However, having been on the diet now for almost a year, I find that I can
now eat more carbs like bread and pasta , not alot, but more than I used to
a few months ago, I usually don’t get a flare now from these foods. Have
not really tested this on the high refined sugar side because I am done with
those foods for life.

This diet is definatley not a cure for seb derm but what it does is to help
your skin at least have a fighting chance–there are so many other factors
invloved in a seb derm flare (fungus, immune defects, sebum, hair, stress,
humidity for some,genes, cosmtic products, the list goes on and on) that

controlling diet is just one way that we can try to keep flares down.

I would say it took a month or two of slowly eliminating all sorts of foods
before I noticed it was having a positive impact. But even though, after
about five months on the diet, I had the worst flares of my life and my
controlled diet had zero postive effect. At that point I started taking the
borage oil and within a few weeks the major flare died down and I have been
quite clear for the past 4-5 months, even with eating more foods like bread
and pasta (but still not alot).

Good luck,
RJ

Nothing wrong with eating any of those veggies you mention below–the
avocaods ar especially good as the have some of the good fats in them. The
only thing I would question would be the mushrooms–they themselves are a
type of fungus and as we are trying to control fungus, not sure if they are
a good idea–stay on the safe side and don’t eat them.

I have never had a problem eating any type of spice and I eat alot of real
spicy food with red pepper, horseradish, tabasco–I know some with rosacea
cannot eat these but they don’t make me flush–do some trial and error as it
is nice to be able to eat a much as possible as long as we know it does not
hurt our skin.

Main culprit for seb derm though is definately the sugar and the carbs.

I have also started to eat a lot more nuts and I think it is helping
too–mostly whole plain almonds and plain walnuts–

Good luck
RJ

Thanks for the info. Does green tea contain much caffeine? I’ll
have to check out the diet drinks you mentioned. Also, thanks for
posting your diet. What do you think of the following foods:
mushrooms, avacados, squash, zuccini, bell peppers. What about
spices like pepper and spice mixes like Mrs. Dash? Are these foods
good or bad for seb derm and/or rosacea? I didn’t see these foods in
the document you posted. Thanks.

I drink alot of Crystal Light–its powdered mix that you mix with water–it
has no sugar or calories and tastes pretty good. I also drink diet sprite,
Diet coke with no caffeine (brown and red can),diet minute maid.
Gren tea i good and you can even drink it iced, just add equal or splenda
instead of sugar–