Hi Brady,






Brady Barrows wrote:
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> Welcome Renee,
>
> Thanks for acknowledging my review of Powell's book. I learned a lot
> reading it and recommend it highly.
>
> Have you had a physician diagnose you with rosacea? Sounds like you
> have since you say you have Ocular Rosacea in one eye.
>
I went to a dermatologist early on. I was put on minocycline and metro
gel for over a year. I didn't like the thought of the long term
antibiotic, plus the topical seemed to make me sore. So, I quit
going. My glasses doc really was the one who told me all about eye
rosacea. The eye doc wanted me to wash the rim of my eye with baby
shampoo, and that also seemed counter intuitive to me, and I didn't last
long on that either. I'm not a very good patient.
>
>
> Besides the low carb diet, what else do you use to treat your rosacea?
>
Nothing and Everything.

The Nothing Part: Over time, I got suspicious of most all products... I
use only real traditional soaps, edible oils like coconut oil instead of
lotion. I run a detergent free home. I use henna and indigo to dye my
hair instead of chemicals. I own green makeup, but I rarely use it.
Sometimes I wonder if my suspicions about products are grounded and I'm
missing something.

So, I'm open to suggestion on products! Lately I've been experimenting
with clay masks a bit.

The Everything Part: I've changed my diet six ways to Sunday. Soon
after stopping my rosacea meds I got an ND and he pointed me to the
Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF), for nutritional advice (whole, real,
traditional food, pro animal foods and fats). From my WAPF base I've
tried the Schwarzbein Principle (medium low carb), yeast regimens (low
carb), cleansing fasts (fainted) and herbal cleanses, FAILSAFE and
Gluten/Casein Free. Sometimes I wonder if my suspicions about food are
grounded and I'm missing something. Lately I've tried adding back
coffee and dairy, but things aren't going so well with them.

I try to get 10 minutes of sunshine on my non-rosacea parts every sunny
day at noon to combat my SAD. I don't drink enough water, and now that
I've read your book, I'm working on it. I go back and forth on supps.
I can take them for a few days, but then after a while they backfire on
me, especially magnesium and b vitamins. When I do take supps, it is
typically Cod Liver Oil, Fish Oil, Acidopholus, Zinc, Vit C and 1/6 of a
multi.

Besides the rosacea I also get hormone related headaches, mild
raynauds, eczema, bad menses. Unlike many people attempting ultra-low
carb diets, I'm skinny. I felt very run down after a few weeks, so I
saw an MD just to be sure I was ok. He wants me on 70-100 g carb and no
lower...he wants me to avoid ketosis is what he flatly said. But he
also said I was fine. A few days after seeing him, I came down with a
rotten flu, and now I'm truly miserable.

Was it because I lowered my carbs, or because I re-raised them? As you
can see, I'm having trouble with attributing lately. I don't know what
to believe any more.

I have two online WAPF friends encouraging me who have beaten their
rosacea with ultra low carb.

Renee
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> Brady
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> --- In rosacea-diet- users-support- group@yahoogroup s.com
> <mailto:rosacea-diet-users-support-group%40yahoogroups.com>, "kefiren"
> <rmcyr@...> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you Brady for that wonderful review of Powell's book. I also
> enjoyed your Hawaiian youtube videos.
> >
> > I'm new here, and I have just begun (3 weeks ago) a low carb diet. I
> told my family that I want Rosacea 101 for my 46th birthday, so
> hopefully I will be up to speed here soon.
> >
> > I have had rosacea for 7 years (at least). It is across the bottom
> of my forehead, the bridge of my nose onto the cheeks somewhat, and
> just recently has spread down to the chin too. (I increased my carbs
> over the last year... Before that I was Low-carb-ish) I also have
> ocular rosacea in one eye.
> >
> > Strange fact... My rosacea goes away when I have a fever.
> >
> > My rosacea is peely, the red flushing comes and goes with certain
> triggers such as enduring a cold windy day and then having hot soup
> for dinner. There can be strange small surface pimples that seem to be
> pus filled, but they don't get infected, they just come and go over
> the course of a few days.
> >
> > I used to get deep pimples but those stopped over the last year.
> Over the last year I experimented with dropping gluten and dairy.
> Before I ate lots of each.
> >
> > Just now, along with much lower carb than I've ever done, I'm
> bringing back small amounts of cheddar and butter to see how things go
> with the deep pimples. So far ok.
> >
> > Just thought I would tell a little of my story! Renee
> >
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