Hi Helen,

I am using Celtic sea salt. How much salt do u take a day? How long
does it took for you to get ride of rosaeca? Does sugar affect u?

thanks
Amanda


--- In rosacea-diet-users-support-group@yahoogroups.com, "Brady
Barrows" <brady@...> wrote:
>
> I found these two posts in my WHAT WORKS database about salt:
>
> #24 Helen Cooper
> hjcooper@... wrote:
>
> I found a cure that worked perfectly for me. I must warn you
however, that I am not
> doctor, I am only saying what worked for me. If you have high blood
pressure or are
> overweight, consult a doctor before trying this.
>
> Below is my theory:
> Rosacea is not a skin problem but a stomach problem. When the
stomach is ill, extra
> blood flushes in to heal it. However, all parts of the digestive
are interactive & blood
> flushes into other parts of the digestive system as well, namely
the mouth & nose. This
> extra blood, over a period of time, stretches the veins & causes
capillaries in the face to
> enlarge, resulting in redness & other problems. This is not true
for everyone, but for those
> who have a genetic tendency to blush easily; the veins are maybe
more delicate &
> stretchier & become damaged more easily.
>
> Rosacea could be caused by an ulcer; sometimes chemotherapy can
cause damage to the
> stomach lining and a temporary case of rosacea could occur.
>
> Rosacea has also been associated with a lack of digestive acid
(Hydrochloric acid {HCL})in
> the stomach. It's possible the stomach loses the ability to make
acid, but perhaps it just
> lacks the ingredients to make it. Namely hydrogen & chlorine.
Hydrogen is everywhere, but
> what about chlorine?
>
> Well, I believe our main source of chlorine is good old salt, NaCL.
Our bodies contain
> about a cup of salt, but if you don't eat much, you will gradually
begin to run out & the
> body will not function properly. The stomach will have trouble
digesting & blood will come
> flushing in.
>
> We've been given this blanket advice that Americans eat too much
salt, and have been led
> to believe that the less we eat the better off we are. I have grave
doubts about this since I
> gotten rid of Rosacea by getting off my long time low-salt diet. It
took me months rather
> than weeks to get cured. And I don't mean just improved, I mean I
got rid of it.
>
> The warning is, however, that salt holds water & may cause one to
become heavier, which
> could be dangerous in a high blood pressure situation.
>
> _______________________________________________________
> #23 Helen
> hjcooper@...
>
> My perfect cure cost practically nothing but just took some
patience. After experimenting
> with various diets, I found that my rosacea was nothing but a
deficiency of sodium
> chloride--table salt. It took several months on a diet containing
at least 2400 mg of salt
> per day (the minimum daily requirement) to get rid of the worst of
the flushing. It took
> quit some time longer to get red of all the bumps & redness
entirely, and I have to stay on
> a diet containing an adequate amount of salt.
>
> The WHAT WORKS database can be found at this url >
>
> http://www.rosaceans.com/html/whatworks.html?
> key=zY315SNX&formname=rosaceansdata
>