Comments on: moderate exercise may help your rosacea http://rosacea-support.org/moderate-exercise-may-help-your-rosacea.html Where the rosacea community meets to support each other Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:03:32 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cathryn http://rosacea-support.org/moderate-exercise-may-help-your-rosacea.html/comment-page-1#comment-14837 Cathryn Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:09:11 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/moderate-exercise-may-help-your-rosacea.html#comment-14837 I do intense, sustained exercise (on an elliptical machine) for over an hour 5 or 6 days a week, followed by either another hour of aerobic dance, a cardio sculpt class or yoga or pilates. I do this in a temperature controlled environment so I can stay cool, which is probably critical. I do not flush during or after these intense work-outs. One explanation I've heard is that exercise is alkaline in the body and it is acidic factors that influence rosacea skin negatively. This seems to be mostly true for me. ( When I eat an acidic food, like animal protein or nuts, I balance it with an alkaline food, which is working, so far). If the skin is in "flare" mode, it may seem that exercise aggravates it, as everything seems to. When the rosacea is under control (I recommend Rosacea Ltd. III, having had excellent results), engaging in exercise of any tolerable intensity seems very wise. I do intense, sustained exercise (on an elliptical machine) for over an hour 5 or 6 days a week, followed by either another hour of aerobic dance, a cardio sculpt class or yoga or pilates. I do this in a temperature controlled environment so I can stay cool, which is probably critical. I do not flush during or after these intense work-outs. One explanation I’ve heard is that exercise is alkaline in the body and it is acidic factors that influence rosacea skin negatively. This seems to be mostly true for me. ( When I eat an acidic food, like animal protein or nuts, I balance it with an alkaline food, which is working, so far).

If the skin is in “flare” mode, it may seem that exercise
aggravates it, as everything seems to. When the rosacea is under control (I recommend Rosacea Ltd. III, having had excellent results), engaging in exercise of any tolerable intensity seems very wise.

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