Friday Favorites: Best Foods to Avoid for Eczema & Exclusion Diets for Eczema

Randomized, double-blind, controlled trials suggest that excluding certain foods, such as eggs and chicken, can significantly improve atopic dermatitis. Infants of mothers randomized to cut out eggs, milk, and fish were significantly less likely to have eczema even years later.

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Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution!
-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

[PatlLawson]

I’m symptom free finally after a lifetime of itching and eczema that developed in my later years. I’m so lucky to have had a doctor who knew diet may be the answer. Beginning with gluten elimination which helped, then becoming a plant based eater, I’m nearly in disbelief at how it has reversed my misery. She is fully responsible for my improvement. Thanks for covering this Doctor Greger.

[isabellatowler]

i gasped when watching i had severe eczema as a child and the doctors couldn’t prescribe anything that could actually help, i was prescribed every cream you can think of, having to apply creams 6x a day and still every morning woke up to my sheets covered in blood and was in pain constantly, always feeling the urge to scratch, and then i limited dairy and it helped a bit and after completely giving up eggs and dairy have never had a problem since, anyway fast forward to now i’m 19 and got diagnosed with adhd in december, it makes sm sense as my parents could never figure why my behaviour was the way it was and now my mum apologises for the way she handled my behaviour when i couldn’t help it, but anyway i gasped when the link was mentioned😮

[-_soy_-]

Ha its funny I've learned about the eczema egg correlation in highschool and I never went back to them! Thanks for spreading this information. I'm sure there are tons of people who dont know and have to deal with it

[trevorregay]

Friday Flashbacks/Favorites are truly helpful in reminding me of some of the wife and daughter bother suffer from eczema, but my wife essentially stays away from eggs and dairy products. My daughter loves eggs but has gotten away from I'll remind her, if she is willing to listen (she's 21 years old) to try to avoid the eggs for breakfast routine that she eczema this year has been particularly bad for whatever or of course her diet.

[kittykat]

I have no eczema but huge issues with rosacea I'm on medication that does help but would like to get off the medication. Eggs and cheese I do eat a bit. Will eliminate all eggs, cheese and milk and see if it helps.

[lukeweaver]

Maybe they should rename it Eggs-ema. 🤔

[m.t.r.]

Are there any foods linked with Grover’s Disease? The itchiness is so severe and treatments are not very effective. Thank you for your help! 🙏🏻

[craigmcbee]

Prediction: a lot of people are going to have high resistance switching to something called “Ass milk”! 😂

[JazzBear]

I have found that removing oils from my diet has really improved my psoriasis.

[naomimay]

Interesting!! I had horrible eczema growing up, but as an adult I went on a super restrictive diet and it cleared up. I recently added eggs back to my diet and I just noticed today that I have eczema on my hands and that has not happened in years. I guess I will cut the eggs back out.

[ans]

Not only Eggs contribute to skin problems, But to Depression ! i noticed that my depression skyrocketed when i added only 2-3 eggs in the past. cutting out eggs and meat totally reduced my bad moods by 98 %

[ceidrenv]

I'm already wfpb, but avocados and nightshade vegetables (especially hot peppers) are my personal eczema triggers.

[emeraldweb]

Hey missed the fluoride webinar, can anyone send it to me if it’s not going to be uploaded?

[phillippinter]

Been wfpb for years still have pretty bad eczema. I recommend try to stop itching and Petroleum jelly. Dr Greger suggested both of these in an earlier eczema video. But I usually forget to put petroleum jelly, and not itching is hard too

[waveydavie]

I started suffering from eczema at about 14 years old, having moved to a new place a few years earlier. So from the age 12 to 19, when I moved away from home, we got fresh milk daily from a herd of Jersey cows, still warm in a big aluminium churn.
So could that be the reason I appear to have ADHD!

[bohditony]

🙏once I tried WFPB diet my inflammation disappeared. Even when stressed or eat processed food it never goes to the point where it was when consuming eggs milk or meat It’s definitely diet related as skin is the largest organ of elimination

[suzivonqueue]

OMG did a double take at the ass milk moment too! Haha geeze

[BethShearon]

Parents also please be aware there is milk powder included in almost everything and eggs are showing up in sneaky places too like gluten-free pizza crust and Taco Bell chipotle sauce on the fiesta veggie burrito. Thanks Doc 🥦❤

[pmw]

Could eczema be partly caused by too much washing? I sometimes think we are too harsh on our skins, and our children’s skins. When I over-wash, my skin starts to feel dry and itchy. Body lotion helps, but washing less often and less vigorously, fixes the problem better.

[primal_greg]

Fascinating perspective, however I have a very different perspective. I was a lifelong sufferer of eczema until I stopped eating gluten, corn, and cruciferous vegetables. I eat A LOT of eggs, meat, dairy, and organs. No skin issues. Added bonus: my overall health and fitness has gotten much better.