Diet for Acne

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My son's experience

tlicttbh
tlicttbh Posts: 89
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I won't be joining the group permanently. I don't have acne, but my son did when he was in his teens. He had a terrible case. I took him to a naturopath who tested him for allergies and found out he was allergic to wheat, eggs, and dairy to varying degrees. For a month, he was not allowed to eat any of these things. Then the naturopath had my son gradually introduce each one back in small amounts. This greatly improved my son's acne problem.

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  • losingforgood120
    losingforgood120 Posts: 94
    Wow! Very interesting. I'm happy for him. I've been skeptical of allergy testing for some reason but maybe I should give it a shot. The first article I posted did suggest going off dairy and wheat in general. Wheat for being high gylcemic and dairy because of it's connection to acne. How did he deal w/ the life style change socially? I'm a little worried of going on a diet w/ restrictions like that because of how it well affect me socially. I do make a lot of my food at home but I get together with people often. I could see doing it for a month but... long-term seems pretty hard to me. But I guess if I could just add it back in small amounts that could work.

    Thanks for sharing!
  • tlicttbh
    tlicttbh Posts: 89
    My son has Aspergers (a form of autism). He high functioning. He is a "nerdy engineer", so he never cared about the social stuff. He'd bring his own food to social gatherings or not eat. Even now, he'll go to parties where everyone else is drinking, but he doesn't like to drink, so he brings his own Sparkling Cider. Naturopaths vary so much. The way our naturopath tested him is he had my son hold a vial of the allergen and then had my son hold probes that were attached to some sort of electronic device and it told the dr if my son was allergic to that item. My son was able to overcome the allergies by getting totally off of them for 1 month and gradually introducing them in small amounts. With other people, my naturopath has the person hold a vile of the substance and does an acupuncutre treatment which somehow resets the brain. I know it all sounds "hokey", but hey, my son's acne greatly improved. I think he only went about 3X to the naturopath.
  • losingforgood120
    losingforgood120 Posts: 94
    I'm so glad his skin improved! Bad acne is a pain - I mean it can literally be painful to touch!

    My concern w/ social settings isn't so much worrying what people will think of me as much as worrying that I will feel very restricted/frustrated and give up. But I think making a goal like 1 month could help with that. And then adding them back in small amounts and seeing how I do.

    Whether I'm allergic to dairy and wheat or not- it does seem to be related to acne based on what I've read. Maybe after our summer vacation I'll give it a shot for a month!! For now I'm going to focus on adding in omega 3 foods to my diet. (I think the diet restricting would be very challenging while staying with relatives, etc.)

    My other concern with giving up dairy is it contributes significantly to me getting enough protein. I'd have to change my diet up quite a bit to make up for taking out dairy. (But I guess if I'm adding in fish and beans... problem solved.)

    By the way- I'm a speech therapist and love the kiddos I've worked with that have Aspergers. :smile:

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