Winter tips for Psoriasis

[Caroline]

Staying warm and well covered seems to help mine.

A agree with the "warm", for me that means that some pretty heavy exercise does help a lot, the blood keeps on flowing and I feel that I am significantly more flexible.

Try to drink more water (not sure the water helps but its a good thing to do anyway i guess)

Yes water is excellent for Psoriasis and your whole body come to that, there are many health benefits including keeping your skin supple and flushing out toxins. I'm not sure but I think the human body is well over 50% water so we should keep drinking it otherwise we dehydrate.

As to how much you should drink, I think it's around 1 - 2 Lt per day.

Though I find it difficult in the winter to drink water I mix a small amount of fruit syrup in to make it more interesting, Summer is no problem I drink loads of it. Some say having hot water drinks like Tea is ok too but I'm not keen on Tea, and although I like Coffee I try not drink to much.

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50% is the minimum a human body consists of, it is between 50% and 75% normally.

I love coffee but it has to be strong so i try to only have one or two a day, i find it fairly easy to get through about one and a half litres of water a day. I buy the cheap sparkling water from Tesco its only about 25p for 2 litres, i think its just tap water with bubbles but i find it nicer than still water.

Remember that the bubbles, Carbondioxide, make the water a bit saur, pH minus I thought, I don't know what the effects are of that.