Ψωρίαση και Διατροφή

Psoriasis is an autoimmune, chronic, inflammatory, skin, non-communicable disease. It has periods of recession, but also outbreaks. It is already mentioned from the 1st BC. century by Greek philosophers and in the Middle Ages it was called "Imperial disease" because of its appearance among the royal members. Psoriasis has a two-way relationship with obesity, as increasing the body mass index, it is worsened the severity of the disease . Similarly, people with psoriasis tend to be overweight or obese. Weight loss with a low calorie diet or a personalized Mediterranean Diet shows an improvement in the severity of the disease and a reduction in inflammation. There are many supplements in the quiver of dietitians that help in relieving the disease.