The Importance of Sufficient Daily Intake of Water

Water, water, water. I cannot stress enough the importance of drinking water for excema sufferers. I have known people who has suffered with eczema through out their lives and they have no idea that the flare ups are due to drinking too much softdrinks and coffee. In fact, that is all they drink daily. Eczema skin is severely dehyrated skin. Because the moisture barrier (the skin’s protecter against harmful irritants) is depleted, you become vulnerable to attack from harmful toxins (allergens). Moisturizing your skin with a natural, steroid free lotion will be of great benefit in replenishing your moisture barrier along with drinking water and fighting off the eczema breakout.

Regarding the change in the seasons, understand that your skin is the largest organ in the body and serves as the body’s temperature regulator. In the process of adjusting the bodies temperature, moisture is released. If your skin is already dehydrated, then the process becomes more stressful to the skin, further dehydrating the skin and causing a breakout. Water, water, water. I cannot stress enough the importance of drinking water for a properly functioning immune system. Every organ in the human body needs water to survive.

If you find that you are not allergic to the Burt’s Bees Buttermilk lotion, then it is safe to use it liberally and as often as you need. It is not an eczema lotion; it’s a hydrating skin lotion and that is why it is so successful. It feeds the skin the vitamins and minerals needed to build up the immune system and fight off the harmful toxins. Steroid creams and medications are purposed to suppress the symptom; and in so doing, they suppress the immune system, causing more harm than good.

Also, it is important to decrease your salt intake because it drinks up your body’s moisture. Add more fruits and vegetables to your diet as well to aide in building up your immune system. This is especially needed if you’ve been using any medications, creams or lotions with steroids in them. Also reduce processed food which have high salt content.