Rosacea
Foods to Eat More Of:
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
Essential Oils:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Supplements & Homeopathic:
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
Meals:
Sides & Salads:
- Fruits: apples apricots, berries, cantaloupe, grapes, mangoes, papayas, pears, pumpkin
- Vegetables: arugula, beets (including green tops), broccoli, cabbage, carrots, collard greens, cucumbers, kale, romaine lettuce, spinach, squash, watercress
- Olive oil, soy products, seeds (especially flax, pumpkin, sesame, sunflower)
- Lentils, fish (especially salmon, sardines, mackerel, tuna), oats, sea herbs, spirulina, whole grains, yogurt
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
- Excessive salt/sugar
- Red meat, shellfish, dairy products (except yogurt), oranges, chocolate, refined flour
- Coffee, black tea, soda, alcohol
Essential Oils:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Lavender, orange, sandalwood (on location, or add to cleansers, creams, and toners)
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Burdock (root, leaf, seeds), calendula, chickweed, dandelion (root & leaf), echinacea, evening primrose oil, fennel seeds, German chamomile, lemon balm, licorice, red clover flower, stinging nettle, turmeric, yellow dock
- To soothe inflamed skin, splash with strong chamomile and calendula tea (2 cups very hot water over 1 Tablespoon of each herb, let sit - covered - for 20 minutes, then strain and cool).
Supplements & Homeopathic:
- Vitamin A: 25,000 IU daily for 2 months, then 15,000 IU daily (pregnant women should not exceed 5,000 IU daily).
- Vitamin B Complex: 1 pill each morning with food (look for B-50 complex with 50 mcg vitamin B12 and biotin, 400 mcg folic acid, and 50 mg all other B vitamins).
- Riboflavin: 50 mg daily in addition to that in B complex (above) - also called vitamin B2 - may darken the urine.
- Vitamin B12: 1,000 mcg daily in addition to that in B complex (above) - take sublingual form, always take with 400 mcg folic acid such as in vitamin B complex.
- Vitamin C: 1,000 mg 3 times daily (reduce if it causes diarrhea).
- Zinc/ Copper: 30 mg zinc (add 2 mg copper daily if using zinc longer than 1 month).
- Essential Fatty Acids: 1,000 mg evening primrose oil 3 times daily; 1 Tablespoon (14 grams) flaxseed oil daily (or use 1,000 mg borage oil daily for primrose oil).
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
- Banana-Blueberry Smoothie (GF)
- Blueberry Pineapple Smoothie (V, GF)
- Cranberry-Blueberry Smoothie (GF)
- Golden Milk (V, GF)
- Herbal Mango Smoothie (V, GF)
- Mango Lassi (GF)
- Mango Matcha Smoothie (GF)
- Mango-Blueberry Smoothie (GF)
- Mega-Greens Smoothie (GF)
- Pomegranate Dandelion Tea (V, GF)
- Super Skin Smoothie (GF)
Meals:
- Adult Ramen (V, GF)
- Asian Broccoli & Rice Bowl (V, GF)
- Baked Salmon with Dill Sauce (GF)
- Broth (Veggie/Chicken/Beef) - (V, GF)
- Buddha Bowl (V, GF)
- Healthy Mac & Cheese (V)
- MahiMahi with Cucumber-Dill Sauce (GF)
- Miso Soup (V, GF)
- Mujaddara (V, GF)
- Quinoa Oatmeal (V)
- Salmon with Avocado Salsa (GF)
- Salmon with Red Pepper Sauce (GF)
- Sesame Salmon (GF)
- Spiced Lentil Soup (V, GF)
Sides & Salads:
- Asian Cabbage Salad (V, GF)
- Avocado Cilantro Lime Rice (V, GF)
- Brown Rice Pilaf with Saffron and Ginger (V, GF)
- Butternut Squash Risotto (V, GF)
- Caraway Brussels Sprouts (V, GF)
- Chinese Peanut Salad (V, GF)
- Cucumber Canapes (V, GF) - Best if the Vegan & Gluten Free variations are used
- Kale Salad with Sesame Dressing (V, GF)
- Pesto Vegetables (V, GF)
- Quinoa Salad (V, GF)
- Spinach & Strawberry Salad (V)
- Steamed Edamame (V, GF)