Can a particular diet help with psoriasis? How about particular foods?
It sure seems like there are as many diets targeted for psoriasis as there are for simple wieght loss. But one thing is almost guaranteed: none of the dietary advice for psoriasis is any more a “cure” than any other treatment currently available. Going off these diets will result in a relapse to the disease state. Perhaps not until months or years afterward, but from what I’ve heard, anecdotally, it’s just about a sure thing. Often, the relapse is quite quick, to the point where a single-meal “cheat” can cause a psoriasis flare within hours. So, just like dietary modification for diabetes, changing one’s eating habits in order to treat psoriasis is a “treatment for life,” along with all the other, more standard treatments. Diets won’t make fundamental changes to how your body works, any more than steroids, UV, or coal tar will (for just a few examples). The big differences, however, are that diet is extremely difficult to test (even in a clinical setting), that many of those who propos
