Eczema and Lifestyles - Day 16

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Detoxing for Eczema is very difficult and the withdrawal symptoms can be unbearable.

This is my 16th day and my feet are drying up and flaking a lot. The most important is routine. Keeping a routine and eating only a plant based diet was difficult. The Lifestyles supplements gave me the nutrition I needed to encourage the self healing process within the body. The dry skin is annoying but it is better then the weeping fluid. I hope to have more good news on the up coming days.

Eczema and Lifestyles - Day 15

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This picture was taken on May 19, 2010. Eczema and Lifestyles - Day 1. There was a lot of redness and weeping fliud from the inflammed areas.

Eczema and Lifestyles - Day 15 con't

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This picture is taken on June 2, 2010. The skin has been drying up and flaking.

Eczema and Lifestyles - Day 10

Detoxification is very difficult, the flare ups are more intense and sometimes very hard to manage. Cold Intra spray helps but only for a while. You might not believe this but I use a breathing technique, like in Yoga on the Wii.

Relaxation Breathing Techniques

It sounds silly but it works, if you focus and relax all your muscles you actually can stop itching the flare up. Once you scratch you can’t stop, so it is best not to touch it at all.

The feet are looking better, sometimes I am so tempted to use creams but lucky I have some aloe gel. It works better if you refrigerate it. Cold Intra spray and cold aloe gel is a great combination.

Eczema and Lifestyles - Day 5

Facts about Milk

Milk is one of the worst things to drink. Yet people still say it is healthy. There is lots of research out there still claiming milk is good. Take it from me, I stopped drinking milk 10 years ago and I finally had better control of my Eczema. The flare ups were less and I had more sleep due to the fact I was itching less. Calcium is needed for cell function but luckly I take the Calcium Formula from Lifestyles now. It is plant based and has the ability to be absorbed quickly. It is absorbed quicky becasue of the Vitamin D and Magnesium the building blocks to healthy bones.

Vegetabes have calcium like Bak Choy, Broccoli, Beans and a variety you can't go bored with. Vegtables are important and we all need to eat 8-10 fruits and vegetables everyday.

Canadian Food Guide

Eczema and Lifestyles - Day 4

Skin feels very dry today, at least there was not a lot of weeping fluid anymore but a lot flaking. While I was cleaning my room I remembered something about dust mites. Even the cleanest home contains many thousands of dust mites, unfortunately about 33% of all dust mites in a typical house live in one of the mattresses. The average person loses around 10 grams of dead skin every week and it is this dead skin, or dander, that is the main food supply for these tiny creatures. If you have cats or dogs, the dead skin from your pet only helps to make the problem worse. Eczema sufferes are not average, I think if I weighted mine it would be 5 or 10 times more the norm.

I sweep my room every week. The picture above is only a weeks worth of dead skin. The throw rug has almost as much. I don't just lose skin in my bedroom, I bet I have much more in my car and computer room.

I found out that dust mites love warm and humid environments and are often more enjoy the fall and winter months, when most houses tend to be heated more. No wonder, I like my room very cold in the winter, when I close the vents my room can get as cold as 15 degrees Celsius. Which cools my “damp heated” skin, making it comfortable. Even though the skin feels dry sometimes, it doesn’t have major flare ups.

For many people, dust mites are not harmful, although they are the leading cause of allergies and can be particularly harmful to a child suffering from allergies. It’s actually the dried feces of the dust mites that causes symptoms in breathing, runny nose, watery eyes and a burning feeling in the throat. Most Eczema sufferers are asthma sufferers too. So when exposed to dust mites the symptoms get worse especially at night if you are sleeping in a bed infected with dust mites; another clue that allergies are caused by dust mites and are not seasonal, is that allergy symptoms are apparent year round. Also we use to have carpet throughout the house and we renovated to put in hardwood floor. After that, my allergies were mostly gone and my mom’s hay fever lessened dramatically.

Beyond Topical Steroids: A Solution for Childhood Eczema!

Beyond Topical Steroids: A Solution for Childhood Eczema!

This is a great article talking about the chinese philosophy about Eczema.

Eczema and Lifestyles – Day 3

The problem with Eczema is that it can get really really itchy but you can’t itch it. So you need to keep your mind and hands away from it by going on the internet. Also keeping your nails short all the time just in case you itch by accident and I have woken up many times with unknown scratches.

before

Intra in a spray bottle.

after

I was told that Intra can be used externally, so I placed in a small spray bottle I got at the Dollarama. It is 3am, so why not try it now. So used it on the most itchiest part of my hands and massaged it till it dried. Massaging will help the circulation and help the hand absorb it better. But it felt a little sticky but after I fully massaging it in till it dried, the stickiness went away. My skin looked and felt less dry. And didn’t feel itchy anymore, which is a relief. I think I should do this routine every night before I sleep so I can prevent itching in the night. That will be part of my routine.

Daily Routine, I must follow to have health skin everywhere.

Morning Supplement - 2oz Intra, 2cap Nutria, 2cap Detoxifier Breakfast – Vegetarian Snack – LifeShape Shake w/fruit

Afternoon Supplement – 2tablets Calcium Formula, 2cap Detoxifier Lunch – Vegetarian Snack – LifeShape Shake w/fruit

Evening Supplement - 2oz Intra, 2cap Nutria, 2cap Detoxifier Dinner – Vegetarian and maybe fish Snack – LifeShape Shake w/fruit

Exercise minimum 30mins a day to improve circulation and decrease stress. Also drinking 8-10 glasses of filtered clean water to assist is faster detoxification.

Before sleep use Intra spray bottle and massage into hands, feet, and affected areas, to prevent night itching.

Eczema and Lifestyles Day 2

Had only 3 meals today. Which is not good. But at least I drank a LifeShape Shake making it 4 meals. While waiting for a good friend, I had some time at Shoppers to take my blood pressure. I hope it is normal, but I will check out what do these numbers mean later.

2oz Intra, 2 capsules of Nutria, 2 Capsules of Detoxifier, and 2 tablets of Calcium Formula.

Doing the Wii everyday will keep me on track. I should urinate before leaving the home because finding a washroom when you really need it sucks. I might need to plan my water consumption to arrive at a washroom facilitated area. Overall the skin is looking ok, the lesions are not weeping much fluid. But my bed still has a lot of dead skin.

And that is only a small portion and one night. Try having dead skin everywhere for 30 years. For sure my bed sheets need to be washed every week since there are more bed mites in beds like mine. I love you Ivy for putting up with my eczema, but I will do my best to keep a routine to make this history. Routine is very important for everyone because it reduces stress and the body loves routine.

Eczema and Lifestyles – Day 1 con’t

Forgot to post pictures of my feet.

I have trouble walking most of the time. On both my feet.

And hands.

Just a few for now, I will use the rest to compare later.

Eczema and Lifestyles - Day 1

I have lived with Eczema all my life and never really found a remedy that got rid of it. So, I am giving myself the Lifestyles challenge. I am going to develop a Lifestyles routine with the products in order to encourage the self healing process within because as with any disease or condition the body is unbalanced. That is why many of us experience high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, cancers, migraines, abdominal pain and other reason combined.

First is choosing the right supplement that will provide me a balanced nutrition required for daily activities in this fast paced world we live. It will all come from http://myintrasite.com/Daniel It was cheaper and more economical to become an Instant Direct member then buy quality products at retail. It came with a personal “free website” why not? I added the globe for fun.

Second is to stay away from animal based diets. Less or no meat is best because of all the growth hormones and being a vegan doesn’t kill. And no dairy products at all because dairy will aggravate and unbalance my 8 biological systems. You can ask: http://www.peta.org/ about eating meat and if you can endure 90mins of watching http://www.earthlings.com/ you can search it on “youtube”.

Third is exercise a minimum 30mins a day. Either on the Wii or in my rarely used gym. Benefits of exercise as it will reduce stress, protect against heart disease, and many many benefits to count. A fit heart pumps 25% more blood per minute when at rest and over 60% more blood per minute during exertion then an unfit heart. And make sleep a routine, can’t forget that.

Forth is water and lots of it. The human body is made up of 90% water. Replenishing the body with water will help in digestion and cleansing. When detoxing water is very important, so I will be drinking 8-10 glasses of pure filtered water or bottled per day.

I will do my best to drink from my filter in the reusable bottle all of the time to save the environment.

Fifth is to document and have fun doing it. Having a record of my progress will keep me motivated. This blog will help and the Wii is great in documenting my information and weight too. Also I might even meet new people that have the same ideas in staying healthy in an unhealthy world.

Staying Healthy In an Unhealthy World

Ever wonder why most people see their doctor? The answer may surprise you.

Most people age 20 to 64 see their doctor for high blood pressure, diabetes, joint and abdominal pain then for all other reasons combined.

One thing these conditions have in common is lifestyle: poor diet and high stress levels are prime factors in all of them. The irony is that most doctors, although great at medical interventions, do not focus on nutrition and lifestyle issues. They often leave us on our own to figure them out.

Although healthy food is available to most of us, it seems that eating healthy has never been more difficult. Tempting high-fat, low-nutrition foods beckon all of us. And when we feel stressed and short on time to prepare nutritious meals, we opt for ready-made, processed foods. Over time, these habits contribute to diabetes, indigestion and numerous other ailments. The old saying, “You are what you eat!” is proving to be true.

A recent survey shows that 95% of the population suffers from at least one mineral deficiency. It is widely held that these deficiencies are directly related to our food choices. In addition, the soil in which we grow our food simply does not have the same levels of essential minerals it did just 100 years ago. If these vital nutrients are not in the soil, they will not be in the foods we eat.

Some of the most common mineral deficiencies include Calcium and Magnesium: an inadequate intake of both may lead to weakened bones and joints. Other common deficiencies include copper, iron and zinc - all essential to healthy living.

Daily use of balanced multi-vitamin and mineral supplements can prevent nutritional deficiencies and bridge the gap between what our diets provide and what our bodies really need.

So it’s no longer a question about whether we need vitamin and mineral supplements but, rather, which vitamin and mineral supplements we need of the various stages of life.