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HS Diet....Success Stories, Tips, Thoughts?

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lady5491
lady5491

Hi, all! I'm 19 female and very active and this HS is slowing me down and the flare ups seems worse as time goes on. I'm willing to change my diet, although i'm struggling on what and how to eliminate things. IF you have links tips and tricks to eliminaitng different things please let me know. I can have up to 8-10 lumps on my groin at a time, i've got to figure out how to keep this at bay. Thank you all for your help in advance. 

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  • aussie76
    aussie76 lady5491

    Posted

    So good you're willing to do it now. For me it's nightshades, the big number one is potato, then paprika, and the rest of them I avoid also. I have to avoid curries because I can't be sure what chilli or paprika or spices are in the.

    I have some old sores and they get red and inflamed if I slip up, but ease again within a few says to a week. It's become really easy for me to see what affects me as the symptoms appear 12-24 hrs after the slip up.

    If I ate a bowl of hot fries I will have problems for two weeks and if I ate more potato in that time I'd never know what was perpetuating it. You probably have to go three months before you get confidence it's working for you.

    I also advocate probiotics as the issue seems to come down to our gut.

    Look up autoimmune diets. The safe foods for a few months are chicken, rice, vegetables (but not nightshades).

    Avoid nuts and dairy before reintroducing them later. I find they're more acne related than HS for me.

  • Debbon
    Debbon lady5491

    Posted

    My daughter finds its dairy for her also when she had tests done she found out she had candida so she cut yeast out of her diet and no sugar .she was 100% better.hope this helps
  • rachel14667
    rachel14667 lady5491

    Posted

    Hi Lady, 

    Since I've been on the Atkins diet, around 9-10 weeks now, I haven't had a single flare up. I've been cutting out carbs so wheat, rice, potatoes etc, and high sugar foods. It is different for everyone though. I was in the middle of a flare up when I started it, so maybe a good place to start? I've got a feeling my trigger is nightshades combined with a sprinkling of stress :-/

    Best of luck 

    x

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