raw foods and skin health

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Permalink Reply by Kat on February 27, 2009 at 11:18am

same for me - I don't quite feel up to trying a colonic

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Permalink Reply by Casey Thomas on February 28, 2009 at 2:11am

Hi Greg and Kat,

If you are not going to do colonics you need to keep a fair amount of high quality unprocessed cooked foods in your diet. Steamed and baked vegetables and high quality grains like quinoa etc are all good. Your skin is rashy because your colon isn't coping so you need to not push it further.

I wouldn't even go near fasting without enemas or colonics.

Hope that helps.

Casey

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Permalink Reply by Greg Sinicrope on February 28, 2009 at 2:48am

Casey,
It's good for all of us that smart people like you are on the site. I wanted to fast but read a few days ago in Susan Cabot's book that if you don't do enemas or colonics when you fast, you risk having a lot of toxins sitting in your body during the fast. I would not have know this unless I looked at her book, but you are putting it out there for others to see. Good health for most of us toxin-laden Americans is not as simple as drinking a few cups of wheatgrass and skipping Cambell's soups. And cleansing is complicated because you can do too much too soon or do it in such a way that the toxins do not get flushed but reabsorbed. Thanks for your insight. I think it's best to get help when you fast from a good guide -- a naturopath, or a great book/author that you trust. Greg

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Permalink Reply by Casey Thomas on February 28, 2009 at 2:53am

No problems Greg. I hope the advice helps and you get some peace from your symptoms very soon!

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Permalink Reply by Refresh on February 28, 2009 at 9:21am

It's making me hungry.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Sinicrope on February 28, 2009 at 11:48am

Suvine, But it just so happens that I look exactly like this dish. It's one of those funny coincidences in life. Nobody knew what to make of me (no pun intended) until the raw foods movement came along. Then, finally, I got a little understanding and appreciation.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Sinicrope on March 1, 2009 at 1:24pm

PLA: Thank you so much for this information. Again, the dermatologist was clueless about all this and did indeed take a biopsy of my eczema spot, saying all of it has nothing to do with food. Let's both cleanse on!

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Permalink Reply by Greg Sinicrope on March 1, 2009 at 1:28pm

PLA: I read your blog. You might want to include a photo of the skin irritation. I took photos of mine and sent it to an eczema expert (Donia, mentioned in previous postings) and to my brother, an MD who forwarded it the photo to a dermatologist at Mayo. No doubt lots of others are experiencing outbreaks while changing diet.

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Permalink Reply by Meadow on February 28, 2009 at 11:09pm

Hey PLA that's amazing, I get granuloma anulare on my elbow too! I first got it many years ago and was told it's often found in diabetics, but otherwise the cause was unknown. It wentt away when I went on a no-grain diet, but i couldn't continue with that diet due to other symptoms, so it came back. Were you told it's a sign of detoxing?

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Permalink Reply by Greg Sinicrope on March 1, 2009 at 1:31pm

Yes, this is very sound advice and thank you very much. I fully agree that going to a dermatologist will make you a "serial dermatologist goer," and this, of course means you never really heal or get a cure but wait for symptoms to reappear so you can return. That's the system. Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Camille on March 1, 2009 at 1:42pm

I used to go to a dermatologist on a regular basis as a teenager because I had severe acne and all she gave me was drugs and more drugs – no advice on how to improve my diet, my routine, etc. Now I have to detox from years of taking seriously strong acne meds (10+ years), on top of all the antibiotics I was fed as a child... :(
On the other hand, I still believe it is important to have anything suspicious-looking checked, just in case...

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Permalink Reply by Camille on March 3, 2009 at 5:50pm

Well you'd heard right – lots of tetracylcine and roaccutane/accutane (which is even worse)...
At least, I managed to convince my younger sister not to make the same mistakes... :)
Even though skin complaints aren't very pleasant, it's always a relief to find out it isn't cancer. :)

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