This document discusses several potential health issues: drinking too much diet soda can trigger headaches from aspartame breaking down into formaldehyde; eating too much sugar can lead to candida overgrowth causing skin irritation; cracks at the mouth corners may signal a B-vitamin deficiency from a processed food diet; and keratosis pilaris commonly appears as small bumps on the upper arms and is exacerbated by the sun, spicy food, and tobacco but can be treated with soaking, exfoliation, or prescription creams.

1. You’re drinking too much diet soda…
Aspartame can trigger headaches, even migraines.
How ??
Aspartame >>>>>> Methanol >>>>>> Formaldehyde (Carcinogen)

2. You’ve got candida overgrowth…
People who like to eat much sweet or candies may be hosting an unhealthy overgrowth of Candida albicans
Candidas found between the toes, under the breasts and in the ears. As it infiltrates, it irritates and inflames the skin,
leading to the telltale signs of itching and redness.

3. You have a B-vitamin deficiency…
One likely signal: Cracks at the corners of the mouth
Background: “You see nutritional deficiencies first in those tissues that turn over the quickest, such as the tongue
and lips,” says Lipski. Studies show that cracks or sores that appear at the corners of the mouth (a.k.a. cheilitis) may
be a sign that your body isn‟t getting enough B vitamins. “Deficiencies of one or more of the B vitamins may occur
fairly easily,” notes Haas, “especially with diets that include substantial amounts of refined and processed food, sugar
or alcohol.”

4. Keratosis pilarisis hereditary
Keratosis pilaris affects 4 out of every 10 adults.
Women are slightly more prone to developing keratosis pilaris.
Frequently seen on the upper arms, buttocks and thighs.
Appear as small pimples
Have a dry “sandpaper” feeling
They are usually white, but if they become inflamed they turn reddish.
NOT itchy NOT harmful NOT contagious
It may remain for years but in most cases it gradually disappears usually before age 30.
The Sun
Spicy food
Tobacco products
patients that reduced or eliminated milk and its derivatives from their diet

5. This all makes it keratosis pilaris worse and
makes my upper arm glow like Christmas
lights.
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Tobacco
Decreases the absorption of many vitamins and minerals, including vitamin C, folate, magnesium and
calcium. But dietary supplements won't make up for the major health risks caused by smoking.
The safest option is to avoid all tobacco products.
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Treatment
The plugged pores can be removed by taking long, hot soaking tub baths
and then rubbing the areas with a coarse washcloth, stiff brush,
or „Buf-Puf‟. Also, a good home microdermabrasion cream rubbed into the
skin can help to get rid of all the excess keratin.
Prescription medicines may help, including some antibiotics like Erythromycin and Bactrim. The
derivatives of vitamin A can be very harsh for the skin, so be aware of all the symptoms you develop.