Bone Broths, sugar, dry skin, and milia

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Not sure if this is the section to put this in...but especially after my latest allergic reaction - I am FED UP with my allergies and my skin sensitivity and dryness. It drives me mad. Sometimes I don't go out because it looks so bad, or because the lightest thing touching me sends me into a scratching frenzy. Since my last moisturiser, which was very effective, now gives me a bloated face - I am on another skin cream which doesn't work, and my skin is pretty dry. It rules my day-to-day activities at present. This has to end. I hate moisturizing - it isn't natural and I don't believe I should have to put up with it.

So, I'm trying out bone broths. They are very nutritious, apparently about the most natural nutritious thing you can consume. I read that they benefit digestion, heal the gut, help with allergies and improve the SKIN etc. I will consume the fat with it (using grass-fed) as the fat is nutritious also. I will probably go back to the Paleo diet too, since I haven't had a guarenteed weight-loss like that in years. And it was very tasty. Anyway.

I wondered if anyone here has tried out bone broth for health reasons, and what effect the bone broth (ONLY the bone broth) had on their health. I say only the bone broth because I'm not interested in discussion of any other diets, unless they have improved your skin. I'm especially interested in very dry skin.

Also, any tips in making it, and recipes are welcome. Currently I am about to roast a chicken carcass (it was free from the butchers) and then slow-cook it for about 24 hours. I'm going to add vegetables tomorrow. When I can get ahold of some beef bones, I will use those, and I will definitely try out the marrow before I slow-cook them.

To add: For some reason a moderate amount of sugar in my diet gives me itchy red rashes, and when I was little, red rings on my thighs. After a while of "starving" myself of sugar, my skin goes back to normal within a couple of weeks. Am I intolerant to sugar (I doubt it) or am I feeding something fungal inside? It all sounds rather pleasant, doesn't it?

To add some more: I have milia (milk spots). Has any sort of diet for you got rid of these?

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I make chicken broth but only use organic carcases which are the only safe ones. Riverford sell them for £2.50 for 3 but you have to spend £25 on a meat order.

The broth has not made much difference to my skin. Mine is terrible, bone dry.

For my face, I make camomile tea with two teabage steeped in a few ounces of distilled water then add a few drops of tee tree oil to keep it sweet, and a few drops of lavender and it feels fabulous for cleaning the skin and now and again put on shea butter with frankincense oil which is healing..

I eat an avocado every morning
and vitamin c promotes collagen production so take a large dose of that.
I empty a small bottle of lavender oil or rosemary oil into a large bottle of rapeseed oil and rub that all over whilst still wet from showering. I only wash with aqueaous cream. I put on face cream and then top off with zinc and caster oil from boots, or waitrose 'baby bottom butter' which is olive oil cream.

I too find paleo diet the best.
my baby ben has very sore skin and I now rub him with Vaseline as I read on excema sites that vegetable oils can be irritating and that the petroleum jelly was found to be most soothing in studies, but unfortunately he cant say if it feels better. I wash him in boots dermacare emoliant oil as aqueous cream is no longer recommended for use on babies.

I get fungusy if I eat any sugar, it likes to grow in the sore dry skin patches i have.

bone broth is essentially collagen and fat. The broth literally is the bone marrow boiled out of the bone. Collagen is quite good for the skin but I don't think it does anything for allergies or actual medical conditions. An allegeric reaction or conditions like eczema will affect healthy skin just as strongly.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/31612 ... tchy-skin/

Dumb question but you didn't mention it... have you consulted your doctor?


You could look up Tonkotsu Ramen . Its a Japanese noodle dish in which the broth is 100% simmered pork bone and its the most delicious thing you will ever eat. Its made by slow simmering pork bones over 12 hours then adding veggies, noodles and slices of pork. Its SO good.

I like bone broth for the flavor, and I really don't know about whether it affects my skin. I think it helps my joints, though. For my skin, I drink a tablespoon or two of flax seed oil every day. I buy it in the refrigerated health food section. I also take vitamin A (from fish oil). The flax seed oil also seems to help my emotional stability.

Just to say, vaseline is very strong stuff. It made my eczema worse and made my skin peel off my face when I applied it there. Just to warn you...

I will write the rest of those creams + 1000mg vitamin C on my shopping list. The only problem is, I don't know what ingredient in my usual cream (Eucerin Lotion 10% Urea) I've suddenly started reacting to.

Also, I'm not sure if you realise this, but aqueous cream is supposed to be rinsed off afterwards.

I didn't know you were on the paleo diet. How did it work for you? Can you PM it to me please?

That's interesting how it helps you mentally. I was starting to eat flax seeds with yoghurt, followed by two glasses of water. I didn't keep it up for long enough. How long did it take for your skin to get better? What was the problem with your skin?

I find this cream very good
http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Derma-Car ... g_1129363/
I think you just have to hit and miss with ingrediants and waste money, find a friend with less sensitive skin who you can pass it on to, boots may have to give a refund as its hypoallergenic?? Ive found things give allergies with out listing the bad thing, so it must be unlisted or contaminated. Its so frustrating!

I have eczema on my hands, and a lot of different factors affect it. If I stay away from antibacterial soap and stress, always wear gloves when I wash dishes or use harsh cleaning products, and remember to take the vitamin A and drink the oil every day, my skin will become fairly normal in a few weeks, or even less sometimes.

I also put something on my hands every night before bed, alternating between aloe vera gel with neem oil and Vaseline. I used to wear cotton gloves, but the heat started to cause other problems.

Apparently the gelatin (I *think* it's AKA collegen) lines the stomach and prevents food from being absorbed too soon, which is what can lead to allergies/intolerances. Or something like.

I've been to the doctors with a red face and hands covered in 1000s of tiny blisters, and was shoved out and told, "You'll just have to avoid pizza, won't you?". That was from a reaction at Pizza Express. I still don't know what the ingredient was, and I've been to a different restaurant that did pizza and I got a similar reaction. When I asked for the ingredients list, the girl couldn't pronounce the ingredients properly, so she just skipped them.

Even with the best doctor in the surgery who willingly sent me for physiotherapy when I had Tendonitis, he refused to send me for allergy testing. I tend to react to preservatives. Perhaps I can look to see if there are any in that cream, I suppose there's bound to be.

That ramen dish looks stunning. Do you make it yourself?

Thanks, I will try your idea. As for broth, I think when it's more gelatinous, that's when it starts to help your skin. Beef bones are much better for that.