Saturday, February 11, 2012

'Most forgot!!!!!

I'm doing a new two-week thing: Wheat.  I learned that, like milk, our bodies cannot completely process wheat. It enters our bloodstream as a group versus the individual nutrients our body needs.  Think of it like an entire Transformers instead of a single lego block.  So, out bodies view this 'transformer' as a foreign body, and treats it like it would any other allergy: pollen, peanuts, cat dandruff, etc.  And it reacts different ways in different people.  They can be obviously allergic to it, or it can come out in small ways.  It comes out as stress.  Stress shows in acne.  So yes wheat can cause acne to be worse.  It won't cause acne, but it can make it worse.
It did get better when I went off caffeine, but for me personally it's not worth giving up coffee for my acne.  It doesn't bother me enough right now, but at least I know if it gets worse there is something I can do to help.  I also cut down on my cream that week, so I am sure that would help, too, if I could switch to almond or coconut milk instead of the cream.  But yeah, we'll see how it goes! Wed. was day one, and I'm not sure if I can do the whole two weeks bc I think I'll be in Ft. Worth for the last couple of days...

I can't eat bread, crackers, cereal, soy sauce, noodles, etc.  I can have potatoes, rice and rice noodles, corn (tortillas from corn, not flour; corn bread; tortilla chips) and I can't think of any other starches I eat...

We'll see!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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