SUGAR!!!

[Angie]

Hey all!

I know there is a big thing going on with diets affecting P at the moment so can anyone tell if they have ever noticed a link between flare ups and sugar?

I'm pretty sure of my opinions with all the other food we're supposed to avoid but I'm not sure about sugar.

Any ideas?

Angie  

[Alison]

havent herd of this 1 :-/

[Len]

i am diabetic... don't know of any relation to p.

[mustang]

I've never noticed this either.  

Think it would be hard to find a link as sugar is everywhere in all different types of food!

Guess it wouldn't harm to cut down on the choccie though  

[DNAT1975]

i found a list of what you should eat and shouldnt  on the internet i lost the link it said sugar along with alcohol are the two worst things for p my derm says what you eat or drink doesnt have an effect on p umm

[Angie]

Its a strange one this really!!

I've heard stuff about it too but I suppose it goes with the "avoid everything thats generally bad for you"  rule.

I've always had a bad relationship with derms so I stopped seeing them because they generally have the view that they must treat the symptoms rather than the cause, therefore out ruling any suggestions that food could be the underlying problem, which I believe is wrong.

The way I deal with my skin is to look at my life as a whole and see what I'm doing to cause so much stress to my skin, be it food, lack of sleep, emotional upsets or genally a bad life style. I think us a P sufferers have to live our lives differently to the none sufferers as we seem to have much more sensitive bodies that can't cope with what is concidered as the 'NORM' these days.

Luv Angie x

[Aston]

Hi Angie
Interesting idea, Ive been on the Atkins diet since last July and one of the things i have cut right out is sugar. Lost lots of weight but sadly its not had any effect on my P.

Andrew  

[scarletgail]

i've noticed no problem here

[doug88]

dont know about sugar, but ive noticed that if i have a heavy night on the drink my p flares up a bit, i also heard that pork can be bad for p,? anybody else heard that one?

[Princess Sarah]

Hey, well have you noticed most things which contains sugar also contains butter? I am not being ignorant at the fact that sugar may be a cause but I've have known butter in big amounts leads to outbreaks.