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Hi everyone, i would like to share with all some info on what i have found has helped by psoriasis, i have had plaque psoriasis since i was 18 and am now 32.... i have had many treatments over the years, coal tar treatments, dithranol, vitamin a and d treatmants, steriods, uvb and uva light treatmants tec - not many things worked, some improved it but only for a while esp thing like steroids as many of you will know psoriasis often gets worse in the winter when the air is more dry and improves in the summer- thats my experience anyway but most of the time its been moderate to severe. Winter returns and im feeling down and my skin began to flare up again and i began to get really down. Eventually i decided i either get down or try and find another way of helping myself so i decided to look toward the foods i was eating and a natural approach to moisturisers rather than covering my body in chemicles that only work for a short term, thi is what i did and 6 weeks in for the first time since i was 18 im starting to see a HUGE difference to the point that others are also beginning to notice how much better my skin is.......i looked on the internet and reasearched what effect food can have on psoriasis this is what i came up with..... I stopped drinking cows milk or any cows milk containing products altogether and switched to soya milk fortified with calcium so that i was still having a calcium intake I stopped eating red meat altogether- fish, chicken and turkey only I stopped eating anything white ie white bread, white rice- anything with white refined sugar in it and switched to brown/whole meal- i still do not eat alot of bread because im trialing to see if gluten has an affect on psoriasis Im eating as much green veg as i can I do not eat nightshade vegetables/fruit as they have a flammatory affect on psoriasis- these include tomatoes, peppers, aubergines I do not eat ready meals that are packed full of sugars, preservatives etc- everything i eat is either fresh or frozen from fresh OLIVE OIL is a big one for me, i use it for everything but most importantly in the bath - ive found it better than any prescription emollient plus its less chemicles on the body- i also use it neat as a moisturiser everyday and anything i cook that needs to be lightly fried i use olive oil, even spread that i would use on bread is an olive oil based spread- its amazing stuff I use surcare washing powder, softener and washing up liquid as it contains no dye or perfumes and washes just aswell as any other powder ive used I still drink alcohol but on a weekend only I take evening primrose containing vitamin e everyday I eat nothing sugary ie sweets etc ....all of this may seem difficult to do but it actually really is not and when you can see a different each day ive found giving up certain things is a small price to pay for having much better skin, its 6 weeks on and now my skin is id say 70% better its taking time as everything does but im shocked massivel;y at how much better my skin now is, i wanted to share this to all of you who suffer as i did and hope it will also help you, try it but dont be impatient as it does take time, im also going to ask my doctor to do some food intolerance tests on me to check if these thing ive cut out im axctually intolerant to, i did this out of desperation as nothing was working to control my psoriasis, please if anyone has any questions dont hesitate to ask me, Kelly xx