Hi Brady. No I haven't tried an dairy whatsoever so far. I'm taking
the 'to-the-letter' approach for 30 days so I can hopefully get a
control of the red flareups. Once I've done this I want to carry on
with the diet and try things out 1 at a time e.g. real cream.
I'm currently on my 4th day. Its hard to say how things are going at
present my symptoms seem so random. Last Wednesday was a terrible
day - lots of hot itchy flareups on my forehead which left quite
prominent spots. These then turned into many small ones all over my
forehead. These have now faded to be blotchy red and a little bumpy.
However since starting the diet I haven't had any major flareups,
just a couple of little tingles with a very small red mark.

I'll certainly try the ice cream thing - ice cream is something I've
really missed this last 6 months!


--- In rosacea-diet-users-support-group@yahoogroups.com, "Brady
Barrows" <brady@...> wrote:
>
> Welcome to the RDUSG Chris,
>
> Yes, this one keeps coming up with a few who have the wonderful
> blessing of being thin already and certainly can't afford to loose
more
> weight.
>
> Have you tried using cream in your diet to see if you get a
reaction
> either an allergic one or whatever?
>
> In my book I mention a protein powder without any sugar or sugar
> substitutes, but the one that would seem good for you is the
protein
> powder made with eggs. I hope you can eat eggs? If you can, I
> suggest eating LOTS of eggs.
>
> There is ice cream without sugar. I know you shouldn't eat any
> sugar substitutes for thirty days, so how many days have you tried
> the Rosacea Diet? The only reason I say no sugar substitutes for
> thirty days is most people have been eating a diet high in sugar
and
> taste buds have been so dulled by the sugar that they can't taste
> sweet things like fruit. By restricting the no sugar/no sugar
substitutes
> this will allow a user to detect anything sweet in their diet that
sneaks
> by them because they were not careful to read the ingredient list
or
> when ordering something out can can't read an ingredient list.
Since
> you have already cut sugar out of your diet for five months, I
suggest
> you stock up on the wonderful ice creams that have no carbs. There
> are so many to choose from that your head will spin. You just have
to
> watch out for such phrases as 'No Sugar ADDED" or other nonesense
> advertisements on such products. Look at the total carb content.
>
> I think is it safe for you to use sugar substitutes like Stevia. If
you do
> a Google search and type in 'Ice Cream without Sugar' you will get
a
> number of recipes on how to make ice cream without sugar. Sounds
> like that might help you out a lot to gain some weight.
>
> You might want to read this about ice cream without sugar FYI >
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2g4c9t
>
> By the way, I just heard about a new product called Maltisorb >
>
> http://www.maltitol-maltisorb.roquette.com/
>
> Hope this helps. There may be some others in the group that will
also
> give you some ideas on how to gain weight.
>
> Brady
>
> --- In rosacea-diet-users-support-group@yahoogroups.com, "flemmoct"
<flemmoct@>
> wrote:
> >
> > I realise similar topics have already been started on this, but I
> > have a specific question relating to the weightloss.
> >
> > Even though I've only just read 'Rosacea Diet' I have known for
some
> > time the evils of sugar and have pretty much lived without it for
the
> > last 5 months with a diet high in white meat and vegetables and
no
> > refined sugar. So you could say I was already half way to the
> > Rosacea diet - just got it wrong with high carbs! In this time I
have
> > lost about 1 stones (14 pounds) which has left me a little
> > underweight. I am pretty motivated to do the Rosacea diet but
don't
> > really want to loose any more weight - Ideally I want to put
about 8
> > pounds back on. The 'Rosacea Diet' book recommends cream and
nuts
> > (after the 30-day diet) to keep the weight on. However I have
read
> > many reports that dairy is itself a trigger, so I would prefer to
> > avoid the risk by not consuming cream.
> >
> > Is there anything else I could try? Would soya cream substitute
do
> > the trick? Perhaps there is a protein powder out there that has
no
> > sugar, sugar substitute and low carbs?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Chris
> >
>