Managing Psoriasis: Lifestyle and Nutrition Tips to Improve Your Quality of Life

Managing Psoriasis: Lifestyle and Nutrition Tips to Improve Your Quality of Life

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.