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Originally Posted by kelly77
Sunshiney1 - so what changes have you made to eliminate the sals? Like specific products you use that you've changed to? What foods did you eliminate - basically what was the process like for you?
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Kelly ~ you do not need to change your diet, only topical products that you put on your skin ~ make-up, lotion, cleansers, shampoo, conditioner, sunscreen, etc.
The only "diet" thing would be mint gum or mints...you cannot have mint in anything.
Here is the best way to describe it: you can not use any product with an ingredient with the word "sal" in it ~ no salicylic acid (that is an easy one!); you cannot use any plant-derived ingredient with the words oil or extract on the end (so, no "orange oil" or "lavendar extract") and no "aloe" anything. There are a few other no-nos but these are the big ones.
I buy all of my products at the regular old drugstore ~ Walgreens, CVS, Rite-Aid, whatever. I do not use any "weird" or hard-to-find products. It takes me 2 seconds now to scan the back of the product's ingredients list to know if I can use it or not.
Here are some examples of things I am using right now: a Revlon lipgloss, eyeliner and mascara, a Maybelline foundation and powder, Pantene shampoo and conditioner, and a CVS brand lotion that smells REALLY good!
There is a message board dedicated to helping newbies get on the protocol, and that was very helpful in the beginning. I learned a lot there, but I have not needed that board since about 2 months into the protocol.
I hope this helps!