Worried about Fumaderm

[Fred]

Do you have any tips on how to boost the immune system to help?

Hello Shadie, I can't help with your Fumaderm question but I see Jim is talking with you and I'm sure Caroline or maybe Bill will be able to offer more.

But I thought I would chip in in answer to you question above.

The best way to boost your immune system is to follow a good balanced diet, have a reasonable lifestyle, and avoid wonder pills and let you body boost itself.

The link Jim gave you above The anti-inflamatory food pyramid can help with psoriasis, but follow these steps if you want to boost your immune system.

Diet:
#1 Eat Yoghurt daily.
#2 Eat Oily Fish twice a week.
#3 Drink Orange Juice once a day.
#4 Use Garlic in your meals.
#5 *Make your own Chicken Stock.
#6 Munch on Brazil Nut's a couple of times a week.
#7 Eat plenty of fresh fruit and veg each day.
#8 Drink plenty of water.
#9 Eat Beef once a week for Zinc.
#10 Include Shiitake, maitake, or reishi mushrooms in your diet.

Lifestyle:
#1 Don't Smoke.
#2 Drink in moderation.
#3 Exercise regularly.
#4 Avoid stress.
#5 Get good regular unbroken sleep.
#6 Avoid infection by washing your hands after toilet, sneezing, preparing raw chicken, etc.
#7 Don't use processed foods, junk food, takeaways, etc.
#8 Go out in the sunshine 15 minutes three times a week. See here: Vitamin D the natural way.
#9 Take half an hour per day for yourself away from phones, people you know, etc.
#10 Enjoy your life to your best ability, do as much as you can from the above.

* My Grannies chicken stock recipe:
#1 Left over Chicken and carcase (remove most of the skin, but leave the bones on)
#2 Some left over veg preferably raw. (carrot peelings cauliflower stalks, etc)
#3 Salt & pepper.
#4 2 cloves of garlic.
# 5 Bay leaf.
Put it all in a large pot and simmer for 4 hours, strain and leave overnight, skim off top layer of fat, put it in portion size freezer box's or make into ice cubes.
Use it as a soup, soup base, gravy, etc. Most people today throw chicken carcase away and by chicken stock cubes. Read the ingredients of your purchased stock cubes, an compare with the above. Your own stock is cheaper, better for you, and just as easy to use from the freezer. Oh and it's probably the best Immune system booster in the world.

These are just my opinions, and I'm sure some would rather pop a little pill each day from the "Health Shop" but I prefer to let my body fight it's own battles as much as possible. I can't do all the above myself especially the exercise and alcohol. But I do try most and believe they do work.

Oh and to Psoriasis Club by the way.

Regards.

Fred.