Comments on: Nutritional Support for Eczema

By: Therese

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:43:30 +0000

Hi,
I thought of a dear friend who has been suffering from eczema and gut disbiosis for some time. She is also Type II diabetic. Some of this information will be great for her. Thank you:-)
I would like to add that Dr. N. Campbell-McBride first put her young autistic son through the SCD before her development of the GAPS diet. And the SCD has a long run of support for children, parents and adults with any gut disbiosis as well as autism spectrum disorders. The web site peacanbread.com also has a place for a SCD (specific carbohydrate diet) enhanced, meaning all the lacto fermented foods. SCD is more straight forward than GAPS and easier. Less restrictive as well, and with our son (who also had a severe eczema outbreak on his hands along with a severe gut disbiosis…..gluten free didn’t help) it worked immediately healing every symptom as well as rebuilding his gut/immune system. Our grown daughter’s acne and hormone imbalances are healing too since she started following the recommendations and using cod liver oil. We are happy, grateful folks around here!

Therese

By: Rebekah

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:27:26 +0000

Thank you for this very helpful post. I have been researching and trying a variety of things for my 7 month daughter who has been suffering from eczema for several months. It was very helpful to read this post and get some natural ideas of what to do. (I have been searching for months for natural ideas but haven’t found anything that would be helpful for an infant.) I am going to try to start with probiotics and codliver oil and see if that helps… (I have tried going off different food while nursing but have not seen a change…) Thanks again for your info and sources.

By: Stacy

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:49:31 +0000

My friend sent me here after we talked about my son having eczema. He is 3 years old. All the “seeing a natural health care practitioner” is a nice ideal but for real world, poor families out there that don’t have great insurance/a lot of money, it is far fetched. I’m happy to get my kids into a regular doc for their checkups and when there is health issue. But research I can do!, so thank you for the links and the names. I have never tried a special diet of any sort with Sam, and his seems to be going away for the most part . . . really picks up in the winter. I’m not big on all natural diets . . . I think people get carried away with it, but definitely have priority to see my kids healthy and robust; and, despite slight eczema seems to be the case.

Thank you for an informative post and food for thought, pun intended. :0)

~Stacy

By: carrie

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:41:09 +0000

Aack! I’m so sorry. The link seems to have disappeared (it should be back up in a few days, so check back! I will do a quick post when it’s back up!

@Heather,

I do know of some other effective resources that have been helpful for treating severe eczema. There is a special water machine produced by the Enagic company that produces several different kinds of water with various pH levels (the device actually splits the water into H+ and OH- ions, then rearranges adding H+ ions or OH- ions to adjust the pH.

ANYWAY, it’s a medical device used in Japanese hospitals that is available for purchase for home use in the US through Enagic distributors. It is used regularly in Japan to treat Eczema by applying the strong acid water topically. The machine also makes drinking water (in 7-9.5 pH ranges) which is used to heal and detoxify the insides of the body. If you want more info on how to obtain one of these machines (or find a distributor near you) you can e-mail me offline and we can chat about that!

Best of luck to you all!

By: Kristi

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:27:54 +0000

I wasn’t able to find the coupon info for The Homestead Company, but would love to try their eczema oil if you have one!

By: Heather

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:54:10 +0000

I can’t find the link to the Homestead Company in order to get your discount. This is a very timely article for us as my son, since yesterday, is literally covered head to toe in a bright red allergic/eczema reaction. He was in the ER last night because it was so bad. I’m researching like crazy to figure something out and you really helped.

We currently live in TX and there aren’t any Nutritional Therapists here. Are there any resources you could point me to in order to find some help for him? Books? Websites?

Thanks again for your great website. I’ve learned a lot the last few months.

By: carrie

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:12:55 +0000

@Sarah,

Wow, it’s great that you have seen improvement from the eczema (sp?) and great that you are doing GAPS. I commend your patience!!! I hope and pray it will resolve in time!

Best,
Carrie

By: carrie

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:11:01 +0000

@ Kelly,

Thanks so much for the comment and the stumble!

Carrie

By: carrie

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:10:44 +0000

Michelle,

I’m sorry for the delayed response! I know it can be so overwhelming to start GAPS; it’s very regimented. I prefer simple, and in our case it worked well. We cut back to basically veggies (fibrous, non-starchy) and bone broth and meats and cut back on the dairy and the nuts for 2 weeks. I slowly re-introduced dairy in the form of homemade kefir, and allowed butter. I eventually re-introduced the nuts, which were soaked and dehydrated, and that was fine. My daughter is still without cheese, but drinks raw goat’s milk, and all nuts are fine.

As far as where to start….

As I learn more and more in my nutritional therapy studies, I am compelled to suggest you find a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner in your local area who can do a full, functional nutritional assessment to assess your whole digestive situation as a whole. These are VERY comprehensive and “no corner is left unturned” and often something complicated can be resolved fairly simply. For example, hypochlorideria (insufficient HCl) happens about 90% of the time in individuals and causes havoc in digestion….by supplementing with more HCl, you can rectify a host of issues (along with a proper diet, of course!)

At the very least, however, BioKult and digestive enzymes are certainly helpful no matter where one is on the spectrum of digestive dis-ease. Best wishes to you in this journey! Baden’s gapsguide.com is an excellent resource!!

By: Sarah Schatz - menu planners for limited diets

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:34:35 +0000

Thank you for this very informative post. I had excema off and on in my twenties. When I didn’t eat wheat, and then all gluten, it went away. But this summer when I started taking coconut oil regularly, it came back on the palm of my hand. I believe this is more of a die-off reaction than anything because I am now also following GAPS. I haven’t done the intro yet because I’m still nursing, but plan to in a couple months hopefully.

Anyway, it just goes to show that the imbalances are still there, but you may not see them anymore. For me, my imbalances started affecting my mind and emotions much more after giving birth. On the GAPS diet though, I can really feel a difference. Although the excema is still there, I think it is just the toxins leaving – at least I hope so!

I love this diet and hope more people learn about it so that they too can be healthier!

Thanks so much,
Sarah