema all over my legs and back, and I had never had it before in my life - although I have a family history of it. It all started when I converted my diet to organic, then raw... I thought maybe raw was giving me too much of a detox reaction, so I tried going back to some cooked, processed foods and it only got worse. It seemed to me that I was already detoxing and couldn't really go back. I am slowly improving. I did a juice fast for a week, and that gave me a little improvement but it didn't seem to last. Whatever toxins were causing me such trouble, they seemed to be difficult for my body to eliminate once the raw food had stirred them up from their hiding places. I am now using detox patches that contain bamboo vinegar. I put them on my feet every night, and every morning a see a bunch of dark grey gunk that has been sucked out of my body.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Sinicrope on February 26, 2009 at 10:33pm

Kat,

I think that once your body has this kind of reaction, it does not go away overnight. One must be patient. If you google the words "eczema" and "Donia" together, you'll get the website of a real expert. She has helped me a lot. Thanks for the reply.

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Permalink Reply by Kat on February 26, 2009 at 10:48pm

So far, I have had it for about 3 months... but warm weather will be coming very quickly to southern Cali, and I need to get this fixed soon! I need to be able to wear normal clothing and not long pants when it is hot outside. :-/

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Permalink Reply by Kat on February 26, 2009 at 10:53pm

I am looking at the website. I will forward it to my parents - they both constantly suffer from eczema. Thank you!

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Permalink Reply by Greg Sinicrope on February 27, 2009 at 2:41am

Kat,
Donia is a great source of info. I called her and spoke with her. Her health focus is based on a book by Henry Bieler, MD, and it's called Food is your Best Medicine. I read it, along with lots of other books on health and this is a great book. Basically he believes that food heals the body, the right food, that is. As an MD he never prescribed pills, but always certain kinds of foods. The ideal of Hippocrates: "Let food be your medicine, medicine your food." Sounds like eczema runs in your family, so I would get on Donia's mailing list. She sends a lot of great information. Best of luck to you, Kat.

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Permalink Reply by Camille on February 28, 2009 at 6:20pm

Great tip, than you so much, Greg!
I've been getting some tiny dry patches on my arms, legs and stomach, which I suspect may be eczema (my skin definitely takes over when my digestive system fails to get rid of toxins)... And I suffer from acne (face, back, chest, scalp – unless it is another type of skin eruption, etc.).
I will try and follow the recommendations as well as get my other elimination systems 'in working order'. :)

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Permalink Reply by Loulou on February 28, 2009 at 3:08am

can you add a little more info about these detox patches please, where did you get them from etc? many thanks for mentioning this.

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