Red, scaly patches and a lot of itching... About 5% of Dutch people suffer from (chronic) eczema. How can this be? And what can we do about it? Orthomolecular and skin therapist Amber Leimena answers all your questions about eczema in this article.
What is eczema?
Eczema is a skin condition recognizable by red, scaly patches and a lot of itching. It can cause an incredible amount of suffering and debilitation to the millions of people it affects. And yet, the answers for curing these conditions have not yet been discovered by medical science and medical research.
Eczema is still truly a medical mystery. Not only is the primary cause unknown, but there are also many types of eczema that medical science is not aware of. There are not just a handful of types of eczema as is currently believed, but there are more than a hundred.
Where does eczema originate?
The cause of eczema stems from the liver. The treatment options we know to date are not only limited, but also do not cure the cause.
Eczema is caused by a specific group of toxins – dermatoxins – that are released from the liver. Dermatoxins are produced by a pathogen that has found its home in the liver. This pathogen consumes and eliminates copper, and this process leads to the formation of dermatoxins. Eczema is therefore not a liver disease that can be easily detected, but it does originate in the liver.
Dermatoxins are highly inflammatory toxins that only exit through the skin. The skin tries to remove the toxins and as a result, the skin breaks and bleeds. This immediately explains the symptoms we see in people with eczema.
What role does lifestyle play in eczema?
The pathogen I already told you about feeds on copper, specifically on the pesticide DDT. DDT not only feeds the pathogen, but also ensures that DDT cannot be broken down.
In addition, it has been proven that a poor diet puts more strain on the liver. Exposure to copper or pesticides can also lead to liver damage. A healthy lifestyle can therefore ensure that people recover from eczema and are free from it.
Tips for eczema
But how do you ensure a healthy lifestyle? What do you do? And what not? Here are some tips for people with eczema;
- Avoid pesticides as much as possible: buy organic food, do not spray the garden, and do not use insecticides indoors.
- Support the liver: dermatoxins cause the liver to work hard. Therefore, support the liver by eating plenty of plant-based foods and be careful with fat.
- Liver cleansing 3:6:9
- Support your health with the right supplements. Do you want to know which supplements best support your lifestyle? Then request a personal supplement advice.
- Avoid grains, eggs, dairy products, canola oil, soy, and corn.
- The following foods can support the healing of eczema; blueberries, papaya, pears, watermelon with seeds, kale, arugula, sprouts, lettuce such as romaine (red and green leaf), butter lettuce, avocado, sweet potatoes, winter squash, burdock root, spirulina, and hemp seeds.
