Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune condition that causes the rapid build-up of skin cells. This build-up of cells causes scaling on the skin’s surface. The most common symptom is a rash on the skin, but sometimes the rash involves the nails or joints.
It is really worth to try and control any chronic disease with lifestyle changes and supplements before using steroids, creams and other invasive procedures.
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While psoriasis often becomes linked with food intolerances more often with gluten, that isn’t always the case. To address psoriasis, remove inflammatory habits while restoring the body’s natural balance. Take away the things that cause the problem and add those that ameliorate it. Remove food sensitivities. Check out and eliminate foods that are causing inflammatory response in your body.
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Eat a whole food, anti-inflammatory diet. Focus on anti-inflammatory foods including wild fish and other sources of omega-3 fats, red and purple berries, dark green leafy vegetables, colorful vegetables and fruits and nuts. Add anti-inflammatory herbs and spices including turmeric, ginger and rosemary to your daily diet.
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- Exercise regularly. One study found increased physical exercise along with dietary intervention reduced psoriasis severity in systemically treated overweight or obese patients with active psoriasis. You don’t have to go to the gym, just start moving around more.
- Practice deep relaxation. The proportion of psoriasis patients who believe stress affects their skin condition ranges from 37 to 78 percent, and researchers believe stress may worsen psoriasis severity and may even lengthen the time to disease clearance. Calming techniques such as yoga, deep breathing, biofeedback, and massage.
- Sleep for 8 hours every night.
- Test for heavy metal toxicity. Mercury and other metals trigger or exacerbate psoriasis.
- Fix your gut and intestinal health. Your gut plays a significant role in skin health. One study found intestinal permeability (or leaky gut) can contribute to psoriasis. Yeast overgrowth, abnormal gut flora and other gut issues can also trigger or exacerbate psoriasis. If you suspect these or other issues, work with an integrative practitioner to optimize your gut health.
Use the right supplements. Some of the nutritional supplements that could be helpful in controlling Psoriasis are :
- Omega 3 Fatty acids high in EPA and DHA
- Vitamins – A, B6, B9, B12, C, D3
- Zinc, Selenium, Copper
- A high quality Probiotic supplement
- Curcumin
- Rosemary extract
- Ginger extract
- Quercetin
- Grape seed extract
- Rutin
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