Guest guest Posted January 22, 1999 Report Share Posted January 22, 1999 vickie@... wrote: Donna... please re-post the list of foods that you know trigger's your rosacea. I found the post I mentioned - it was actually on the alt.support.skin-diseases site. I have made a few updates to it. cea can be triggered by several different foods. Here is a list I received from the National cea Society. All of these foods affect my rosacea and I have spoken with many other people with the same problems. These foods all either release histamines or are vasodialators. Most people are not triggered by all of these things - unless you're totally lucky like me! Triggers: Alcohol Caffeine Yeast Beans/Nuts (including chocolate, vanilla, cola nut, kidney beans, navy beans, sunflower, soybean, pecans, pistachios, cashews, peanuts, etc.) Vinegar (salad dressings, mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, marinated meats, etc.) Spinach Avocados Citrus fruits (This may include fruits with small amounts of citric acid - like apples. And possibly all fruit juices (like me). Grapes, Raisins, Prunes, Figs, Plums Bananas Tomatoes (Don't forget ketchup!) Cheese Sour Cream Yogurt Soy Sauce BHT, BHA, MSG, Yellow #5, Red #40, Blue #1, and nitrates also set mine off. I have heard nitrates can be a common trigger for other people as well. Also, any food allergies can trigger it -which I have plenty of. If you are having problems with food triggers, you should probably cut out all unprocessed foods - you won't have to worry about unknown preservatives, colorings, etc. If you believe you have additional food allergies - get tested! I told the doctor that several foods I tested positive for I absolutely KNEW I was not allergic to. However, as the allergies got worse, I realized the tests were actually correct! When mine is really bad, I just basically eat meat, vegetables, and rice. I lost plenty of weight before my rosacea was treated! Salt/sugar (with no additives/uniodized salt) were also triggers for me when my rosacea was untreated. These two things did not bother me until after I had progressively developed reactions to all of the foods on the rosacea list. I know these caused the reactions because I tested them separately without eating any other foods. Fortunately, neither sugar or salt bother me now - probably because I started taking the medicine before it had a chance to progress. Donna G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 1999 Report Share Posted January 22, 1999 vickie@... wrote: Donna... please re-post the list of foods that you know trigger's your rosacea. I found the post I mentioned - it was actually on the alt.support.skin-diseases site. I have made a few updates to it. cea can be triggered by several different foods. Here is a list I received from the National cea Society. All of these foods affect my rosacea and I have spoken with many other people with the same problems. These foods all either release histamines or are vasodialators. Most people are not triggered by all of these things - unless you're totally lucky like me! Triggers: Alcohol Caffeine Yeast Beans/Nuts (including chocolate, vanilla, cola nut, kidney beans, navy beans, sunflower, soybean, pecans, pistachios, cashews, peanuts, etc.) Vinegar (salad dressings, mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, marinated meats, etc.) Spinach Avocados Citrus fruits (This may include fruits with small amounts of citric acid - like apples. And possibly all fruit juices (like me). Grapes, Raisins, Prunes, Figs, Plums Bananas Tomatoes (Don't forget ketchup!) Cheese Sour Cream Yogurt Soy Sauce BHT, BHA, MSG, Yellow #5, Red #40, Blue #1, and nitrates also set mine off. I have heard nitrates can be a common trigger for other people as well. Also, any food allergies can trigger it -which I have plenty of. If you are having problems with food triggers, you should probably cut out all unprocessed foods - you won't have to worry about unknown preservatives, colorings, etc. If you believe you have additional food allergies - get tested! I told the doctor that several foods I tested positive for I absolutely KNEW I was not allergic to. However, as the allergies got worse, I realized the tests were actually correct! When mine is really bad, I just basically eat meat, vegetables, and rice. I lost plenty of weight before my rosacea was treated! Salt/sugar (with no additives/uniodized salt) were also triggers for me when my rosacea was untreated. These two things did not bother me until after I had progressively developed reactions to all of the foods on the rosacea list. I know these caused the reactions because I tested them separately without eating any other foods. Fortunately, neither sugar or salt bother me now - probably because I started taking the medicine before it had a chance to progress. Donna G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 1999 Report Share Posted January 22, 1999 Also - the longer you stay away from the foods, your reactions to them will get much better, eventually allowing you to eat these things occasionally. Just remember, when you decide to try eating some of these things again ROTATE! If you decide to have tomatoes one time, don't eat them again for about a week - I speak from experience - doing that will only make your reactions worse. Just because you got by with it the first time, doesn't mean you can eat it three days in a row. Hope the list helps! Donna G. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 1999 Report Share Posted January 22, 1999 Also - the longer you stay away from the foods, your reactions to them will get much better, eventually allowing you to eat these things occasionally. Just remember, when you decide to try eating some of these things again ROTATE! If you decide to have tomatoes one time, don't eat them again for about a week - I speak from experience - doing that will only make your reactions worse. Just because you got by with it the first time, doesn't mean you can eat it three days in a row. Hope the list helps! Donna G. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 1999 Report Share Posted February 9, 1999 Hi Lance, > Yoe ho ho all my red-faced friends of mine, > > I am really confused on this " trigger " issue. What in the world can > we eat here without our rosacea flaring up to some degree? I know > alcohol, spicy foods, and caffine are the big ones but every time I > read these messages someone else has a different one. Yo ho ho too ! people are just very different. I have posted before that the whole triggers discussion in kinda mute to me because I have no chemical/food triggers, only exercise and heat. Food allergies play a part for some people but not me. There are others on the list who are the same as me. I have noticed that when my rosacea is under control as in less lumpy and pustuly (is that a word ?) the flushing is also less, so I can tolerate more exercise before looking like Santa. BTW I played Santa at the company Christmas do last year and for once was proud of my red nose :-) davidp. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 1999 Report Share Posted February 15, 1999 Hi Donna, As I sat there today in the Drs office listening to him say that food doesnt play a major role in rosacea/seb derm, I knew he wasnt right. He handed me a list of possible food triggers that I didnt notice until I got home(it was an early morning apt and I am definitely not with it in the morning!!) and I was like ,what the hell is he talking about that food doesnt factor into this! Here are some of the foods listed: Liver,Yogurt,Sour cream, Cheese(except cottage cheese),Chocolate,Vanilla,Soy sauce,Yeast extract(bread is ok), Vinegar,Eggplant,Avocados, Spinach, Broad leaf beans and pods,including lima,navy or pea, Citrus fruits, including tomatoes, bananas,red plums, raisins or figs, Spicy and thermally hot foods, foods high in histamine.(which I'd like to know what those are). Thanks for the info on the web page for vasculitis. I'll look into it. Did you have the allergy testing for foods done? What do you find that you are allergic to? I know that I ate something today that is bothering me because Im itching at the moment and getting blotches here and there. Since you have asthma, if you went into this Drs office today he probably would have tested you. Because I dont react internally to any foods(wheezing, sneezing,etc..) they dont feel I need testing and sum it up as a skin condition not related to foods(only to avoid the usual triggers).At least this Dr was the first one that Ive seen that said rosacea is a vascular related condition! See with me its hard to pinpoint what is causing this.Im on alot of medication for pain (herniated disc in my neck). Today I was put on another anti anxiety pill ( both to deal with this and to cut down the nerve pain). I ask questions about the Meds that might add to rosacea and apparently the ones Im on shouldnt bother anything.(but who knows!). Its interesting that I was on one pain pill, fioricet, for 3 years and read that one of the side effects is facial flushing! Im going to a pain clinic next week to see if they can get me off of all of these pills,so we'll see. With all of this going on Im about to try Heroin!!!!! Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 1999 Report Share Posted February 15, 1999 He feels food, other than the standard triggers that are listed for rosacea, doesnt affect rosacea/seb derm.He said that any food that opens up the blood vessels can make the redness worse.So much for the tests! Bill- I would definitely argue with him about that. In fact, one of the symptoms of food allergies is flushing. The reason that a lot of the foods on the list cause flushing (the ones that release histamines) is because they provoke an allergic reaction just like an actual food allergy. All of the foods on the rosacea list are either vasodialators or histamine releasers. Whenever I eat one of the foods that release histamines, I have asthma as soon as I eat it - I have the same reaction whenever I eat one of the foods I am allergic to. Food allergies definitely cause dialated blood vessels - a few minutes after I have an asthma attack - the rosacea starts up, as well as allergic vasculitis (a major symptom of food allergies). My blood vessels dialate all over my entire body, leaving me with very blotchy looking skin everywhere. The reason for the vasculitis (I have mentioned it before, but I will mention it again for all the newer members) is shown on this page: http://www.bhs.berkeley.k12.ca.us/departments/science/anatomy/anatomy97/heart/ht\ ml/pathology/vasculitis.html (Just cut and paste this into the location window of your brower) It says..... " Vasculitis is an inflammatory disease that occurs in the blood vessels. It is caused by either a bacterial or fungal infection, or an immune/allergic reaction. In the process of destroying bacteria, white blood cells can damage the epithelium of the vessels. When vasculitis is caused by an immune/allergic reaction, the body makes antibodies to get rid of antigens (substances which cause allergic reactions). When these antibodies remain in the bloodstream too long, they can cause inflammation. " My seborrheic dermatitis and ocular rosacea are DEFINITELY affected by food allergies. Mine start up anytime after I have an allergic reaction to a food. Notice that vasculitis can also cause eye problems because of inflamed blood vessels. I would say that probably most people that aren't prone to food allergies are probably not affected by the histamine releasing foods, just the vasodialators, maybe??? Donna G. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 1999 Report Share Posted February 19, 1999 Kerry, I am unaware of any food allergies I might have. Krista ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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