Another article suggests five ways to kill bugs in your gut and one of these suggestions is to stop eating sugar which I have been saying for over eleven years will help your rosacea. Dr. Hyman, the writer of the article suggests that what is in your gut may be the problem for a number of health problems including skin diseases. [2]

Clearing up any unhealthy bugs and getting a healthy flora may improve not only the skin but also a number of other health issues and “relief from allergies, acne, arthritis, headaches, autoimmune disease, depression, attention deficit, and more–often after years or decades of suffering.”

Bacteria has been one of the theories postulated as the cause of rosacea but this has never been proven. If bacteria isn’t involved the question is always asked, then, why do antibiotics clear rosacea? The usual response is the anti-inflammatory role of antibiotics is what treats rosacea. There is now a very low dose antibiotic like Oracea used to treat rosacea. However, the long term risks of antibiotic treatment is something to consider which may include an upset stomach, antibiotic resistance and bacterial overgrowth.

But the question is whether do you have a gut feeling about rosacea?  And antibiotics without a doubt plays a role in the gut.  Do you feel that rosacea is somehow related to something going wrong in your gut?

Most rosaceans use  trigger avoidance in their treatment of rosacea and the subject of diet triggers ALWAYS comes up.  Rosaceans have a gut feeling that what they are eating and drinking may have something to do with their rosacea but can’t seem to get a handle on it.  While most rosaceans on the internet know that sugar is a potential rosacea trigger, the NRS still hasn’t added sugar to their ‘official trigger list.’

For more than eleven years my Rosacea Diet has been published explaining why sugar is a rosacea trigger and more rosaceans have confirmed that reducing sugar in the diet does indeed help control their rosacea. Sugar is feeding your rosacea which makes it warm, red, and glowing.

There has been some discussion of how treating IBS, SIBO and H Pylori has helped rosacea. You might want to read this interesting post by Nanobugs, especially the last part of the post. So maybe you have a gut feeling that your rosacea is related to what you are eating and drinking.  Maybe your gut is trying to tell you something.

For more information:

[1] Study confirms antibiotics mess with gut
ABC Science, Maggie Fox, Reuters, Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Original Article

[2] 5 Steps to Kill Hidden Bugs in Your Gut That Make You Sick
Mark Hyman, MD
The Huffington Post . September 30, 2010

More Info:

Rosacea 101: Includes the Rosacea Diet

H Pylori Controversy

SIBO and Rosacea

I wrote the original Rosacea Diet in 1999 and upgraded it several times, and published it with iUniverse in 2002. In 2007 I wrote a comprehensive 373 page book for rosacea newbies in 2007 and renamed the book, Rosacea 101: Includes the Rosacea Diet. I will be happy to answer frequently asked questions about the Rosacea Diet if you post them here.