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Something interesting today, my inner arms don’t have any open lesions or even any scales or dryness! My neck is also much less scaly and dry. There is still some on my chin and itching is still prevalent around there and my shoulders. The past week I have seen a drastic improvement in my skin and I think these are the factors that are sustaining this.

Raw greens – Remember I’ve been eating tons of salads lately. I find I’m feeling less itchy when eating raw veggies. Even better than when I eat a whole plate of cooked ones. Lakewood Acai Amazon Berry Juice – I really have been drinking about 6oz of this every morning and I truly think this high antioxidant mix is helping me to fight off other bad things Herbal Tea – The Chinese Herbal Tea has become a normal routine now and I have 2 cups of it a day, I think it is naturally aiding in the itch and redness. Less grains – The days I have less of rice and corn I seem to feel even better. Cleansing my face with Shu Uemura Balancing Cleansing Oil - it’s oil based and I use very little water. It’s working really well at the moment but I am apt to see other cleansing oils that use main ingredients other than mineral oil. The mineral oil being bad could be just one of those myths with cheap unfiltered crap. Shu Uemura has a process and seems to be a good formula from the macro level. Oh and they a bunch of different formulas depending on your skin type. It seems to be working quite well right now, but I keep reading about DHC so a product review might be in order.

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Assumptions: A few of the things that go along with this is that I’m also not having any gluten. Since the week before starting the greens and acai craze there was not a lot of change, I’m uncertain as to whether after the 90 days I went back to a little gluten but maintained the above 5 items that the same results would be occurring. I’m not sure.

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Possible Food Allergies/Intolerances: I have come also to see another pattern while my skin is visibly much better. I can tell when something is triggering it more directly. I am starting to believe I may be allergic or more intolerant to the following greens. Yes, GREENS!

Parsley Cilantro Basil

I do love the cilantro and basil in a hot bowl of pho but I am going to do my best and really try eliminating those and then having them one by one once my skin is at a point that I can sustain a test like that. Allergy tests will not be able to tell me these things since there really is not a known allergen within these spice type greens. It could likely be more an intolerance than severe allergy.

Overall I’m going to continue this trend and keep you updated. Either way something is working!