Psoriatic disease refers to a group of conditions that affect the skin, nails, and joints, mainly causing inflammation. It is an autoimmune disease, which means the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells. People with
psoriatic disease may experience symptoms like dry, itchy patches on the skin (psoriasis) or joint pain and stiffness (psoriatic arthritis). Treatments can help manage symptoms and improve quality of life.
Full definition
Osteoporosis: A study of people
with psoriatic disease showed that 60 percent of patients had osteopenia, an early form of the bone disease, osteoporosis, and 18 percent had progressed to osteoporosis.
Since one of the main drivers
of psoriatic disease is an overactive immune system, by targeting the foods that invoke an immune response in your body, you can have the upper hand at controlling your inflammation.
Here are a few of the top foods cut out by the vegan paleo diet, and how that can
help psoriatic disease patients.
Metabolic Syndrome: There is a significant association
between psoriatic disease and metabolic syndrome — a cluster of conditions that include heart disease, abdominal obesity and high blood pressure.
«The truth is that there is not enough scientific evidence to substantiate these claims, and the medical community doesn't know for sure how diet
impacts psoriatic disease.
Join a group of everyday people dealing with
psoriatic disease by walking, running, cycling and DIY - ing for a cure.
Probiotic treatments have the opposite effect to antibiotic treatments — instead of killing the bad bacteria, they promote the beneficial ones, the kind of bacteria that reduce the inflammatory response involved in different kinds
of psoriatic disease.
Obesity: Researchers have known for some time that people
with psoriatic disease are more likely to be obese than the normal population.
Determining the individual contributions of each protein will help provide strategic therapeutic targets to change the course of a patient's psoriasis or, at the very least, provide a better understanding of how a change in the regulation of these proteins contributes to skin inflammation and
psoriatic disease.
It's hard to remember a time when I didn't have
psoriatic disease.
Psoriatic disease is an inflammatory condition in which your immune system goes into overdrive and starts attacking different parts of your body.
A key component to managing
your psoriatic disease is decreasing your inflammation.
It includes everything from gentle yoga to total body - strength exercises that are low - impact and perfect for those living with a chronic disease like rheumatoid arthritis,
psoriatic disease, or multiple sclerosis.
In a previous post, I talked about why yoga was an important tool in managing
your psoriatic disease, but what if the last thing you want to do is move?
Yoga can, and will, greatly help you to manage
your psoriatic disease symptoms!
All of these processes are vital - especially when you're dealing with
psoriatic disease!
These nutrients can help arm our immune systems to combat viruses, bacteria, and help us with
our psoriatic disease.
Balancing your nervous system, getting your inflammation in check, increasing your detoxification and lymphatic systems efficiency - these are all benefits that are essential for
ALL psoriatic disease.
While they may be anti-inflammatory in nature, with
psoriatic disease (or any other autoimmune condition) these foods may end up being inflammatory to our bodies.
Inflammation is the root of
psoriatic disease - and really all chronic conditions.
«What the medical community does agree on, however, is that people with
psoriatic disease should maintain a healthy weight, and that's where diet and exercise can play and important role.
Through the years, Jen has also experimented with different diets, which she says plays a huge part in helping her manage
her psoriatic disease.