Vegetarianism and SD/Yeast syndrome
I wanted to know if any of the more experienced group members have
heard of a link of vegetarianism and SD? I started vegetarianism when
I was 18, back in 1998, but I wasn’t very educated in what constituted
a healthy veggie diet–basically I just swapped cheeseburgers for
veggie burgers, started eating meatless pizza, kept with the french
fries, ice cream, etc. In 2000 my face developed the mysterious non-
rosacea redness (but no flaking of any kind).
Fast forward to 2005, my face’s still red but now I’ve developed SD
(or an SD-like condition). I’m better about eating but after
examining my day-to-day diet, I came to the realization that it’s a
very, very high carb diet. Two days ago, I decided to do a 2 month-
long experiment and switch to a high-protein/low-carb eating regimen
to see what sort of results I get.
I’ve begun by…
1.] cutting out all fruits and bread
2.] eating small portions of organic, free-range beef and poultry with
every meal
3.] eating lots of leafy, green veggies (even as a vegetarian I didn’t
like these things)
4.] at every meal, adding a teaspoon of flaxseed oil to my veggies
Can anyone else add anything that I may be missing?
Thank you
December 9th, 2005 at 5:29 pm
I am also a long-time vegetarian, and I hate to destroy the theory,
but I had sebderm long before I went veg. Also, I’m not exactly a
health freak, but I’m a fortunate person, I guess, in that I tend to
be attracted to naturally healthy foods. I never eat fried foods,
rarely ice cream, never candy…fish, soy, legumes and nuts are my
proteins and I eat (and love) lots of veggies. My average meal
consists of steamed white fish (ahi, mahi mahi, etc) and tender-
crisp veggies of some variety (broccoli and asparagus are my
faves). I hope you have luck with the healthier diet, but I totally
disagree with a dietary trigger or allergy theory of sebderm
causation. Not that my diet is perfect, but it’s pretty darn good,
and I have VERY severe sebderm. Everyone is different, though, so I
wish you the best of luck. I would say that a more likely cause for
your worsening skin is time — this condition worsens as you get
older. I can certainly attest to my own skin worsening as I’ve
gotten older (I’m 34.) They say you don’t die from it, but you die
with it…
December 11th, 2005 at 8:20 am
Hi Sandra,
I dont think that diet is a trigger for seb derm either, althoug I
think that junk food and stuff like chocolate, coffee and other things
at least wont make it any better. I too eat mostly nuts, vegetables,
whole grains, fish, egg and I drink ecologically produced low fat milk.
I would say seb derm is an auto immune condition, for me triggered by
stress.
I have not seen a worsening by age, but an improvement, but that I
think is due to reduced stress levels and also the fact that I have
taken a regular course of accutane and one low dose course, and that I
work out, something I think helps the immune defense over time. Other
than that, I use the DRL Cutanix every day, and it works ok, but not
good enough to leave me satisfied.
I think, as I have said before, that the TU-2001 from Tamarkin
Pharmceuticals is the next thing that can be a big step forwards in the
treatment of seb derm, since they claim it reduces sebum production and
inflammation with no side effects, and only accutane can do this at the
moment.
I am thinking about giving them a call, but what I read is that it will
go into the market as a prescription drug, although it has no side
effects. But I guess they are after the MONEY.
Best wishes to everyone,
Mads L Holvik, Norway
December 12th, 2005 at 4:28 am
hello all.
i agree. stress is my main trigger. when i am under stress which seams to be
most of the time…nothing but bad skin. personally i feel i need to change my
lifestyle in a major way. not easly done at 37. oddly, though alcohol is not the
best thing, it’s relaxing qualities help my skin. there has been much talk in
this group about an interior cause to SD. i believe this is true. foods don’t
really trigger SD. i have tried eliminating all sorts of possible triggers to no
great effect. it seems that the general treatment, although basicaly the same,
needs a tuned treament. probiotics, flax seed oil, b complex vitamins help. tony
has mentioned that once you clear, a little sun, a lot of excercise and sweating
help. i am still waiting for a good clear up. heat and sweat bring out a red
face every time.
i wonder if there could be a "reciepe for healing" section in the group where
people who have managed to come up with a method of beating SD back could write
out the treatment regime based on the way SD affects them.
i feel the things i have been doing are helping, but i feel i need to do a few
more things to really chase SD away.
just a thought.
piotr
December 16th, 2005 at 11:52 am
I cannot participate in any exercise that causes me to sweat. Even
if I wash my face immediately, I’m in deep trouble within hours. My
face will turn the color of fire, and FEEL like it’s on fire, then
flake like a molting lizard by the next day. The only exercise I
can do is swimming, so I guess I’m lucky to be naturally thin.
Actually, it is any situation where my there is any sweat on my face
that triggers a major tantrum. Annoying disease
December 19th, 2005 at 7:20 pm
i had this too with my seb derm.
ketoconazole and dematasone combination once a day
for a month stopped it. im tapering it off
to once every 2 days .eventually i can get off it hopefully.
also taking vitamon b 100’s