Psoriatic Arthritis and food

[Caroline]

Yes off course I am around 90 Kg but fairly long so I don't think that im super overweight, but I've read that its best to be thinner as well for the joints and medication working properly. So that's why I am thinking about that as well to be as thin as possible, and like eating as healthy as possible. Between the limits off course not rabbit wise.

Interesting story it seems that some foods or (alcohol) triggered your imflammation right, or did you feel that after your diet that the psa was less, in comparison then before? Sounds kind of great that you can manage your psa in this way!

Well … first I partly do not agree with Fred… but don’t worry, that is nothing new. I have quite a different psoriasis and a different view on psoriasis and disagreeing between us is quite normal.
I do agree that you should be careful for scams, there is a lot of nonsense on the internet.

90 kg for a tall Dutchman is really not heavy, I guess you don’t need to lose much weight. (I weigh at least 20kg less, but no doubt I am smaller  )
Healthy food is always good. I do think that certain food is less good for your psoriasis, I am even quite sure of that when I see my sister reaction to e.g. tomato’s, her skin immediately reacts and get red.

In the Netherlands there is a treatment centre in Amsterdam, the Huid Medisch Centrum, where they are significantly looking at lifestyle and where dermatologists are involved. More and more in the Netherlands the interest in lifestyle connected to Psoriasis is increasing.
The Dutch Psoriasis Association, the PN, you might know them, even have made webinars, where there is much interest in Lifestyle and were dermatologists are explaining this in the webinars. Als the Radboud University Medical Centre last year have done an investigation in Lifestyle and Psoriasis.

As said, I used to use medication, and now after the lifestyle change and no alcohol, I don’t need that anymore. I do very well know what PsA is and I am quite sure that this is no placebo effect, I am very alert to everything that I feel. And I have been quite worse long ago.

If…. A theory of a doctor in the Netherlands is true, he is an internist, then the cause of psoriasis might lie in the mitochondria (of course there is also genetics involved). Unfortunately, despite signalling this to the dermatologists, this is not being picked up, while this cause may be very logical.
And if this is true, it would explain why e.g. DMF works and points to lifestyle and food. But it should be validated first.

And there is another thing… on which I do agree with Fred, and that is that everyone has his/hers own psoriasis. There is no total cure for everyone. And also the intensity can be very different, Fred has a very serious version, while my version is much lighter..
Fred and I both love life, but we access that in quite different ways.