fossilesqueNutritional Hexes
DagwoodIIII know people who refuse to eat gluten even though no doctor told them to.
I don’t eat gluten because it provokes my auto immune disorder and makes my psoriasis bloom.
25 years of doctors telling me that diet cannot influence the condition(s) while prescribing progressively more intense medications. They would sarcastically smirk when I asked… Ohohoho silly patient why would you ask such a dumb question. Not just GPs but Dermatologists too.
I found out by accident when I taught myself to cook and accidentally cut out wheat and barley.
Lots of people are intolerant but don’t realize. Many people realize and cut it out of their lives, then have to deal with the sarcasm/cynicism/ignorance of others.
nightshadeI think it’s important to know that doctors don’t always know best. I made a post a little higher up about the saturated fat hypothesis with regards to heart disease. Many people get set in their ways, whether they have a “Dr.” in front of their names or not. I’m just a lowly trainer, and I have to take continuing education courses so I’m keeping pace with the latest research and best practices. I think it’s only fair that all doctors be forced to stay updated as well.
Yes we agree.
My psoriasis has gone from looking like my joints/hands were covered in dried stucco to being baby smooth.
If I eat wheat (barley flour seems to be the worst for me actually) the psoriasis will return almost immediately.
I saw my Dermatologist who delightfully concluded the IR treatments were working. I had to break her heart and tell her its was the gluten all along. She was crestfallen and sputtered some crappy self-soothing remark like “oh I guess everyone’s different”. My non-verbalized thought was “you call yourself a dermatologist and you’re apparently unaware that diet can influence autoimmune disorders”.
I’m glad you’ve found your trigger. My grandmother had pretty bad psoriasis, she never found her trigger (this was before autoimmune conditions were as well understood as today) but it seemed to go into remission a bit when she’d expose the affected areas to sunlight.
As much as I have spent way too much of my life becoming educated in this area, I’m not actually sure everybody has a definable trigger. After all, it is an autoimmune disorder. I guess I just found out that I’m one of the lucky ones that has figured out what provokes mine.
For anybody that has suffered, also be aware that a universal trigger for psoriasis sufferers is anything with blue/purple dye. They are safe for external use, but psoriasis is broken skin which makes it introduce directly into the bloodstream, and the number one side effect of those dyes is eczema, psoriasis, and dry skin.