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020 Healing From Eczema: Getting Your Skin Clear with Christa Biegler
This week, Meg & Kylie chat with Eczema expert Christa Biegler. Christa is an award-winning dietitian nutritionist, host of the Less Stressed Life podcast, and author of The Eczema Relief Diet & Cookbook. She helps health-savvy women beat bloat, burnout & eczema breakouts with her podcast, programs and private practice. She lives with her unicycling husband & kids in the Midwest. The Less Stressed Life Podcast & Nutrition mission is that everyone deserves a less stressed life without inflammation, food sensitivities and fatigue.
On this episode, Christa breaks down some of the most common reasons people struggle with eczema and breaks down some actionable steps people can take either on their own or if working with a practitioner. We talk about mold, staphylococcus, how long it takes to heal eczema and her approach to heal eczema without restricting food!
You can connect with Christa on IG @anti.inflammatory.nutritionist, listen to the Less Stressed Life Podcast or visit her website at https://www.christabiegler.com/ !
TLDL takeaways & action steps:
1. Eczema is a result of topical staphylococcus infection/overgrowth on the skin- which also points to overgrowth in the gut as well.
2. Mold exposure is a common reason for food sensitivities and eczema
3. Christa has her own eczema typing system. If your eczema looks more dry and flaky you likely need liver support. If it's bright red you may be having a reaction to histamines in the diet. If eczema is primarily on your hands you're likely dealing with eczema from stress.
4. Eczema is a SYMPTOM or RESULT of something else (like mold exposure, sluggish detox, stress, gut issues, etc)
5. General healing time frame for eczema is 2-4 months
Action steps:
[A] Follow a high quality diet- in Christa's eyes, this means based on whole foods, 5+ cups of veggies daily & a ton of colors in your meals.
[B] If you want to experiment with food restriction (i.e. cutting out the Top 8 Allergens, which are milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, soybeans, wheat, tree nuts and peanuts) - Christa doesn't recommend restricting for longer than 3 weeks.
[C] Follow Christa's process for eczema healing (aka "AWE"):
1. AWARENESS: write out a timeline of when you started to notice eczema, what else was happening in your life at that point, etc. You can also fill out this questionnaire to see if you can make connections to what else is going on internally. Sometimes this step also includes getting specialized testing done.
2. WORK: these are what you're going to DO with the information you discovered in step 1. If you're exploring this on your own that might look like implementing a detox or stress management regimen
3. EMPOWERMENT: this means taking what worked well for you in step 2 and continuing to use those tools to support your body.
[D] Christa's favorite detox strategies: infrared sauna therapy, regular BMs, sweating, good hydration
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By Meg Hagar & Kylie FagnanoThis week, Meg & Kylie chat with Eczema expert Christa Biegler. Christa is an award-winning dietitian nutritionist, host of the Less Stressed Life podcast, and author of The Eczema Relief Diet & Cookbook. She helps health-savvy women beat bloat, burnout & eczema breakouts with her podcast, programs and private practice. She lives with her unicycling husband & kids in the Midwest. The Less Stressed Life Podcast & Nutrition mission is that everyone deserves a less stressed life without inflammation, food sensitivities and fatigue.
On this episode, Christa breaks down some of the most common reasons people struggle with eczema and breaks down some actionable steps people can take either on their own or if working with a practitioner. We talk about mold, staphylococcus, how long it takes to heal eczema and her approach to heal eczema without restricting food!
You can connect with Christa on IG @anti.inflammatory.nutritionist, listen to the Less Stressed Life Podcast or visit her website at https://www.christabiegler.com/ !
TLDL takeaways & action steps:
1. Eczema is a result of topical staphylococcus infection/overgrowth on the skin- which also points to overgrowth in the gut as well.
2. Mold exposure is a common reason for food sensitivities and eczema
3. Christa has her own eczema typing system. If your eczema looks more dry and flaky you likely need liver support. If it's bright red you may be having a reaction to histamines in the diet. If eczema is primarily on your hands you're likely dealing with eczema from stress.
4. Eczema is a SYMPTOM or RESULT of something else (like mold exposure, sluggish detox, stress, gut issues, etc)
5. General healing time frame for eczema is 2-4 months
Action steps:
[A] Follow a high quality diet- in Christa's eyes, this means based on whole foods, 5+ cups of veggies daily & a ton of colors in your meals.
[B] If you want to experiment with food restriction (i.e. cutting out the Top 8 Allergens, which are milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, soybeans, wheat, tree nuts and peanuts) - Christa doesn't recommend restricting for longer than 3 weeks.
[C] Follow Christa's process for eczema healing (aka "AWE"):
1. AWARENESS: write out a timeline of when you started to notice eczema, what else was happening in your life at that point, etc. You can also fill out this questionnaire to see if you can make connections to what else is going on internally. Sometimes this step also includes getting specialized testing done.
2. WORK: these are what you're going to DO with the information you discovered in step 1. If you're exploring this on your own that might look like implementing a detox or stress management regimen
3. EMPOWERMENT: this means taking what worked well for you in step 2 and continuing to use those tools to support your body.
[D] Christa's favorite detox strategies: infrared sauna therapy, regular BMs, sweating, good hydration