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       •  Molecular Research Center, Inc., the parent company of Cinna Health Products, recently acquired a new property that will be redesigned as a first class manufacturing facility for the production of Noredol® Skin Care Gel.  Located not far from our present buildings, the new facility will provide space needed to accommodate the continuing growth in demand for our unique and innovative cosmetic product.  Architectural design for this latest Cinna Health Products’ property will include a mint garden, a beautiful addition of the green space to our new neighborhood emphasizing our commitment to health and reflecting the cool and clean properties of Noredol® Skin Care Gel!  We’ll keep you posted as we move forward with this exciting new project.

BOOKS

Rosacea Diet:
A Simple Method to Control Rosacea.
by Brady Barrows,
200 pp.
Writers Club Press, 2002
ISBN: 0595228003


Joy-Full Holistic Remedies.
by Georgie Holbrook,
144 pp.
Joy-Full Publishing Company, 1999
ISBN: 047084518X

(Cinna Health Products does not endorse books or authors listed in the BOOKS.)

FACE TIME

We are presenting a review series – “Your skin and your diet” – to discuss the possibility that changing what we eat everyday can help to attain a beautiful, healthy complexion.  We believe that the first thing a person with rosacea-like symptoms should do is to see a dermatologist and then follow the dermatologist's prescribed medical skin care.  However, a rosacea sufferer can approach diet as a way to possibly improve the skin appearance.  In this issue we discuss data published by the National Institute of Health and the National Rosacea Society, and other sources, indicating that rosacea skin appearance can be improved by avoiding certain foods and food products. 

    Your skin and your diet.                                                                  Plan your own healthy skin diet

A healthy, balanced diet is a big concern in societies where abundance of food products does not necessarily lead to good food choices or good eating habits.  An excess of calories, highly processed food, or animal and modified plant fat are all calls for concern about general health in modern societies, as are a lack of fruits and vegetables in the everyday diet.

Proper diet has a special, personal aspect for people with rosacea.   It has been well established that although rosacea cannot be cured, dietary changes may be helpful for rosacea skin (read in the Noredol® News No. 7, 2007).

From the experiences of countless numbers of people, whether self-recorded or collected by physicians, the common rosacea food triggers have been identified.  They make a rosacea triggers list with a broad range of possible culprits.  That “watch list” can be used as a basis for creating a personal triggers list and setting individual dietary changes. 

Rosacea food triggers can be classified into several categories:

          •  Spicy food and spicy food ingredients;
          •  Some fruits;
          •  Coffee and tea and drinks containing caffeine;
          •  Alcohol and alcohol drinks.

Spicy food and spicy ingredients can increase blood flow in the face, and as result induce or aggravate rosacea flare-ups.  According to The National Rosacea Society survey, those affected by spicy food listed hot peppers as a top trigger for their rosacea flare-ups (62% of surveyed).  Hot peppers were followed by Mexican-style foods (52%), chili (48%) and salsa (46%).  Similarly, 45% survey respondents blamed hot sausage, and 43% said Cajun style foods triggered or aggravated their rosacea signs and symptoms.

Spicy ingredients often listed as flare-up triggers include some hot sauces (66% of the responding) and chili powder (49%).  Interestingly, in the pepper family of spices, red pepper was found to be the most offensive (53%).  By comparison, table black pepper and paprika affected fewer respondents (22% and 15%, respectively).  Horseradish is also on the list (32% of those affected by spicy food), as well as barbecue sauce (28%) and tomato juice (25%), MSG (24%), curry (23%), vinegar (19%), meat marinades (18%) and mustard (13%).

There are fewer testimonials about specific fruits, as they seem to be the most personal among rosacea triggers.  Raspberries, strawberries and blueberries as well as tomatoes are the culprits mentioned most often and, as such, should be put on the watch list.

There are strong indications that coffee, tea and caffeine containing drinks are powerful and quite common rosacea triggers.  It is difficult to say which of the many kinds of teas are most offensive or which coffee brand should be particularly avoided.  However, tea and coffee, as well as cafeine-containing drinks, are in almost everybody’s diet and should be the first to be screened.

Alcohol is known to increase blood flow and make the face red, however, alcohol itself is not the cause of rosacea.  For those who have rosacea and drink, the resulting increased blood flow obviously can induce flare-ups and aggravate existing skin conditions.  For that reason alcohol and alcoholic drinks also should be put on the triggers watch list.

Fortunately, a rosacea sufferer is rarely affected by every possible dietary trigger.  The best method to find personal triggers is to proceed through a research process.  Begin with the watch list and diligently keep a diary of foods eaten and the accompanying skin conditions.  Using such a food diary is the best way to find personal food triggers and once the culprits are identified, a proper, well balanced diet can be worked out and implemented. For those who decide to find their personal triggers, the data from Brady Barrows' rosacea diet should be encouraging: over 90% of those surveyed were able to modify their eating habits to avoid personal trigger foods and 87% said this helped to reduce their rosacea flare-ups (www.rosacea-diet.com).

While working to create a well balanced, rosacea-safe diet, one should remember to include a good supply of vitamin B12, vitamin C, zinc, omega-3 fatty acids and flaxseed oil.  Omega-3 fatty acids and flaxseed oil have anti-inflammatory actions; vitamin C minimizes histamine release and reinforces small blood vessels; and vitamin B12 and flaxseed oil promote skin repair.  All these can help to keep rosacea signs under control.
And one more thing to remember - avoid hot (thermally) dishes and drinks – they will warm your skin and cause small blood vessels in the face expand, promoting facial redness and aggravating the rosacea skin condition.

Coping with a chronic skin condition – e.g. rosacea or any other symptoms or irritability - means first you must understand the condition and possibly seek medical help from a specialist (dermatologist).  Next teps should include trying to be well informed on how to take care for your skin everyday and how to adjust your life style to avoid factors and situations, like diet and activities, that possibly may trigger or aggravate your skin condition.

A questionnaire for those who want to design their own healthy skin diet should be a “common sense questionnaire”.  Here are some common sense questions and advice that can help:

          •  Watch your skin.  Always pay attention to any change – improvement or worsening.
          •  Note the food or situation when changes take place.If you especially are concerned
with food, try to remember what you ate on the “bad” days versus “good” days.
          •  Be informed – listen to what other people say about their experiences with
certain foods, food products, dishes or cousins.
          •  Read what specialists have to say about diets they recommend for certain skin conditions.
          •  Confront this collected information with your own experiences. Perform your
own experiments to find your food culprits that trigger the bad complexion days for you.
          •  Be persistent, diligent and don't get easily discouraged by the results. For quite
a number of people, eliminating some trigger food helped significantly with their skin problems and it also may help you.
      
We suggest using our Personal Triggers: Notes form to keep a record of personal food culprits.  To share your record with us so we can share it with our readers – please press the Send button. Thank you!

                                 Print Personal Triggers: Notes form for your Triggers Diary

 ROSACEA AND YOU                                                                                 ACNE AND YOU 

          •  Flushing and blushing - most of us associate these with emotions, like embarrassment or rage, or with the time of adolescent-adult transformation and angst.  For a large segment of the population (14 million in USA alone), flushing and blushing can mark the first signs of rosacea and can be the beginning of an everyday struggle to keep facial redness and other rosacea skin symptoms under control.
It is good to know, however, that there are also other causes for flushing.  The transition period in women’s lives, at age of 40-60, is often accompanied by severe menopausal hot flushes. They occur in 70-85% of women throughout this period (peri-menopausal stage) and can lead to persistent facial redness and vascular tension.
There is also flushing resulting from some neurological conditions, the neurological flushing, e.g. in migraine headaches.  Some medications also are known to cause flushing, like steroid flushing.
There is also well recognized flushing associated with eating (spicy and thermally hot foods), food additives (MSG, nitrates, sulfites), alcohol or food allergies.
For people not prone to rosacea, flushing and blushing can be unpleasant, irritating situations without consequences.  For those with genetic predispositions, flushing and blushing can trigger the beginning of rosacea and they surely can aggravate already existing rosacea skin conditions.  In women, for example, menopausal hot flashes can aggravate skin appearance during a time period when rosacea develops.  (Note that in Caucasian women that are affected by rosacea the most, rosacea skin conditions usually start to develop between age of 35-60).  Regardless of the origin of facial redness, it should be treated promptly as it stresses the facial vascular system and may become a cosmetic problem.  Prolonged or frequent flushing and blushing can lead to persistent facial redness that in turn can stimulate the onset of rosacea.

          •  Blemishes are typical problems for acne and rosacea sufferers.  It is helpful to realize,  however, that the term “skin blemish” technically applies to signs of acne or rosacea as well as to practically everything observed on the skin as unsightly, unwanted changes, temporal or permanent, that affect its beauty and healthy look.  Just check the list – in alphabetical order – of some of the most common blemishes:  birthmarks, blisters, calluses, cellulite, corns, dark circles under the eyes, diaper rush, freckles, all signs of skin irritation, moles, razor burns, scars, skin discoloration, skin rash, stretch marks, warts.  Temporary blemishes, like razor burns, can be treated with medicated or cosmetic products.  Permanent blemishes, like scars or birthmarks, must be removed through surgery in a doctor’s office or in beauty salons with specialized procedures.

          •  A large study in China determined that the prevalence of oily skin was close to 26% in women 18 – 65 years old.  Those with oily skin had a history of acne and their skin was highly reactive or sensitive.  This connection between sensitive and oily skin and a high prevalence of developing acne presses the important message about how everyday care can be important for such skin types.  Sensitive and reactive skin needs special care to minimize chances of skin irritation by everyday hygiene and beauty products.  Products chosen for cosmetic care should relieve existing skin irritation and the signs of redness or blemishes often associated with oily skin.  They should be non-comedogenic (do not clog pores) and non-oily, so as not to aggravate the existing problems of an oily skin complexion.

 NOREDOL® SKIN CARE GEL                                           Cosmetic of choice for your skin needs.

          •  Except for medical conditions and indications, reddened skincan be taken care of with good, reliable cosmetics.  It is important to react promptly to the first signs of any persistent face redness as, regardless of the cause, such redness puts a lot of tension on the delicate facial vascular system. Noredol® Skin Care Gel is a cosmetic proven to minimize the appearance of visible facial redness.  It soothes and cools the skin and can be used as an everyday cosmetic since it does not interfere with other skin care or face beautifying products.

          •  Temporary blemishes, like razor burns, can be helped with over-the-counter creams with  medicinal properties or by cosmetic products with soothing, calming formulas.  Noredol® Skin Care Gel, with its innovative formula, can be a cosmetic of choice as it reduces the appearance of redness.  Noredol® gives irritated skin long lasting relief and leaves it feeling smooth and healthy.

          •  An oily complexion requires special cosmetic care that would relieve irritation and signs of redness that are often associated with oily skin.  Noredol® Skin Care Gel offers a soothing, gentle formula, especially designed to help maintain a healthy, beautiful complexion.  It is pleasant in use, gives the face a feeling of a cool “breeze” and reduces the appearance of visible redness and skin irritation.  What is also important, Noredol® leaves no visible residue and does not interfere with makeup or other cosmetic products.

  Chilli peppers                                                                    America's flavour for the world's cuisine

          •  Chilli peppers may not be a desired component in the diet of rosacea sufferers, however, they have became a favorite addition to cuisine all over the world.  The chilli peppers are an ancient produce, domesticated more then 6000 years ago by humans living on American continent and cultivated there ever since.  Columbus’s travels in the fifteenth century brought the spicy peppers to the rest of the world.  Now, as in ancient times, chilli peppers are appreciated for their spicy flavor that can add a zest even to the most unassuming dish.