On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Kathy Partridge wrote: > Interesting. I have had eczema all my life, and I have noticed that when I > eat beef, it really flares up. If I stick to poultry (especially dark > meat), my skin is much better - in fact the eczema is minimal. I had been > thinking that AA was my problem with the beef (based on what the Eades have > to say about it in PP), but then again, I'm able to eat egg yolks (another > supposed AA problem food) with no problem. So I'm at a loss to explain my > experience - maybe I just have a plain old food allergy where beef is > concerned? The fact that you can eat egg yolks is a decisive refutation of the hypothesis that AA is causing your eczema, since they are considerably higher in AA than beef, chicken, or just about any other food that you can name. And if you check the USDA you'll find that the dark meat from chicken is higher in AA than the white meat. So yes, there's a good chance that you are simply allergic to beef; it's not that unusual. You might try free-range beef to see if something in the grain-feeding of the animal is what is setting off your eczema, but my guess is that it's the beef itself. After all, chickens are grain-fed too. Todd Moody [log in to unmask]