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  • Kelly Ryan February 28, 2012 at 7:50pm

    There liver is important for vitiligo but I am not familiar with a link with sugar. Although sugar feeds yeast in our bodies and over growths of yeast can slow down bodily functions and decrease the immune system. The liver serves crucial functions in our bodies and it is important to be healthy and have a healthy liver such as not overly drinking alcohol..suppressing the livers functions in the body.

  • kalvin February 27, 2012 at 2:00pm

    Vitiligo is closely related to a fairly high number of conditions involving immune disorders. Moreover, different autoantibodies have often been detected in patients with vitiligo, suggesting an autoimmune etiology of the disease. Interestingly, autoimmune diseases have an increased OKT41/OKT81 ratio, which is often
    found in alcoholic hepatitis and alcoholic cirrhosis. Researchers have reported vitiligo in three patients with alcoholic disease; two of them were affected by alcoholic cirrhosis and one had alcoholic hepatitis. 

    Factors that might be responsible for iron overload in the alcoholic include (i) increased intake and absorption of iron; (ii) impaired utilization of iron due to the impaired erythropoiesis for folate deficiency and the myelotoxicity of alcohol; (iii) repeated bursts of hemolysis;  and, perhaps, (iv) enhancement of iron deposition as the result of liver damage. Portosystemic shunting apparently can provoke iron deposition in the liver, but the effect is variable and often trivial.

    Clinical features may not distinguish alcoholic cirrhosis without iron overload from that of costitutional hemocromatosis. The syndrome of cirrhosis, in both, may be accompanied by diabetes, hypogonadism, and skin pigmentation that is generalized but most prevalent over sun-exposed and traumatized skin areas.

    Dermatological Manifestations of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Clinics In Dermatology. volume 17, issue 4, July- August 1999, pages 463-468.  

    • Caroline Hindley > kalvin February 27, 2012 at 8:00pm

      so are we saying that sugar and alcohol are particularly bad for us.....my 2 favourite crutches in life??!!!!

      • Bamsegutt > Caroline Hindley February 27, 2012 at 9:28pm

        Yes vitiligo has link with diabetis, some develop it the same time, in many case we develop vitilgo coz we are predisposed to vitiligo, every ting too much is not good small amount of alkohol occasionally don`t think it affect vitiligo.

    • kalvin > kalvin February 27, 2012 at 2:35pm

      Vitiligo: a skin problem more commonly associated with type 1 diabetes than type 2 diabetes, affects skin coloration. With vitiligo, the special cells that make pigment (the substance that controls skin color) are destroyed, resulting in patches of discolored skin. sugar can cover up the red cells, as well as increasing cytokines and cytotoxcity to kill melanocyes. 

      Skin problems linked to atherosclerosis: Atherosclerosis is a serious health condition caused by the narrowing of blood vessels from a thickening of the vessel walls due to plaque buildup of fats and calcium. While atherosclerosis most often is associated with blood vessels in or near the heart, it can affect blood vessels throughout the body, including those that supply blood to the skin. When the blood vessels supplying the skin become narrow, changes occur to the skin due to a lack of oxygen, such as hair loss, thinning and shiny skin especially on the shins, thickened and discolored toenails, and cold skin. Because blood carries the white blood cells that help fight infection, legs and feet affected by atherosclerosis heal more slowly when they are injured.

      http://diabetes.webmd.com/guide/skin-problems?page=2

  • kalvin January 31, 2012 at 12:14pm

    I haven't read much about it, I saw one report on Pubmed, but there could be a link, if the liver can not deal with the toxins in the body, or building to a dangerous level like alcohol ( remember alcohol is also sugar) abuse, then it could well trigger the immune cells to attack the melanocytes more often, (the reactivation of the immune cells in non specific way it could  mean an increase in the activation of the melanocytes killing cells!! ( this is right because it happen to me when I had the flue jab the vitiligo around my neck started to increase more than ever!!!! ) if the CYPs (enzymes) work in a wrong way or none function then it will effect the skin in many ways. sugar the most abundant molecule on the earth and it is the basic food for all organisms, cells, cancer cells, the production of antigen even though its protein it still needs ATP mostly from the sugar in ribosoms , refine sugar is bad for many conditions not just vitiligo. the + or - with the blood type we get on the surface of the red blood cells is all connected with sugar level and antigens on the surface of the cell, and it depends on the individuals diet, immune system, metabolism, and tolerance of sugar, and of course the life style. in a balance diet it might be good for a quick energy release, when you know the training is ahead in 30-40 mins. in diabetes patient if there is not enough sugar or not reaching the muscle cells in the heart and arteries, in the eyes, joints, they eventually get cataracts, common of all is atherosclerosis etc however if there is too much sugar around in the blood with less insulin to deal with it then it could well be fatal like heart attack. we get sugar in everything everyday! sugar is also needed for cell-cell interactions communications, blockage of foreign body, or act as toxins. so yes there is a link. I have tested a lot of things on myself good and bad. when I had sugar with less exercise I noticed increase in my Vit,  or alcohol and smoke could be much worse. 

    I will try to get the article if I can 

    cheers

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