Women's Fitness

90 womensfitness.co.uk | September 2016

1

Swap dairy

or soya milk

for almond or

coconut milk.

2

Opt for a few

unsalted nut and

seed mixes to curb

sugar cravings.

3

Use turmeric in

your cooking – it

has natural anti-

inflammatory

properties.

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‘Psoriasis ismakingmylife miserable’

my opinio n is essential to a

long-term health strategy. In the

meantime  here are some changes

you can easily make yourself:

►Eliminate all junk food from your

diet. Avoid processed food white

flour sugar and citrus fruit.

►Milk cheese eggs meat and

poultrycontain arachidonic acid

which causes psoriasis lesions

to turn red and swell so re duce

these for a two-month trial.

►Focu s on eating a diet

of raw food with plentyof

vegetables non- citrus

fruits whole grains

nuts an d legumes

• vitamins A B
  and D plus calcium
  magnes ium and
  zinc are al l
  important in helping
  you reduce symptoms. Opt
  for organic food if you can.
  ►Take some flaxseedoil sesame
  oil or primrose oil everyday.
  These contain a chemical that
  tends to re duce psoriasis.
  ►If you are overweight try to lose
  the excess which you may well
  do by cutting the junk food.
  ►Stress can aggravate
  psoriasis so try to develop
  a calm cheerful outl ook on life.
  A good diet and some herbal
  remedies can help with th at.
  ►With exposure to re gular safe
  amounts of sunlight 95 per cent
  of sufferer s do show signs of
  improvement. Plus swimming
  in the ocean is helpful or you can
  put sea salt or a few handfuls of

3

skin-loving

foods

oatmeal into a warm bath

to re lieve itching.

►Creamscontaining capsicum

can reduce both scaling and

rednes s and liquorice contains

glycyrrhetinic ac id which studies

have shown works betterthan

hydr ocortisone in treating

psoriasis and eczema. Apply it

directly asyou would a cream.

Or visit a naturopathic herbalist

who can mix you an appropriate

combination of milk thistle seed

dandelion root and yellow dock

which taken as a tea can work

fantastically well in reversing

the symptoms ofpsoriasis.

Naturopath and herbalist ShafKhangives his top natural healthtipsfor this

irritatingskin condition onbehalf of the College ofNaturopathic Medicine

N

ormallyskin renews itself

in 28-30 days but forpeople

with psoriasis skin productionis

accelerated causing patches

of raisedsilvery scalesor red

areasover the skin.

Although you can help relieve the

symptoms to gain long-term relief

you need to find the root cause. In

many years of working with clients

who have psoriasis I have ofte n

found leaky gut syndrome to be the

prob lem. Psoriasis is a metabolic

disease and may be linked to

faultyfat assimilation. I suggest

finding a naturopathic practitioner

near you who can help develop

a progra mme that’s effe ctive for

your un ique constitution. They

migh t startwith suggesting

an elimination diet in order

to identifyany specif ic foods to

which you may be allergic. They’ll

provide nutrition al advice and

migh t create a tailor-made bowel

cleansing formula for you which in

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‘In many years of working

with clients who have

psoriasis I have often

found leaky gut syndrome

to be the prob lem’

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solutions

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