| For many of us living in the modern world, we should | | | | Putting together a diet for psoriasis that greatly |
| really pay more attention to our diet. For psoriasis | | | | reduced the amount of toxins I was feeding my |
| sufferers, this is doubly true. | | | | body was my next step. I knew my body was telling |
| It was one of the earliest lessons I learned when I | | | | me something, so I decided it was time I listened and |
| started to look into how I could cure myself of this | | | | did something about it. |
| repulsive skin disease. The kind of stuff we eat | | | | For me, it was kind of like my body was making a |
| these days, is it any wonder our bodies sometimes | | | | protest at all the junk I put into it! |
| react this way? | | | | The first changes I made where quite simple. I |
| Although there are many causes of psoriasis, including | | | | started to read labels more and see what was |
| hereditary factors and allergies, one major influence | | | | actually in the food I was eating. I stopped buying |
| on the condition of the skin is the toxins that find | | | | things like ready made meals, processed meat like |
| their way into our bodies. If the body can't get rid of | | | | bacon and anything that seemed like it had too many |
| these toxins through the bowels and urinary tract, it | | | | chemicals in. I started to buy organic fruit and |
| will get rid of them through the pores on your skin. | | | | vegetables, as well as fresh fish and wholemeal |
| This isn't good for the condition or appearance of | | | | bread. |
| your skin, and guess what? | | | | By eating a diet with fewer chemicals, my body was |
| You are poisoning your body with these toxins every | | | | able to deal with any toxins without having to get rid |
| day, through your diet! | | | | of them through the skin. Not only that, but it helped |
| For psoriasis sufferers, the toxins also indirectly | | | | my immune system stabilise itself and function |
| affect your skin by suppressing the immune system. | | | | normally again. I began to notice a difference in the |
| The suppressed immune system will start to | | | | appearance on my skin within a week or so, where |
| malfunction, and create skin cells at a greatly | | | | my psoriasis patches looked less red and angry. |
| increased rate. These skin cells then get pushed to | | | | To this day, I believe that just making a few small |
| the surface, where they build up until they die and | | | | dietary changes had a significant effect on my skins |
| shed themselves. This is what causes the scaly | | | | appearance, and made a major contribution to |
| patches of psoriasis on your skin. | | | | becoming clear of psoriasis altogether. |