Question for Brady re:diet

[claudia]

Hi Brady

I just read the excerpt below on the RRDI and was wondering if you could decifer it for me. Does this mean the following foods are bad for p&p rosacea? Geez, if so it may be a reason why I get inflammation because I eat soy milk, tomatoes, and eggs weekly if not daily!

Thanks
CV

In support of the notion that the EGF-R is central to the development of rosacea is the observation that EGF-R blocking pharmaceuticals elicit erythematous papules and follicular pustules (7-9) that likely occur because of an overexpression of the EGF-R in keratinocytes.

In regard to diet, the following substances also bind the gut EGF-R and gain access to circulation:

1. Wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) a dietary lectin which is found in both whole and refined wheat products (10).
2. Peanut agglutinin (PNA) a dietary lectin which is found in peanuts (11).
3. Tomato lectin (TL), a dietary lectin which is found in tomatoes (12)
4. Phytohemmagglutinin (PHA) a dietary lectin which is found in kidney beans and all other Phaseolus vugaris bean varieties (13, 14)
5. Soybean agglutinin (SBA) a dietary lectin which is found in all soybeans and soy products, whose specifity is to one of the sugars in the EGF-R (15)
6. Betacellulin (BTC) a hormone found in milk and cheese which is a natural ligand for the EGF (16, 17).
7. Egg white lysozyme, a lectin found in the whites of eggs

[PA Dancer]

Is he saying that these things are good for you or bad for you?

[claudia]

I have no idea so that's why I'm hoping he'll reply as this article was posted on his RRDI site. I may have to pm him.

Some of these food items have a track record of being inflammatory...ie dairy and wheat...and for highly sensitive people also eggs but tomatoes? Tomatoes are so good for the body...lots of licopene (sp).

Oh well...maybe it's like lots of things --- amount eaten, along with frequency, etc. I know with some milder food allergies that not eating the offending food very often can be eneough.

What drives me crazy about rosacea is that everything from the way it manifests, to treatments, and outcomes all varies dramatically from person to person. Geez, it's hard to know what to do!

c

[Melissa W]

Hi guys,

I don't know why but tomatoes are a trigger for some.

Best wishes,
Melissa

[Froggirl]

Tomatos are high in amines (either histamine or serotonin can't remember which off the top of my head), msg and salicylates, so sensativity to these can trigger flushing.

But then the Tomato lectin listed above is a whole new reason.

It's very sad..i love tomatos!! Luckily though I can eat a small amout without it being a problem.

[Froggirl]

I was just looking up something on this site and noticed that tomatoes are high in no less than 4 amines, histamine, tyramine, serotonin and tryptamine. No wonder they can trigger flushing!

http://users.bigpond.net.au/allergyd...histamine.html