food elimination diet

[dianeJ]

I have decided to find out once and for all what foods, if any, aggravate my P with a strict food elimination diet.  I searched many different food interence/ allergy sites and decided to follow this one because it was the most inclusive that I found.

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The diet is strict.  Nothing that you would normally eat or that would be fed to the animals that you eat.

No wheat, other grains, rice, soy, beans, legumes, dairy, beef, pork, chicken, farm raised fish, onions, mushrooms, yeast forming foods, caffeine, alcohol, some oils, night shades, herbal teas, soft dinks.

Also avoid places with possible chemicals in the air - fabric stores, shoe stores, garden centers, smokey bars, etc. that might aggrevate.

After 2 days I'm crabby with a horrible caffeine withdrawal headache, but I plan to stick it out.

Without reading about all of the alternative things you can do from this site and the successes that some of you have had, I never would have tried to do this!

[twinks]

Good on you, i'm trying a similar diet myself. I'm glad you found this site helpful too.

Currebtly I'm trying to eat as much fresh produce as possible, and having veggie juice every day. I'm avoiding dairy products, and trying to cut down on fats, and sugar, although i'm finding the sugar bit a little hard at the mo, girly time of the month and i need chocolate!

Also drinking herbal teas and generally just taking care of myself. When i've eaten well all week though i allow myself a treat at the weekend, we have to have our little pleasures!

Hope it works for you and you see some results Diane, good luck with it, and let us know how you get on.

Debs.

[LouiseB]

Well done you two, it is hard to cut down on the things you like but if you find out what aggrevates your P, it will be worth it.

I get that chocolate craving once a month too, buy some really good quality chocolate - you will find you won't eat so much of it and apparently chocolate in small doses is good for you.  Did I read that somewhere or did I just dream it    

[jjoblogs1]

 ((:y Good luck diana_j,keep us posted with the outcome,...................... ((:c

[twinks]

Yep i heard good quality dark chocolate is good for your blood or well its good for something!

Have you tried Green and Blacks Organic chocolate? Ooh more like orgasmic!

[stewart_h]

cutting out red meatand alchohol are widely acccepted in nutrition as helping.

through mu own research i have come full circle and believe psoriasis to be a form of lver disease that they yet dont understand in which the liver cannot process certain toxins, the bowel effect people notice i think is secondary to this liver problem (a knock on effect).

[Alibird]

I did it and it really works!!! Just before the milennim I got a sore throat and a very severe case of Guttate ps to add to my normal bad skin. I was nearly 95% coverage on my legs and it was over every where else and spreading daily. I could hardle wals, and the bed, clothes, etc all hurt to touch my skin. I was taken to the NHS specialist immediately, where he got a lot of others to gawp at me. Worst case Blah blah blah. They wanted to put me in hosp and give me all that toxic cancerous topical treatment, which I refused. So I went to see a kinesiologist and a herbalist. The kinesiologist gave me an elimination diet, like the one you said above, the caveman diet. I also saw a herbalist who concocted disgusting stuff for me, a good herbalist called Thiery March, he sells ready to use stuff online at You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
I did this for 3 months and my skin cleared completely for the first time in 15 years!! I really stuck to the diet though, no bread, pasta, etc, I had 1 glass of wine at the weekend as a treat. It was tough but good results. Then came the millenium, big parties etc, and it crept back. But you have got to live!! So now,, I know what to avoid, and I balance leading a normal life with having tolerable ps. This year is the one that I am planning on cracking how to get rid of it and live normally, I will keep you posted!!

[adrian_hoble]

cutting out red meatand alchohol are widely acccepted in nutrition as helping.

through mu own research i have come full circle and believe psoriasis to be a form of lver disease that they yet dont understand in which the liver cannot process certain toxins, the bowel effect people notice i think is secondary to this liver problem (a knock on effect).

Hi, Stewart.
You opened that box again...
I`m very very interested in that as I have HCV ; have the virus in me and "waiting" for the cirrhosis to come over my liver....the later the better. Interpheron was no good for me; had to stop it after 4 months....
Can you give me some details about your theory; maybe on pm if you don`t want to start any debates in public on pho ?
I`d be very greatful for that, as I also have the feeling that these two - the liver and p -  are connected.... :-/
Thanx.

[twinks]

Yep they are. I had blood tests years ago, I wont go into detail, it'll take me all day, but they are linked.

Good liver cleansers are : celery and cucumber, milk thistle, Every day i make a veggie juice in the juicer, of celery cucumber, apple, carrot , aloe vera juice and milk thistle drops.  Skin is much smoother and so is P, and has faded.

I did go out at weekend, and had a drink, the next day my P was red raw and sore, because of the alcohol, so double dosing on the juice to clean liver out and get P back on track!

I highly recommend getting a juicer, can get huge amounts of veg/fruit down you in one go, no cooking, no eating, just a glass full of goodness, and you see the difference in a week, I did.

Debs.  

[charm]

The elimination diet sounds tough, so well done you guys.
I don't really crave chocolate and love fruit and veg but when there is none in the house and my boyfriend works nights at Tescos bringing home bags of chocolate each day I get tempted, however I can resist chocolate for a good dose of grapes or strawberry's.
Don't have a juicer though, perhaps I should invest in one.