Guest guest Posted January 15, 2001 Report Share Posted January 15, 2001 Guys,<br>I'm facing a problem with a slow healing of wounds. Skin on my chin is clear of pimples but remains reddish like under infection and is makes new pimples immediatelly and easily if I overacidate my body. What could be the cause? Any nutrition shortages? What about Candida?<br>Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2001 Report Share Posted January 16, 2001 Vitamin A and Zinc are very important. Zinc is one of the things that does come up deficient on a raw diet.<br><br>I supplement zinc and eat two carrots a day to help my skin. You can see that you may not be getting enough zinc if you add up your daily diet on the following web tool<br><a href=http://dawp.anet.com/ target=new>http://dawp.anet.com/</a><br><br>Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2001 Report Share Posted January 16, 2001 When you compare the US RDA levels to the WHO recommended levels, you see that the US RDA levels for Four nutrients are much higher then the WHO recommendations. These are Zinc, B12, Protein and Calcium. we need to ask ourselves, why it is that the WHO feels that humans can survive on lower levels of these four nutrients then the US thinks. It may be more then a coincidence that these are also the four nutrients that are said to be difficult to obtain on a diet that limits or restricts animal protein. This is more then a coincidence and the recommended levels in the US are higher some what because of the influence of the meat and diary industries. <br><br>For instance, in regard to zinc.<br><br> US RDS WHO<br><br>Men 15 9.4<br>Women 12 6.7<br><br>I run analysis of raw vegan diets all the time and while it is not difficult to get at least 10 mgs, sometimes it is hard to get to 15. However, realize that at 10, we have easily surpassed the levels set by the WHO.<br><br>SOme other comments from one of my recent newsletters on this whole issue.<br>3) They say we are deficient in Zinc.<br><br>It is easy to design a vegan diet that has 10 mgs of zinc, which is 67% of the RDA for men and 84% of the RDA for women. This is based on the<br>US RDA for zinc (15 mg for men, 12 mg for women). Remember, in order to be adequate, a single days diet has only to meet 67% of the<br>RDA. We meet this level for men and clearly surpass this level for women. <br><br>(RDAs were not designed to analyze " individual " diets on a " daily " basis. The RDAs were designed to analyze the diets of " populations " (or groups) of people over periods of " time " , and therefore, have a 33% (2 Standard deviations) " safety margin " or " buffer " built into them. By setting the standard higher, they make sure they include a wider group of the population. In analyzing the<br>diet for an individual person for an individual day, you only need to meet 67% of the RDA to be " adequate " .)<br><br>Second, the U.S. sets is level on zinc based on its estimates that only 20% of the zinc found in the typical U.S. diet is absorbable. The World Health Organization (WHO) bases its zinc recommendations, which are much lower (9.4 for men, 6.5 or women) on people who eat a mostly " unrefined " plant based diet (like the diet I recommend). The WHO recommendations for zinc are lower then the USA recommendation <br>because absorbability of zinc on such a diet is 30%, 10% higher then on a typical US diet. Knowing this and applying this, the diet<br>clearly has enough zinc in it and surpasses the WHO recommendations for both men and women. Refined grains have a lower zinc absorption<br>rate, so again, focusing on unrefined foods is important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2001 Report Share Posted January 16, 2001 I don't think it's caused by vit A or Zinc deficiency. I eat carrot every day and Zinc deficiency is indicated by white spots on nails, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2001 Report Share Posted January 17, 2001 Tom, this sounds to me like a condition called Roseacea. It’s a facial skin condition characterized by red irritated skin, acne, exaggerated blushing, broken blood vessels. I have had Roseacea my whole adult life. The condition is getting better eating 100% raw… the redness and acne went away but the broken blood vessels remain. This weekend due to an extraordinary case of PMS I binged on junk food – 100% not raw. Woke up this morning with the usual swollen red face… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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