Psoriasis Diet
ThailandTom
Veteran
I have been doing a lot of research on psoriasis lately as I have had it for over a decade and it has finally just gotten to the point where I am fed up with it.
I have seen that may people have made a connection between the digestive system, mainly the smaller intestine and the immune system. Psoriasis is where your bodies immune system kicks into overdrive and reproduces cells too quickly as a line of defense. Why is it doing this? Well I have researched that in the digestive tract certain foods can cause small hole within the cells so toxins and whatever can enter directly into the blood stream.
From what I have read things to stay well away from if you have this condition include; alcohol, nightshade vegetables like peppers and tomatoes, sugar, refined and even natural sugar in fruit also things with dairy content and also gluten and grains or starchy produce. Lastly red meats.
So what on earth is there left? Leafy greens, chicken and fish. It looks like I may have to change things up quite a bit. Alcohol is gone, I don't eat candy so refined sugar is pretty much gone, I buy my food mainly from markets so the vegetables don't have sugar on them, but I find it hard to find foods here in Thailand such as kale, avocado, kelp, these kind of things that wold be great for juicing or just to get nutrition from.
Does anybody know much about the science behind this? The videos I have seen have mainly been personal accounts of people not trying to sell a product or something of that nature. I live in Asia so rice is a huge part of the culture and it is a nono for psoriasis apparently, so I bought some whole grain brown rice which tastes fine, but then I hear that is still going to cause issues. How can I exercise on a diet without fruit, where will the energy come from?
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If one wants to find what food may be causing or agravating a problem the best way is to remove it from the diet for some 3 months and see the difference. I believe what you are refering to is called the leaky gut syndrome and is usually attributed to gluten. But to know it is necessary to remove it completely from the diet, without a trace, it worked for me and found it to be the cause of my allergy. Notice that gluten is present in several grains.
The problem with removing too many products is that it may be difficult to maintain a diet or find out what is causing the problem. Removing gluten alone can already retrict the diet a lot.
You are unlucky TT as this problem eludes even the best scientific minds. certain therapies work, and As I have discussed with you in the past - coming back to the UK and requesting certain therapies from certain LONDON HOSPITALS WILL BE HELPFUL.
Yea removing grains is going to be difficult especially considering where I live. It's funny that so many doctors who you will go and see about a skin condition never once mention the possibility of there being an issue with what you put into your body, they just sell you 'medicine'. I am starting a very short water fast to flush things through and see where I go from there with regards to taking things out of my diet.
You are unlucky TT as this problem eludes even the best scientific minds. certain therapies work, and As I have discussed with you in the past - coming back to the UK and requesting certain therapies from certain LONDON HOSPITALS WILL BE HELPFUL.
It does seem that it is a problem that many of the sufferers understand more than the specialists. I appreciate your advice but I am pretty stubborn on returning to England still at this point. That would be the last resort, first I am going to address diet seeing we are what we eat quite literally, and the skin is the bodies biggest organ. I think one of my major triggers for inflammation is alcohol so now I have cut that out totally and have more inspiration and intent to do so than ever.
well done on giving up ETOH!
So excellent to hear that you put down the booze Tom.
Good luck with finding a cure.
There is no cure, only ways to treat it and try to keep it under control unfortunately. For stopping alcohol this has been a great incentive, but also as I exercise 5-7 times a week, I noticed that even a one night bender really gets in the way and messes things up. I have been planting my backside down on the cushion as well recently so fingers crossed for some positive change eh
Rice doesn't have gluten nor does corn or buckweat, so there are still plenty of grains to eat. I imagine rice is a popular grain in Thailand. From the nutritional point of view I don't think giving up gluten containing foods poses any risk of malnurishment. The problem is that many processed foods contain it, even stuff like soy sauce has it, and even pastry supposed to be made of rice flour may contain weat flour mixed.
If you are going to try that one don't forget you need some 3 months to find out, the time needed to reverse the possible gluten caused damages which may cause other foods to also worse the condition.
Hey Tom,
Good to hear that you stopped drinking. As you probably remember I have a similar condition, which also responds to dietary changes.
Alcohol and bread are the main culprits. Fruits in moderation are totally fine.
Also, I've lived in Asia for the last 5 years, eat rice almost every day and it doesn't seem to do any harm.
I second the idea of trying elimination diet. No need to be too harsh on yourself.
I have been to Thailand for a month recently (Chiang Mai and Pai) and gonna be back in a month for longer, so maybe we will have a chance to meet up.
All the best!