Smart Psoriasis Diet Plan Step 6
Add the following psoriasis healing foods to your diet.
Here is a list of other foods that will help your psoriasis. As you can see the list is massive so you should have no problem making delicious daily meals with the added benefit that they are helping you heal your leaky gut issue and in turn your psoriasis.
Please note that you should stick to 80% plant based diet and 20% meat protein that is derived from grass fed and humanely treated animals.
It would also be just as beneficial to derive all your protein needs from plant based products. Thankfully it is getting more common to find vegan and vegetarian friendly protein based goods in your local supermarket or health food store.
Food Allowed List
Vegetables
Artichokes
Asparagus
Avocado
Beet greens
Broccoli
Brussel sprouts
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Celery
Collard greens
Cucumber
Dandelion greens
Endive
Garlic (raw)
Green beans
Kale
Kim Chi
Leeks
Lettuce (all types)
Okra
Olives
Onions
Parsnips
Pumpkin
Radish
Rutabaga
Sauerkraut (raw)
Seaweed
Snow pea pods
Spaghetti squash
Spinach
Summer squash
Sweet Potatoes
Swiss chard
Turnip
Zucchini
Live Yogurt Cultures
Plain yogurt
Probiotics
Meat
Please eat meat sparingly
Beef (Grass fed, fresh cuts only)
Chicken (organic)
Lamb (Limited Amount)
Turkey (organic)
Wild Game
Eggs (3/4 times a week max)
Fish
Anchovies
Herring
Sardines
Salmon
Tuna
Notes: Canned fish is ok to use in my opinion but preferably if stored in olive oil, however sometimes I buy the cheaper ones to cut down on costs.
Nuts And Seeds
Almonds
Almond milk (unsweetened)
Coconut Cream
Coconut milk (unsweetened)
Flax Seed
Hazelnuts
Hemp Seeds
Macadamia Nuts
Pecans
Pine Seeds
Pumpkin Seeds
Sunflower Seeds
Walnuts
Notes: Nuts get mouldy very quickly which is very bad for Candida so ensure nuts are freshly cracked or whole. Otherwise you will have to manually remove mould from the nuts by washing them in water and fresh lemon juice and letting dry naturally or if in a rush can stick them in an oven on low heat.
Also nuts are the one food where people tend to have many reactions. If you find yourself having some reactions please use common sense and refrain from taking them and try some other ones.
Wholegrains
Amaranth
Buckwheat
Millet
Oat Bran
Quinoa
Wild and brown rice
Notes: Try and buy oat bran instead of Oatmeal or rolled oats as even though the soluble fibre figures are about the same, oat bran contains way more nutritional value.
Herbs, Spices & Seasoning
Basil
Black Pepper
Cilantro
Cinnamon
Cloves
Cumin
Curry
Dill
Garlic
Ginger
Nutmeg
Oregano
Rosemary
Tarragon
Thyme
Turmeric
Sea Salt
Lemon Juice
Coconut Aminos
Apple Cider Vinegar (Organic, Raw, Unfiltered)
Mustard Powder
Mustard made with apple cider vinegar
Oils
Virgin Coconut Oil
Olive Oil
Sesame Oil
Pumpkin seed oil
Macadamia Oil
Almond Oil
Flax Oil
Safflower
Sunflower
Coconut oil
Coconut butter
Ghee
Organic butter
Note: Heating will destroy many of the oils’ nutrients.
Hot Beverages
Chicory root coffee
Cinnamon Tea
Clove Tea
Chamomile Tea
Pau D’arco Tea
Peppermint Tea
Ginger Tea
Licorice Tea
Lemongrass Tea
Coffee (1-2 cups a day)
Artificial Sweetners
Use sparingly
Stevia
Xylitol
Simple Cheat To Get All The Daily Alkaline Boosting Requirements Into Your Diet
There are certain foods that will be very beneficial to your diet. Basically all food that is alkaline in nature. This helps reduce the high acidity level of psoriasis sufferers as well as provide all the natural fibre required to eliminate waste from your body in a efficient and safe way.
These type of foods include lots of green leafy vegetables like lettuce, kale and all other green type vegetables like broccoli, green beans, brussel sprouts, cabbage, spinach, cucumber etc.
It can be hard to try and fit all of these type of vegetables into your daily meals so as a way to start the fightback against your leaky gut I advise using the new craze… Vegetable Juicing!
As I have a busy schedule, I tend to eat only 3 meals a day. All of my meals are pretty basic..
However I do not get enough proper fresh vegetables into my system which will ensure that my body will start the repair process quicker.
The vegetables mentioned above not only add more natural fibre to my diet but a lot of this vegetables have anticancer properties and provide essential minerals to help out embattled immune system.
So along with my 3 regular meals, I make a raw vegetable shake per day in a strong blender, and I store it in the fridge and drink this three times a day.
Simple Raw Vegetable Shake Recipe
Firstly you will need a decent blender. You must realise that if you are serious about controlling your psoriasis, you will be using a blender every evening to make your daily raw vegetable shakes. Because you will be using not only fresh vegetables but also frozen vegetables you must ensure that your blender is powerful enough to handle frozen foodstuffs, otherwise you will have to defrost first or even cut into small pieces, which gets annoying if you are blending every day
I recommend buying the best you can afford to buy. Here are the best two high end blenders on the market
Blendtec Total Blender (currently $395.48 on amazon)
Vitamix Professional Series (currently $598.95 on amazon)
If you just want to start off vegetable juicing to see how much it will benefit you without having to break the bank, then try getting one which has at least 500 watts power and can hold around 50 oz (1500 ml). Be warned though, these lesser models will probably start giving some trouble after about 12 months, but if you have been using it daily then I think you will definitely have got value. Here is a good low cost entry item.
Oster Counterforms Blender – Stainless or Black – $59.99
To be upfront with my fellow psoriasis sufferers, the links above are affiliate links to amazon, if you click through those links and buy the product within 24 hours I will receive a tiny commission. This all helps in helping me promote this website so other sufferers can benefit from hearing my story.
A Simple Raw Vegetable Shake Recipe
(Please be aware that this does not taste very satisfying but I see it as medicine for the body)
– Half a head of lettuce (It’s good to vary your lettuce types)
– Handful of broccoli
– Handful of celery
– Handful of spinach
– Handful of cucumber
– 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
– Pint of still mineral water
– Add cinnamon for taste
Instructions
Fill blender to about 40% level with lettuce, then add the rest on top. Finally add the extra virgin olive oil and add water. You can add as much water as you so choose, I usually add water until you see it rise to about the 80% level of the blender.
Blend for 1 minute. If you find it a bit too lumpy then simply blend for a bit longer until it is fine.
I store the mix in glass jars and and put straight into fridge if I am not consuming straight away. The mix should fill approx 4 jars. Please use up within 2 days of making.
I try to drink 4 jars per day. The best thing about these shakes is you can take with you to work to store in the work fridge and have them at lunch time. If people ask what it is, just say it’s a homemade smoothie.
Now please be adventurous and add more alkaline vegetables to the mix. I try to ensure that I have 5 varieties of vegetable in each mix, and I always include lettuce or spinach, broccoli and celery as my base and then substitute two other vegetables into the mix. After taking these drinks for a while, your body starts to crave them. Also if you have a tight budget and can’t afford to buy organic vegetables every day then try buying frozen vegetables and add to the mix.
If you can afford organic vegetables but you don’t want to be constantly chopping vegetables every night then just do one big shop and chop as I call it and store the chopped fresh vegetables in the freezer.
Simple Raw Vegetable Shake Benefits
The first benefits you will see from the vegetable shakes will be an improvement in your nail psoriasis. In my case the pitted and fungus like nails grow out and are replaced by healthy pink nail beds. You will feel pretty darn good after all the shakes, added to the daily supplements you are taking, expect to feel a lot of extra energy and you will notice your brain power improving. You will feel like working harder and will be stressed less. Even if my psoriasis disappeared I would still continue to drink these shakes as I honestly love the texture and taste.
Another good factor is that following a psoriasis diet does entail avoiding a lot of foods so it is refreshing and mentally uplifting when you can actually prepare and ingest food that will actively help your skin get better and also improve your mindset.
Smart Psoriasis Diet Plan Conclusion
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my Smart Psoriasis Diet Plan. I hope you get the same benefits that I have got. By following this plan, I am able to get an 80%+ reduction in my psoriasis in 60 days or less. If I can do it, then you can do it too. Remember, that psoriasis can not live in a healthy body!
I have put together an in-depth blog post which details a day in the life of following the Smart Psoriasis Diet plan: My Daily Diet Plan For Psoriasis (Meal Plan & Recipes).
Please email me at info@smartpsoriasisdiet.com with questions, comments and success (or failure) stories. I promise to respond personally to all messages.
Best regards,
John Redfern
Founder, Smart Psoriasis Diet
