Been on intermittent fasting for 6 years. I have psoriasis. I’ve done 7 days water fast and it helps but it’s more of a stress induced condition from my experience.
IF works for me because I was a wrestler and used to not eating to cut weight. But there are a lot of studies out their that say IF doesn’t help lose weight more than eating less.
A true waterfast puts you in ketosis. That’s the real deal. IF fakes it and just makes you eat fewer calories.
Whatever works for anybody is good. Just don’t get insulin resistant.
Some people have had good luck with eating blueberries every day. Some do 20. Some take 40.
You might try that since they are in season
It hasn’t done much for me except lessen the burning but I don’t have it all over my body. I am only on week two of trying it.
“But there are a lot of studies out their that say IF doesn’t help lose weight more than eating less.”
Think it depends on WHY one is overweight. Some are overweight simply from eating too much - and they will lose weight simply by reducing intake.
Others are insulin resistant, often due to eating too many simple carbs, too often and for too many years. Simply cutting intake for us won’t necessarily remove fat because the body will start converting muscle to energy while there is still fat left to burn. I’m a 5’8” male. I once dieted down to 120 lbs using a low fat, low calorie diet - AND still had a thick layer of fat on my tummy. And felt weak as a kitten.
IF & Keto have allowed me to lose FAT. Over a period of 5 years, my initial 30 lb loss has been followed by increasing muscle and decreasing belly fat. In my 60s, I don’t have a 6-pack...but I can see where it is. Something I had never done in 45 years of yo-yo dieting.
I’ve long since stopped caring about what nutrition studies say. Most of them are total garbage anyways in how they are set up and one sees, frequently, where abstracts are written that are contradicted in the text of the full study. The people pushing an all plant diet are as dishonest as any liberal!
What matters to me is what I can see in my own body - the best muscle to fat ratio I’ve ever had in my life! I FEEL vastly better physically at 65 than 25. That is the study I care about...
My psoriasis is definitely stress induced. When I first started getting it about 10 years ago, it was awful— large patches everywhere. Dermatologist and me tried a few things and settled on Otezla and enstilar, and then a topical ointment. Got it fairly under control, but it wasn’t until I retired from my stressful job that it has really diminished. I have a few stubborn spots here and there but for the most part it’s almost gone— nothing like the early days. I try to avoid nightshades, drink lots of water, load up on anti-oxidants, and get a lot of sunlight (easy in Arizona). But the biggest factor was the stress.
“I have psoriasis.”
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