I'm embarking on a mission to overhaul my family's diet based on tons of research which has convinced me that it will be hugely beneficial to all of us. Plus, I have high hopes that it will actively fight my son's Vitiligo and prevent the various associated conditions he's at risk for. I'm also going to blog and "vlog" about our progress along the way.
First blog post: http://colormekooky.blogspot.com/2012/07/why-drastic-change-in-family-diet.html
First "vlog" post on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xlDTdHzcIc&feature=plcp
I've been slowly incorporating these changes by introducing more fruits/veggies every day and serving up vegen/gluten-free/vegetarian dishes several times a week and we've already seen some rapid re-pigmenting of the main vitiligo patch he's got on his back. I have to admit that I noticed some freckles beginning to form in May but they've REALLY taken off in the last 4 weeks (which is when I started doing all this diet stuff). Maybe it's a coincidence but I'm highly encouraged.
Wish I'd been taking regular photos to track it, but I'm going to do this weekly from here on out. Here's the photo I took last night:
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I've been strictly gluten free since April this year as I was diagnosed with celiac disease, another auto-immune disorder, and I have repigmented about a 50 Cent coin sized area on my hands, I've noticed it is repigmenting faster the longer I have been gluten free. Interesting to see others have tried gluten free diets with similar results
Keep up the good work Charlie.
There is absolutely no doubt that you are on the right track and I agree with you that the healing is not coincidental.
Diet along with other lifestyle changes heals Vitiligo - period! I'm living proof of it.
Take Care and Good Luck
-Gary
Gary:- can you share your exprience about lifestyle which helps you.
Hello Bamsegutt,
Sorry for the late reply.
I had to totally change my life to give my body a fair chance of healing from Vitiligo. I noticed it coming and going when I make my changes here and there and I always knew that I was not giving it 100%.
So when my Vitiligo was it its worst - I made up my mind.
Everything has changed! My diet: Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Sugar Free
Lifestyle changes means everything in your life that you feel may be negative to you. All of those things have to be cut out!
Also what I really believe in is thinking positive about your healing. Yes, there are those that say that has nothing to do with it. There are also those that say your diet, your lifestyle, etc, etc... have nothing to do with it.
I disagree. All of those are factors that are causing the imbalance in our body. Once the balance is re-established it's only a matter of time before your body responds by healing.
Good Luck Bamsegutt,
Take Care,
Gary
Hi Gary, i wanted to know if your diet was based on specific veg and fruit or any veg and fruit and after how long did it take to see the initiation of pigmentation. Cause i'm planning to try this diet hopefully in a months time and see if it works. Thanks
Thanks Gary ,Life style change has helped me too but I tried for many years alot to find out which deit couse vit ..to tell the truth I couldn`t .I can `t say for sure this food is very good or bad for vit.I have reduced gulitn and milk and alkohol . I have repigmented once while I was living normal life by eating all varitiy of food with out avoiding any ting. I advice not to worry much about deit but live healthy the KEY IS VARITY AND MODERATE NOT TOO MUCH OF EVERY TING. Think positve try to be happy and axept tings that you cant change.
Bamsegutt
Hello Bansegutt,
I agree with you and I always say that your state of mind and thinking positive is the most important thing. Without that I feel like nothing you do will work.
We really dont know what diet causes Vit and I dont particulary think anything or any specific diet "causes" Vit, but I do believe certain things get in the way of healing Vit. Does that make sense?
I may be wrong but I dont believe that Vitiligo is just random. It seems like it is when out of nowhere it just starts taking over our body and our life, but there is something there.
When you were repigmenting something was going on? You were doing something right! Whether it was a happier or less stressed time in your life, healthier habits, I'm not sure.
It's not to say that when our Vitiligo is spreading we are doing something "wrong" it's just that theres a pattern there that we should try to pay close attention to.
All my opinions of course - whatever their worth.
Take Care,
Gary
I have to agree with what's been said here.I changed my diet and started to repigment. I don't think it was coincidental. The more I research it, the more I see that cutting down on the things that cause oxidative stress (nut oils, drinking alcohol, not eating enough green veg etc.) has improved my pigment. There is'I think enough evidence that the B vitamins play a crucial role in skin health, but quite what their role is with regard to vitiligo isn't completely clear. However, I'd say that there are probably times when the body is overwhelmed by oxidative stress and dietary changes aren't enough to abate it. Finding out what causes the body to become so overwhelmed is probably the key to addressing the root cause of vitiligo. We know that vitiliginous skin is low in catalase and high in hydrogen peroxide (H202). Catalase should reduce hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen, but for some reason we don't have enough catalase to do the job leaving cells vulnerable to damage from the toxic effects of H202 . The key question is this: Does catalase diminish because there is just too much hydrogen peroxide to deal with, or is something else preventing the production of catalase?
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