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Do You Follow A Specific Diet To Help With HS?

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San Francisco, CA
September 25, 2024
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A myHSteam Member

I’ve lost a lot of weight, gained 7-8 because of a new med and will tell psych nurse practitioner doc about it in two weeks and he’ll probably take me off of it

I do limit sugar and working on continuing to limit carbs and add more protein-

I have almost completely eliminated night shades and the only one I can’t completely eliminate is squash

My hats off to anyone who is able to manage the cravings and alter their diet! It’s definitely a job but one that’s worth it! We’re all in this together! Love yall-

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September 26, 2024
A myHSteam Member

I try my best to stay away from sugar. I use of a lot natural ingredients as well. Turmeric in everything. I've starting juicing ginger (cold press) and drinking that amd it's helping a lot. Fried fatty foods as well. I'm currently only eating chicken & fish and mash potatoes, nothing heavily seasoned nothing fried. My Dr, believes I'm stage 2 but I've taken care of my skin since I was 12 so my skin doesn't appear to look like stage 2. Everytime I take a shower I apply clindamycin liquid all over & a paste I made using Turmeric whether there's a flare or not. Hope this helps.

September 28, 2024
A myHSteam Member

YES it is very restrictive but worth it. I cut out potato, refined sugar and dairy. Also lowered the amount of yeast - no beer or wine - and swapped out to rye bread and tamari instead of soy sauce and yeast free stock cubes. I try to avoid nightshades as much as possible. This has helped me massively. For me the big ones were potato and sugar

September 26, 2024
A myHSteam Member

Cut our dairy and nightshades and big cut down if refined sugar. A big improvement in flare ups. Currently no lesions. Still trying to lose weight. Swimming and yoga

September 25, 2024
A myHSteam Member

I removed sugar, gluten , diary products and yeast and this helped me

September 25, 2024 (edited)

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