Paleo can cause rosacea/flushing

[Mistica]

http://paleohacks.com/questions/6038...#axzz1syyWaxLB

This is not the first time I have read such accounts. There is a lady on this forum who went from a rosacea free vegan diet, only to develop rosacea when she changed to a meat/fat diet.

I find meat/fats fuel my rosacea, but avoiding them doesn't eradicate it. And of course, everyone needs some fat.
Dairy is also a huge trigger for me.
Coconut oil, fish oil, even olive oil are like adding gasoline to a fire in my case.

Me aside, I would be interested to hear anyone's theories as to why paleo can trigger rosacea/flushing.

How about hearing from Mask, who, reads much of same gut related literature as I do.
Also, where do you stand on the theory that the mouth harbours the same or similar infections as the gut?

Dr Paul Jaminet has suggested that too low a carb diet can promote fungal infections. This might have happened to the above mentioned paleo dieters.
I tend to feel this is a worthy suggestion as last year I barely ate any carbs and for a while I did really well. The best I had in ages as a matter of fact. Then I developed fungal infections of the skin. I had a lot of stress soon afterwards and this triggered major flushing again, but I am pretty sure if I had skin fungal infections, I likely had and still have, gut fungal infections as well.

I am currently being treated by a specialist for gut infections, but I still feel that many of us have some kind of infection in the blood vessels as well. Perhaps if the gut were fully functional, it would take care of the rest.

[jrlhamcat2]

Oddly, I was vegan for 15 years and didn't have any rosacea-like symptoms. They started after I introduced animal products into my diet. Rather annoying, because I generally felt much better with some animal foods in my diet until the bizarre flushing started. The onset of symptoms was delayed and gradual, so it's hard to say whether there was any causal relationship.

[jrlhamcat2]

Oh, btw, I think the guy who started that Paleohacks question says he's an ex-vegetarian somewhere else.

[cherylarose]

I had posted a general question about the FODMAP diet. I stumbled across it online and was intrigued by it because it was similar to the Paleo and I had read some other comments on the forum about how the diet has helped them. Have you considered the relationship between small intestine bacterial overgrowth (sibo) and rosacea? The low-FODMAP diet was developed by dietician and researcher Sue Shepherd and from what I've read is extremely successful in controlling irritable bowel and sibo, which in turn has helped some patients control their rosacea. http://www.ibsgroup.org/forums/topic...vs-paleo-diet/

[dave75]

i notice when i eat hard to digest meat it makes me flare...if it's tender like fish or something then it seems to be ok..or if i mix with other foods....i think...wierd huh.

[jrlhamcat2]

Overeating in general seems to make me flare. It isn't really eating anything in particular, or eating a single large meal, but rather seems to be overeating over a period of days that sets me off.

[jrlhamcat2]

I guess I never replied to Mistica's request for people to speculate on why adopting a paleo diet would trigger flushing. My only guess is that if the flushing is part of some autoimmune or inflammatory response, it could be triggered by adding novel proteins to your diet, similar to how various drugs can sometimes trigger lupus-like autoimmune reactions.

[maroon5]

Overeating in general seems to make me flare. It isn't really eating anything in particular, or eating a single large meal, but rather seems to be overeating over a period of days that sets me off.

I'd say I'm the same as this. Eating any sort of large meal seems to result in me looking a bit flushed. If it's spicy or carb/bread heavy even more so

[Wendylynn]

Paleo diet is so broad and everyone does it a little different. Some people only eat grass fed meat. Some people eat lots of meat and little veggies and some avoid all startchy vegetables. My guess as to why some folks would develop Rosacea from a Paleo diet would be the quality of meat eaten or the amount (too much). Unfortunatley grass fed beef can be hard to come by in some areas, like El Paso. Even finding quality veggies here is very difficult. Since moving here I have become very aware of how difficult it can be for people in different areas to find and AFFORD quality food. So maybe the quality of food eaten is just as important?