Questions re. Lichen Sclerosis & Nutrition

[maryrives]

I have recent diagnosis of LS and have had 2 auto immune disorders for years (MCS and hypothyroidism).

How is gluten, alcohol, sugar and dairy free diet helpful for LS?

What supplements are highly recommended for LS?

Thanks for any info re. this insidious disorder.

[Marz]

If you have Hashimotos then other AI conditions can prevail. Healing the gut can help to dampen down the auto immune response for all conditions it would seem. 😊

[Learner1]

You definitely need to be gluten (and grain) free.

Gliadin found in wheat and other grains upregulates tissue transglutamase 2, which increases extra cellular matrix protein 1, which promotes the itching in LS.

So, pastas, baked goods, and alcohols may make it worse.

Additionally, the gluten molecule is quite similar to the thyroid molecule and encourages the body to attack the thyroid in Hashimotos.

There are cross-reactive foods that can be helping to promote inflammation, including milk products, cane sugar, and others. Cyrex Labs has good tests which may be helpful.

And a Paleo Diet may be helpful as well.

[Hidden]

Hi Mary, Learners post seems like excellent advice and I am trying to promote the use of enzymes. First I saw that alternative doctors were using strong enzymes for cancer treatment and when one doctor said that a patient who died of pancreatic cancer had absolutely none in his pancreas. These enzymes are really critical so I looked into more searches leading to not only pancreatic and digestive enzymes but proteolytic enzymes. When you have amyloids floating around the blood stream these enzymes go after them. They are antiinflammatory and destroy scar tissue. There is no real side effect except it makes sticky blood thinner.

[maryrives in reply to Hidden]

Thanks.

Thankfully, no Hashimoto here.

Will research enzymes and amylates (sp).

I don't eat mammals, so paleo diet could be challenging. Mainly focusing on healthy clean sources of proteins, ample veggies, raw or sprouted nuts and seeds, and not too much fruit.

Heres to a summer without alcohol, sugar, gluten, or dairy (although I will not give up my organic 1/2 & 1/2 in my decaf)!

[Hidden]

Ha, it will either be the best or worst summer of your life but good you are trying something. There is also the autoimmune paleo diet that Izabella Wentz promotes. The answers are lurking somewhere, you just need to find them.