Heal Psoriasis Naturally through a Raw Foods Diet

Sandra Ontiveros March 20, 2012 Source

Sandra shares her experience of healing from a 20-year battle with psoriasis using natural methods.

After switching to a predominantly fruit-based diet (50-70% of her intake), she experienced significant improvements in her skin health.

Her approach included daily sauna sessions followed by cold showers, dry brushing for lymphatic circulation, and the incorporation of medicinal herbs through teas and extracts.

Sandra meticulously tracks her progress by monitoring her "fruit days" versus other days each month.

Another helpful step in the healing process was eliminating chemical-laden moisturizers and replacing them with natural alternatives like organic coconut and olive oils.

Challenge Faced

Chronic psoriasis for 20 years; winter flare-ups; scalp psoriasis; dry skin; need for conventional moisturizers

Approach Taken

Sandra adopted a 50-70% fruit-based diet, incorporating unlimited fruits, juicing, and monofruit eating. She complemented this with medicinal herbs through teas and extracts, daily sauna sessions with cold showers, and dry brushing. She replaced chemical moisturizers with natural oils.

Results Achieved

Softer, well-hydrated skin; no winter flare-ups; continued healing instead of seasonal worsening; improved scalp psoriasis; natural progress without medication or tanning; better overall skin health; reduced need for moisturizers

Special Notes

Sandra's tips:

Switch to a raw foods diet. Fruit being the MAIN source of your calories. Juicing is very healing. Juice fasting would be best.
More medicial herbs in your diet. You can buy Dr. Morse's herbal formulas or you can have fresh herbs in your diet by juicing them, eating them in a salad or making a smoothie with them. Dandelion is one of my favorite.
Sauna! Sweat :) Or better yet do bikram yoga classes to get a work out and sweat at the same time.
Dry brush How to properly skin brush - The correct way to skin brush! (video)
Throw out moisturizers and use natural moisturizing products. Coconut oil, jojoba oil, olive oil.