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Curing Your Skin With Food
Martha Rotter struggled with stress-induced acne after moving to a new country and taking on a new job. Her first dermatologist prescribed antibiotics that cost $600 per month without success. A food allergist diagnosed allergies to soy and chicken but removing those from her diet had no effect. Through self-experimentation by carefully tracking her food intake, she discovered that cutting out dairy from her diet in December 2010 cleared up her acne by New Year's Eve. She encourages others to experiment to find their own personal triggers rather than spending money on ineffective treatments.
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- 1. Martha Rotter @martharotter http://martharotter.com/blog
- 3. How did Iget here?
- 4. What happened? Anew country – Stress! A new job – Stress! A lot more beer drinking – Stress! Lots of potatoes – Stress! Lots of travel – Stress! Less sleep – Stress!
- 5. First attempt: Go to my hometown dermatologist (December 2008) Result: prescribed antibiotic course for a year plus a monthly prescription bill of over $600 for pills & creams.
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- 7. Second attempt: Talk to a food allergist (June 2009) Result: diagnosed as having allergy to soy and chicken, cut both out of my diet; no effect on skin * But now I had an idea
- 8. Third attempt: Take matters in to my own hands (January 2010) Result: over a year of experimentation
- 9. Method (Or, HowYou Can Do This Too) Record, record, record Simple is best Make time to make connections
- 10. Result! In Decemberof 2010 I decided to try giving up all dairy. By New Year’s Eve, my face was my own again. Why dairy? Why now? I have no idea. Maybe my body changed, maybe it’s something about Irish dairy, maybe ???
- 11. Summary Don’t let anyone tell you that what you put in your mouth doesn’t affect your body – the famous “Acne & Chocolate” study was found to be badly executed but many dermatologists still go by this advice. Be wary of people telling you to spend a lot of money to cure your condition (even the food allergist wanted me to spend a lot of money on pills & vitamins!) Everyone is different, you may have to try several variations until you figure out your own personal trigger.
- 12. Questions? Find meon Twitter: @martharotter Or on my blog: http://martharotter.com/blog You can download my free, experimental app to keep track of your own food intake at: http://martharotter.com/qsapp Or fork it / build on top of it at: http://github.com/martharotter/QSApp