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My battle with food allergies

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(@ktkt86)

Posted : 04/05/2018 4:36 pm

I'm in my 50s now and have had chronic acne since I was about 12 years old. I went to multiple dermatologists for about 35 years and was prescribed the usual antibiotics and topical treatments, which were mostly ineffective. The only thing that worked well for me was Accutane, which I was on for 4 courses of treatment. I finally decided to stop taking Accutane because of the strong side-effects and because I was worried about the effects of taking it long-term.

For many years, I had suspected that my acne was food-related, but was always told by my doctors that it was not the case. About 5 years ago, I gradually began to identify which foods caused acne outbreaks in me and the resulting list is long: dairy, peppers, chocolate, peanuts, tree nuts, caffeine, avocado, turmeric, fried foods, toasted rice. There is no treatment for food allergies and the only recourse is to avoid those foods. For me, dairy and pepper are the hardest foods to avoid because they are ingredients in so many foods. Sometimes, pepper is not even listed as an ingredient even though it is present. I've had food allergy testing done on the above items, but found that the tests came back negative, so I am not allergic to those foods in the traditional medical sense. Yet every time I ingest those foods, I have acne breakouts.

I recently consulted a nutritionist about this and she suspects I have leaky guy syndrome caused by antibiotics and years of poor eating. Yet my teenage daughter has acne caused by some of the same foods, so I am doubtful about that diagnosis. Fortunately, my daughter's acne is not as severe as mine yet, but I am afraid it will get worse.

Last year, I found that the antihistamine Allegra actually worked better on my acne than antibiotics and so that's what I'm taking now. Unfortunately, the Allegra brings with it a bad side-effect of its own, so I'm still looking for a better bandage.

Has anyone heard of such an acute case of acne caused by food allergies before? Any suggestions on how to treat it or deal with it?

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(@julian81)

Posted : 04/06/2018 11:54 am

Hi, Food intolerance test is a good indicatior for many problems. I realized that whatever is in the red mark, it is also possible that these types of food have allergic reactions not only intolerant.

Anyway I decided to struggle with these foods because I loved eggs and find out you can cure it naturally. If that
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If you alreday have severe acne than it is best to avoid certain foods for at least 6 months. I found that acne are caused by infection, bacterical and viral. When I go out on a fresh at least 2 times a day, I felt complete reverse in just 24 hours usually. If I stay inside in the house, the problems are severe. Even if you open the window it doesn't really matter, because oxyen concenration fall down too quickly inside.If I have option for fresh air at night, I sleep at opened windows. It makes a huge difference.

The foods that usually make acne worse are all kind of sugars, fruit as well and vegetable oils, eggs and gluten. I reccomend you consume a lot of vegetables with lean proteins combination. Works best for acne.

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(@ludadubz)

Posted : 04/06/2018 7:11 pm

Julian, when you say vegetables, what type are you talking about and also what type of lean proteins?

i am trying to find some easy ways to cook without consuming any sugary foods such as you are suggesting, but am having a hard time getting a start

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