Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Eczema Treatment: Avoiding Triggers - Food Allergies
In the treatment of eczema food can play an important role in the control of your eczema. People with eczema often have other symptoms that suggest the diagnosis of food allergy. The involvement of the skin has often been a puzzle to some with eczema. Often, it is the symptoms of food allergy that motivate people to start diet revision and an improvement in their eczema condition is noted along with improvement in other symptoms such a gastrointentestinal disturbances, migraine headache, sinusitis, and fatigue.
There are different types of flushing caused by the intake of various foods and beverages. A very interesting note is that not everything affects everybody. Everyone is different! While you will find 50 foods below causing problems, the average supermarkets has thousands of foods available that can provide nutrition as well as energy. The allergy foods can be subdivided into the various categories as follows:
Eczema redness or vascular dilation is partially caused by high calorie carbohydrates (pastas, breads) and sugar spiking from all sweet foods. Just remember kids having a sugar high and bouncing off the walls due to energy available. So think of things that give you a high burn rate, high energy, or foods that would most likely add fat to your body, and you would be identifying the worst culprits So reducing food consumption with obviously less food reduces the heat/calories burned with the body being noticeably colder during the winter and less noticeable during the Summer helps to control facial redness. As there is less heat by calories burned, there is less redness or dilation. Therefore, three small meals with breakfast being the most important and grazing in between meals is better for limiting this kind of flushing, however it is important to keep the daily calorie intake within one's calorie budget to maintain your ideal weight.
Quite different are the foods that are blood vessel dilators such as vinegars, hot spices and various other spicy seasonings, hot sauces, peppers (including black pepper) and meat marinades. Also, tomatoes and many citrus fruits and related juices, bananas, and red plums, raisin, and figs, pasta, cheese, and chocolates are some of the worst offenders to many. Other very common known flushing foods are liver, yogurt, sour cream, cheese, vanilla, soy sauce, yeast extract eggplant, avocados, spinach, broad-leaf beans and pods, including lima, navy or peas. Also, allergies to malt and yeast beverages, and fermented alcohols would fall into the allergy category.
There are different types of flushing caused by the intake of various foods and beverages. A very interesting note is that not everything affects everybody. Everyone is different! While you will find 50 foods below causing problems, the average supermarkets has thousands of foods available that can provide nutrition as well as energy. The allergy foods can be subdivided into the various categories as follows:
Eczema redness or vascular dilation is partially caused by high calorie carbohydrates (pastas, breads) and sugar spiking from all sweet foods. Just remember kids having a sugar high and bouncing off the walls due to energy available. So think of things that give you a high burn rate, high energy, or foods that would most likely add fat to your body, and you would be identifying the worst culprits So reducing food consumption with obviously less food reduces the heat/calories burned with the body being noticeably colder during the winter and less noticeable during the Summer helps to control facial redness. As there is less heat by calories burned, there is less redness or dilation. Therefore, three small meals with breakfast being the most important and grazing in between meals is better for limiting this kind of flushing, however it is important to keep the daily calorie intake within one's calorie budget to maintain your ideal weight.
Quite different are the foods that are blood vessel dilators such as vinegars, hot spices and various other spicy seasonings, hot sauces, peppers (including black pepper) and meat marinades. Also, tomatoes and many citrus fruits and related juices, bananas, and red plums, raisin, and figs, pasta, cheese, and chocolates are some of the worst offenders to many. Other very common known flushing foods are liver, yogurt, sour cream, cheese, vanilla, soy sauce, yeast extract eggplant, avocados, spinach, broad-leaf beans and pods, including lima, navy or peas. Also, allergies to malt and yeast beverages, and fermented alcohols would fall into the allergy category.
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