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Eczema & Psoriasis
By administrator | September 18, 2007
Don C. Ward CT, NT
Conventional medicine tells us the underlying cause of either condition is not known. This is primarily due to the fact that they don’t study nutrition… Orthomolecular Nutrition indicates that the primary reason for chronic skin conditions tends to be Autointoxication. Autointoxication is where toxins buildup in the colon faster than they can be eliminated. As a result, these toxins pass through the intestinal membrane into the bloodstream, migrating throughout the body. As the intestines become overloaded with accumulated toxins, the other elimination organs (such as the skin!) become compromised, often showing allergic reactions. This is why conventional medicine has little success in treating skin diseases, because they are in fact only treating the symptom and not the causation.
Understand that when one of the five elimination organs (colon, kidneys, lymph, lung, and skin) stops working through toxic overload, the other organs in the system take up the slack. The skin itself is responsible for more toxic elimination every day than the colon – the colon eliminates more ‘matter’, but most of the body’s acidic waste is eliminated through the skin. When the colon stops working properly and becomes inflamed, the skin suffers the overload. When the skin shows chronic inflammation, the source is commonly an inflamed colon.
An inflammation in one organ eventually causes inflammation in other organs, as toxic overload takes hold. Our own inherent strengths or weaknesses will determine where an inflammation takes hold, but the skin and colon are commonly inflamed before other organs.
Unfortunately, many aspects of modern living are antagonistic to intestinal balance, including antibiotics, corticosteroids and oral contraceptives, chemical pollution, nutritional deficiencies, chlorinated water, food preservatives, high sugar intake, and chronic constipation. All these factors contribute to ill-health by killing the friendly bacteria & feeding the yeast in our intestines which stresses our immune systems. A healthy colon is in balance when it contains 80% friendly bacteria and 20% pathogens – antagonistic bacteria and yeasts. As a result of poor nutrition and modern lifestyles, most of us have the opposite ratio in our colons, which contributes to a wide variety of chronic and degenerative diseases.
Successfully treating Eczema or Psoriasis requires cleansing the G.I. tract to rebalance the body’s pH and to eliminate accumulated toxins, and perhaps more importantly to change eating habits. Fats must be avoided as they considerably aggravate the condition; Psoriasis is rare in countries where the diet is low in fat.
Recommendations:
- Consider a series of colonic hydrotherapy.
- Get plenty of dietary fiber. Ground flax seed will bind to bowel toxins and promote their excretion in the feces. It also helps to lubricate the intestinal membrane, relieving inflammation.
- supplement a good quality omega 3-6-9, as it contains ingredients that interfere with the production and storage of arachidonic acid, a natural substance that promotes the inflammatory response and makes the lesions of psoriasis turn red and swell.
- DO NO CONSUME; red meats, dairy products, citrus fruits, fried foods, processed foods, saturated fats, sugar or white flour.
Suggested Supplements:
- flaxseed oil or primrose oil 2- 3,000 mg daily to supply essential fatty acids
- Milkthistle extract after every meal to cleanse the liver and to lubricate the g.i. tract.
- 25,000 IU of beta-carotene to protect the skin. (not for people with diabetes!)
- Zinc citrate 50 – 100 mg daily. Protein metabolism depends on zinc.
- Selenium 200 mcg daily. Has powerful antioxidant properties.
- Vitamin E 400 – 1200 IU daily. Neutralizes free radicals that damage the skin
- B complex 50 – 100 mg 2X daily. Needed for repair and healing of skin tissue
- Vitamin C 2,000 – 10,000 mg daily. Enhances immune function
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