My Living With Psoriasis Blog

“SEARED GOLDEN CHICKEN, MINT SAUCE (KIND OF) & SPRING VEG FEAST” INGREDIENTS (serves 4) Olive oil White wine vinegar Dried red chilli flakes Skinless chicken breasts (x4) 150g broad beans 150g sweetcorn 100g green beans 40g venus rice 20g feta cheese Fresh mint For my first attempt at a psoriasis-friendly meal, I have used a meal idea from Jamie Oliver’s “EVERYDAY SUPERFOOD” cookbook. I personally think this book is great, it’s full of healthy meals and all of his recipes give you the calorie content and  macro-nutrient  breakdowns, plus there’s loads of really great nutritional information at the back.  So, whilst I am easing myself into cooking (I am actually a terrible chef!) I have used one of his recipes as a guideline. The original recipe used asparagus and peas, however after starting to cook I realised that we had run out of both – it was the day before the weekly food shop – so had to improvis...

Okay, so I’m Lauren, Kara’s sister (and best friend!) and I’m not great when it comes to writing about myself but I will just give you guys a very quick introduction so you know who’s writing! I have been in the background with my sister since she started this blog and I am very excited to say that she has invited me to post with her! I am studying personal training and nutrition and in the process Kara suggested that I use what I know - and am learning everyday - about nutrition to write posts for ideas for psoriasis-friendly meals. So, I have been doing extra research into what a psoriasis friendly diet is in the hopes of helping heal psoriasis from the inside out. I personally believe that everything we put into our bodies directly affects our skin and makes a big difference to what we see on the outside, in many ways. I used to have a terrible diet, smoke and drink way too much and role my eyes at people that said words like “yoga” and “kale”, however, since finding the gym and...

A small note prior to this post; I have created an Instagram account to post products that I am trying and food that my sister and I are creating to help with my psoriasis, if you would like to follow me @lwpsoriasis is where you'll find me :) Turmeric: So recently I have been told by a few people that turmeric is great for your skin and especially for skin conditions. I wasn’t sure what to think at the start as turmeric isn’t something that I would have thought could help improve my pso. So, I have looked into a few of the benefits of turmeric and skin and wanted to share this with you… The benefits: I took a look at a few websites to get a feel for what was great about turmeric. After reading around a little bit I noticed that most places were saying the same benefits: ·         Nourishing to skin ·         Anti-inflammatory ·         Reduce pigmentation ...

Hey all, I was asked by Hydromol to write an article about having confidence with a skin condition. It took me a while to write this article and I kept umming and ahhing about what to write and if what I wrote was good enough.  Finally, I sent in a final piece...annnnddddd here it is!!!! :)  Be Skin Confident, Be Fabulous by Kara Hooper Leave me a message with what you think.  Whilst you're there, read the travelling advice by Simon Jury, it's a great read and very useful advice!!  Travelling Tips by Simon Jury, author of My Skin and I :)

Let’s get involved! So, Healthline contacted me about some programmes that they are running (this was a while ago so I must apologise for being so late to write about them!!!) #pselfie Evvvvvvvvvvvverryyonnneee loves a good selfie these days so they have created a hashtag for all those with psoriasis to get involved and take a selfie of themselves and upload it to Instagram, Twitter or onto their page. They didn’t state that it needs to be showing off your psoriasis, it could just be of you! However, if you want to show it off…then do J Upload the photos to this web-link and for each photo uploaded they will donate $10 to the National Psoriasis Foundation. You’ve got this This programme is a collection of videos that are submitted by those living with psoriasis to give encouragement and words of wisdom to others. Upload the photos to this web-link and for each photo uploaded they will donate $10 to the National Psoriasis Foundation. Words you shoul...

Hey there beautiful people, It has been a while since I have written a post.  I have been a bit here and there in my life, moving countries and what not. Sadly the last thing that I was able to keep up with was my blog. However, that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been thinking of stuff that I need to write about. I have recently moved from a tropical, humid country back to England…a cold, dry country. Whilst it has been a struggle to adjust, the hardest and most stressful part has been trying to deal with my psoriasis flare up. What have I been doing you ask? Well, I have been spending a lot of time inside (not specifically because of my psoriasis – just because I am home for the holidays) without makeup on and constantly treating my psoriasis. I like to not wear makeup as much as possible as I am pretty sure the makeup I use doesn’t help my psoriasis what so ever (I am not very makeup knowledgeable soooooo have used the same stuff since I was about 15!)  but thi...

Hi my name is Marcie, I suffered from psoriasis for about 10 years starting at the age of 16 and on into my mid-twenties.  It was painful and itchy but worse than that; it caused me social anxiety and unhappiness.  Psoriasis was preventing me from living the life I wanted to live.  It’s something you have to be tough to deal with or you become tough.  I spent a lot of those years learning about psoriasis; its causes and treatments and also how your diet, lifestyle and exercise can help.  By 2008 my psoriasis was in remission and I was back to living the life I wanted to live.  Instrumental in my recovery was of course diet (paleo, probiotics), getting regular exercise, good sleep and trial and error with topical treatments. One topical treatment in particular that helped me was Sausage Tree Cream .  Its key ingredient comes from a special plant called the Sausage Tree which is indigenous to Southern Africa.  I learned about the plant du...