Managing Psoriasis: Lifestyle and Nutrition Tips to Improve Your Quality of Life
- Julian Simpson
- Oct 30, 2024
- 2 min read
Managing Psoriasis: Lifestyle and Nutrition Tips to Improve Your Quality of Life
Psoriasis is a multifactorial disease with a complex etiopathogenesis, involving genetic predisposition, as well as immunological and environmental factors. Indeed, lifestyle may affect the clinical presentation, severity, and course of the disease
Research indicates that increased body mass index (BMI) may act as a psoriasis trigger, and waist circumference positively correlates with the disease
Overview of lifestyle and nutrition factors, including specific diets and single nutrients.
Lifestyle | Nutrition |
Alcohol-alcohol intake is the trigger for initiating, perpetuating the course and increasing its psoriasis severity | Low Calories diet |
Smoking | Mediterranean diet |
Stress and sleep disturbances-The pathogenetic correlation between stress and psoriasis onset and worsening is likely linked to a hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis dysfunction | Protein-restricted and vegetarian diet |
Sedentary habit-Physical activity is reported to be positively associated with the improvement of psoriasis, as well as with that of cardiovascular, metabolic, and psychological comorbidities increased physical activity consisting of aerobic exercise for at least 40 minutes three times a week, is associated with a 20‐week dietetic intervention, was able to effectively reduce psoriasis severity compared to simple informative counseling about the utility of weight loss for clinical control of psoriatic disease | Single nutrients |
Omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids | |
Vitamin B12-Vitamin B12 It is mainly found in shellfish, liver, fortified cereals, and red meat. It plays a role in nucleic acid synthesis, likely influencing psoriasis by its immunomodulatory effects on T lymphocytes and cytokines | |
Vitamin D | |
Tryptophan | |
Selenium | |
Curcumin | |
Prebiotics and probiotics | |
Caffeine | |
Gluten |
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Reference
Musumeci ML, Nasca MR, Boscaglia S, Micali G. The role of lifestyle and nutrition in psoriasis: Current status of knowledge and interventions. Dermatol Ther. 2022 Sep;35(9):e15685. doi: 10.1111/dth.15685. Epub 2022 Jul 18. PMID: 35790061; PMCID: PMC9541512.
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