Topical Steroid Withdrawal + high carb VEGAN diet

        Lots of people have asked me what I feed Che during the day because they have seeing me mentioned the word "raw" or the concept "raw til 4". Che is NOT raw (or even raw til 4 anymore-- at least not as strictly as before), but I try to feed him as much raw fruits and vegetables through out the day until dinner time (when we all eat the same thing).

         After reading a little bit about foods that can trigger his eczema I found that an alkaline diet was a good fit for him. Still there were tons of other foods that I wanted to keep in his diet (like bread, that he loves) that are not so alkaline so I decided to offer him as much fresh produce as possible during the day instead of processed food. Lots of people suffering from eczema say that gluten and processed sugar affect their skin significantly but everyone is different and that was not Che's case. So, I navigated his options and while his high carb vegan diet wasn't a problem, there were triggers that I still had to discover and a topical steroid withdrawal that had to be dealt with.


Tons of people dealing with topical steroid withdrawal have changed their diets with hopes of speeding the healing process and I'm 100% sure Che's skin has improved significantly because of it: to be mindful of any food trigger, include a variety of healthy~organic~nourishing foods in his meal and the total elimination of topical steroids or chemicals (for his skin and for our household) for that matter.
 

Top: Dinner ~ Pesto pasta, coconut yogurt (PROBIOTICS!), salad (kale, celery, carrots, sunflower seeds). Left: Raw Chickpea salad without mayo for lunch. Inspired by Isa does it.

 This is Che at the beginning stages of topical steroid withdrawal. Still lots of allergies to be discovered and not introduced to the raw til 4 diet.    >









AND Che a year plus into withdrawal. Months into raw til 4. Most of his allergies discovered.

     Now: what does Che eat (typically)?!

Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Snack
Chia pudding + banana	Green smoothie (spinach, banana, chia+flax seeds, frozen fruit)	Stir fry + jasmine rice, yogurt+molasses, piece of fruit.	Hummus + carrots. Dates
Fruit bowl	He has (at least) a smoothie every day.	Buddah bowl: steamed or roasted sweet potato, broccoli, chickpeas, tahini sauce.	Apple sauce Banana milk

I see more posts about food in this blog's future. Stay tune and ask away if you have any question!