Woman decides on healing psoriasis the natural way

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Eleven years ago, when Ally was 16 years old, she was frustrated by the fact that she was covered in psoriasis, a situation that became even more bothersome by the fact that there was a one-year waiting list to be seen by a dermatologist.(1)

To add to the mounting uneasiness over her skin condition, Ally explains that after waiting all that time, the dermatologist ended up speaking with her for less than five minutes only to give her a prescription for a steroid cream which ultimately did not prove to be effective for her.(1)

Today, however, her frustrations have turned around due to a change in her diet that she says has left her “…completely transformed.”(1)

The key steps to healing psoriasis the natural way

Ally stepped away from conventional treatment methods and instead, learned how to heal herself from within by paying more attention to the foods she ate.

Along the way, she realized that traditional diets, which are often filled with processed foods, sugars and condiments, can wreak havoc on the body and that not eating them helped her skin return to a more normal condition.(1)

She explains that she first went on an elimination diet. This way of eating is important because in many instances for those suffering from psoriasis, an intolerance to certain foods is often what is triggering inflammation in the body which ultimately manifests as the patchy skin condition.(2)

Eliminating certain foods helps narrow down specific dietary culprits so that a person can better determine the changes they need to make in their diet to control their psoriasis.

During her elimination diet, which lasted a few months, Ally did not consume processed foods, salt, sugars, wheat or condiments.(1) That diet then transitioned into the incorporation of plant-based foods, which she found were brimming with incredible tastes.

She says she was “blown away” because she “…never experienced food in this way, much less understood that vegetables has so much flavor without salt.”(1)

Ultimately, she customized her diet, focusing on no longer eating foods linked to causing and aggravating skin conditions like acne and psoriasis. To that end, she eliminated vegetables high in nitrate such as eggplant, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes.(1)

For over seven years now, Ally says she eats a plant-based, vegan diet and although she’s slipped up on occasion, the awareness she’s gained along the way about the direct impact foods can have on her skin have been invaluable. She often speaks of being “elated” and feeling like she has “…a new body.”(1)

According to the National Psoriasis Foundation, surveys for the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) have shown that over one-third of Americans (36 percent) use complementary and alternative therapies to manage their psoriasis.(3)

Sources for this article include:
(1) https://www.youtube.com
(2) http://www.common-sense-health.com
(3) https://www.psoriasis.org

Antonia
A science enthusiast with a keen interest in health nutrition, Antonia has been intensely researching various dieting routines for several years now, weighing their highs and their lows, to bring readers the most interesting info and news in the field. While she is very excited about a high raw diet, she likes to keep a fair and balanced approach towards non-raw methods of food preparation as well. (http://www.rawfoodhealthwatch.com/)