Let me start off by saying that this post is not any type of medical treatise; I am simply going to share with you my own experiences regarding eczema and wheat products. I am of the very humble opinion that the phrase “You are what you eat” is more than just a cool saying that reminds us to watch what we’re putting in our mouths; I believe that you can take it quite literally and be reasonably on track in terms of how you should conduct your eating habits.
I used to eat a gaggle of wheat products—I’m talking all
kinds of stuff, from sliced bread, to bagels, to muffins, to focaccia bread, to
various “hot pocket” type meals with heavy bread exterior, on and on. During
this same time, my thighs would constantly break out in eczema, along with my
waist (right around the belt line), and my rear end. It would be like fire on
my skin, very uncomfortable. I sometimes felt like my diet may have too much
bread, and I often wondered what would happen if I simply left off from eating
all of those wheat products, but I simply loved them too much to actually do it.
Meanwhile, the eczema stayed.
After a while, I started noticing that every time I would
eat this certain kind of bagel—cinnamon raisin bagel from Lenders—not only
would the eczema situation seem to flare up, but I would have what I called “lightning
headaches”—it would be this extremely sharp, shooting pain going through my
head. Sometimes it would be so intense that I would physically respond by
grimacing or gritting my teeth. It was then that I started putting things
together.
I decided to cut the bagels loose, along with the
majority of the other wheat bread products I used to eat. Interestingly enough,
my lightning headaches stopped, lo and behold, my eczema flare-ups became fewer
and farther between.
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Nowadays, I have almost completely cut wheat out of my
diet, and I have very little (if any) eczema whatsoever. It has completely
disappeared from my thighs, and I have one very small patch on my waist, on the
back side, not even an inch in length. Now, I’m no expert, and I know that
correlation may not equal causation, but hey, the bottom line is that once I
cut out the majority of the wheat products, my eczema flare-ups greatly
diminished.
If you think this might help you, I encourage you to try
it. This is NOT medical advice, but it is just something to consider. That’s
all. :)
