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Swimming With Eczema.. All Bad?
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Ahh.. Summer. Well maybe not quite yet (I get excited by the end of winter!) but warmer weather is finally here anyway. And while eczema sufferers may get excited that the cold dry weather has left, warmer weather presents a whole new series of problems. Not least of these, swimming. Now, I am not saying stay indoors and [...]
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Eczema and Your Diet – Does it Matter?
Thursday, October 29, 2009
I often get asked if food makes a difference to eczema and other itchy skin conditions, and by often, I mean 20+ times per week. You know what, my answer is always the same. YES!! I believe that what we shove in our mouths nowadays is almost completely responsible for the massive increase in eczema occurrence over [...]
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Melbourne Pregnancy, Baby & Childrens Expo
Sunday, October 11, 2009
As you may or may not know, the team here at XMA do the Pregnancy, Baby and Children’s Expo all around Australia and this weekend coming, 16 – 18 October it is Melbourne’s turn again. We are on our way down there this week so it is all systems go getting everything ready for 3 days [...]
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I agree with what you say re: processed food. However I note you also suggest “Cut out wheat, gluten and dairy from your diet”. Is this to rule out allergies, because I’m pretty sure everyone in the 1960s everyone was eating bread and milk!
i definitely think that we have become lazy in the way we prepare food and that it contributes. i mean we used to have our own vegie patches and things like that now its quick and easy things!
I personally still shop at a butcher and the farmers market for fruit and veg.. but due to the price of alot of stuff now days i have resorted to some packet stuff myself.. where are the days gone where the fresh stuff was CHEAPER ?? hmm LOL I am quiet horrified when i look at the list of ingredients, in alot of processed foods now days.. and i do try my best to buy from the health food isles if i can.. especially when it comes to childrens snacks. i much prefer to spend a little extra and buy rice wheels and monster rice snacks then chips, but even these are still highly refined and processed!
I have noticed since reducing alot of the chemicals in my childrens diets it has eased their severity of their ezcema.. including myself, as well as imporved their behaviour as there are not all the colours and additives that they react to also! But suprisingly .. CITRUS has a huge effect also.. the natural acids in tomatoes and citrus .. which was an interesting find. I have also found it REALLY Hard to cut out wheat, gluten and Dairy with my children. gluten not as MUCH as wheat and dairy.. but still.. even soy products come with their problems and price tag to.. cos alot of soy products are now becoming over processed as well.
Because of this, i have been picking my grandmothers brains while she is still here ..for all her old recipies, and to go back to farmer basics to learn to make every thing from scratch again! I have attempted at starting my own veggie patch, but as i can only do so in pots due to rental properties not allowing you to put in veggie patches or garden beds, has become quite a fruitless task. Food prepared from scratch are also instilled with love!
With Take away foods… i try to limit it to a very very rare somtimes food with my children. i avoid KFC like the plague, the reaction my children have to what ever it is they put in their secret spices, not only creates a massive behavioural spike (bad behaviour, tantrums etc) as well as a massive ezcema reaction in my middle son! His flare up can last n e where up to a week! With myself and two out of three of my children with ezcema its a constant battle we face every day! But through lots of mistakes and time.. we learn and change our behaviour
Funny thing is though, the milk and bread that was being eaten back then had little to no resemblance to what we eat today..
Have seen some good results from cutting gluten, dairy and processed sugars. I would start with preservatives and processed stuff first though.
Quick & Easy doesn’t have to mean packet though..
Cook a piece of meat or fish and make a salad or steamed vegies isn’t time consuming or difficult..
Diet makes a massive difference… with a week of no junk and no caffine my skin is clearer… and i have found my break out has gone down, i believe that if you strip your food down to the basics is the best.
I had gall stones after having my child, so i had to have a no fat diet prior to the surgery, which i found was amazing for my body and skin, i have never looked so good and felt amazing, ppl said that i looked glowing and the weight just dropped off.
so yes food does matter!
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