Wheat is HUGE aggrivatorso try other grains, there are SO many to choose from.

I don't think however you would see results in a week, mine took two to three weeks of knowing exactly what I sensitive to and avoiding them completely, also I was treating my gut and taking friendly bacteria supplements, so you might see improvement for sure, but I am not sure if your KP will heal short term from avoiding a few foods.

The real healing of my skin was between weeks 4 and 8, that is when I noticed huge changes in my skin, bumps going away, redness going away, ingrowns finally free.

The first 4 weeks were mainly feeling a whole ton better physically, and emotionally, and energy wise.

hope this helps you on your quest.

point blank. Everyone IS different. I have great respect for baronster's work. I can well imagine how sensitivity and inflammation can create aggravated skin and therefor bring out a person's KP. I have re-evaluated my eating habits after reading and thinking about her thread as I know I'm sensitive to certain foods just from doing processe of elimination tests.

However, a simple switch to soy milk did not "cure" me. nor did the addition of carrots every day. Neither did eating leafy greens a few times a week (collard, mustard, kale - tho I like them and I'm still doing it for health.) Oil Pulling (see kebod's cure thread) has improved my skin and various health conditions, enough so that I added an omega-3 supplement. I really think I have been deficient since I moved to a small town a few years ago (my KP really flared, also dry climate) and no longer get fish as much as I used to. I then added a mild sugar scrub pre-showering as influenced by Turquois's cure thread. I'm really happy with the results I'm getting so far but I couldn't say this will be the route everyone has to take.

Is there a good statistician around here? It would be great if somebody could work out the #'s for dietary, stress, hormones, climate, sleep and topical influences on KP.

Many people do have good to excellent results with a dietary approach. See older threads by Goodluck, and THreeK. Goodluck's is also very diet oriented whereas THreeK summarizes many older threads and a multifold approach. Good Luck all.

P.S. Since I've noticed my 5 yr old's skin showing a slight tendency to KP, I've added almond flour back in to his pancakes, and I use sunflower oil as the oil in his food with maybe a splash of flaxseed oil but not too much as the flavor is strong. I'll be happy to share my giant pancake mix recipe with any other moms if you email me - it's a multigrain, hi protein mix. As I said, I believe there can be a dietary component and some of us need all the help we can get. I won't be pulling the cow's milk from him but I do get him to drink water and juice more and snakc on some sunflower kernels. He's an ovo-lactarian by choice at this point, like his father. His father (my husband) has slight KP on the backs of his arms. Has shown up with age, stress and dry climate. My husband's KP is not better with having eliminated red meat but is better for his other health concerns. The oil pulling, however, is definitely improving my husband's skin and brain-fog! man, have we been lacking in omega fatty acids!

Every single person on this forum who has tested for senstitivies has tested sensitive to cow's milk.

Obviously it is not that simple as just cutting out milk and your Kp will go away........but it is a starting point to understand how consumption of foods affect your body and skin.

Speaking of other threads, there is Rachel18 on autointoxication......she did the same thing as I did, she is in Australia, I am in Vancouver.......we both rid ourselves of KP using basically the same methods.

Hey, just my 2 cents... a naturapath IS a health professional. Here in Canada, they have to do a Bachelor of Science, taking the same premed courses as an M.D. Then 4 years of naturopathic college including courses on diet and nutrition. Did you know that most M.D.'s only need to complete one basic course in nutrition in their studies? It seems to me that a naturopath is far more qualified to be advising us about dietary issues.

thank you Sheena......there seems to be so much choices in Canada, we are obviously blessed to live here in so many ways.......I feel like they are so many illnesses that are said to have no cure or understanding, but what they really mean is no drug to cure cure you, and that is not the case in natural medicine........

I am so in tune with my body now........I have gone from a totally sick person, emotionally and physically to a healthy person in mind, body and soul.......and totally thank my doctors for my transformation.

Thanks for the clarification. I guess I didn't think it was that obvious as at the beginning of this thread you mentioned eliminating dairy, need for Vit A and EFAs but then focused on eliminating dairy.

I reflected for a while on why I even stuck my nosy nose into this thread and I feel that it was because you put it in the Moms area. As a mom of a kid who gets a fair amount of his nourishment from dairy that's the last out of the three that I would go after but that's going to vary from family to family and case to case I imagine.

Looking at the original list you presented I'd say a parent could start with any one but only one of those things for a while and see if there are any results. What do you think?

You also use the sugar scrub (I LOVE the sugar scrub!) and coconut oil (also, great topical!), yes?

I don't think we should be scrubbing our kids' skins with anything abrasive but that's up to the individual parent of course.

However, since skin can absorb nutrients and meds, some of the topicals suggested in this area seem also like a good addition to a KP parenting plan. step-by-step a parent could do one thing at a time like switch to a simple topical (coconut oil or almond oil or cocoa butter?) for a while, see how that goes, then up the Vit A, wait, increase EFAs, wait, etc...? or eliminate dairy as one of those steps if they chose.

Yeah, I believe it. I have no reason not to think that this worked for you and will work for a decent percentage of KPers. I have some other questions but I'll go through your other thread and see if you've already answered them. It would be great if we could get one or more of the naturopaths and decent derm doctors to comment directly on these forums...
bunnyday

I know you moms are protective of your kids and you really only want the best for them and you don't want them to suffer, that is why I don't take offense to skeptism.

I feel though I know what is was like for people who understood planet Earth was round and not flat, and had to convince others and change their belief system.......some days it feels that difficult.

I just want to open your minds up to a possibility that won't hurt or harm your children, and may heal them long term and save them from a life of misery like I had.

I never had children, which was in part becasue of my KP, I just want so badly for some of you to at least experiement with this possibility, it is easy, harmless, and just may end your childs KP.

I was the poster child of how badly Kp can affect you emotionally.......that is why I am sharing my story with you.....I am healed, I don't need to be here, I have a life, I am starting a new business so I don't know how much more time I can spend on this forum trying to convince others that there is a cure for KP......and when I say cure....I MEAN CURE......not remedy....not a daily ritual.....I MEAN CURE!!!!!!!!!!

So yes I like sugar scrubs and cocnut lotion, but mainly because my body felt so smooth and good afterwards.......adn there was years of putting on acids and lotions and they really hurt me.......and they made my skin super senstive to heat and the sun.....I woudl get heat rashes all the time.

so anyways Bunnyday, I am glad you had reflection and replied, because I don't want to feel like I am intruding in mom's groups, I may not be a mother, but I do have feelings too, and don't want to impose my views, I just want to share my success.