Therapeutic fasting at home for psoriasis

Effectiveness of fasting

Fasting is good because during this period the intestines are cleansed of toxins and the pathogenic bacteria living there are destroyed. All this has a beneficial effect on the skin. Cells weakened by psoriasis are destroyed and new ones are formed instead.

The number of spots caused by psoriasis is eliminated. In some people, the skin is completely destroyed. Fasting for this disease is useful from the point of view of:

• activation of blood circulation;
• increasing immunity;
• regulation of metabolic processes;
• regulation of water-salt balance;
• eliminating dry skin.

The duration of fasting depends on the characteristics of the disease, in particular on the duration of the disease and its course.

If the duration of the illness is long, then the body requires 2-3 fasts, over a period of 24 months, one month at a time.

Mechanism of therapeutic effect

Therapeutic fasting is also called RDT, or fasting-dietary therapy. Fasting for the treatment of diseases is used only under the supervision of a doctor and taking into account all contraindications. There are the following types of abstinence from food:

• Complete (only with drinking pure or mineral water, but without juices, that is, without any sources of energy).
• Absolute or dry.
• A combination of the first two types.

In complete fasting, a person stops eating food, but drinks 3 liters of water per day. To prevent the development of water-electrolyte imbalance (acidosis), it is recommended to drink mineral water.

During dry fasting, the patient should not even drink water during the entire treatment period. To saturate the skin with water, increase the number of water procedures (shower, bath) up to 5 times a day. Dry fasting has a short period - up to 2 days.

A combined type of fasting combines dry fasting with complete fasting. For example, during the first day a person is limited in food and drink, and on the third day he is allowed to drink plain or mineral water.

Fasting lasts from two days to a month. The duration is set depending on the patient’s condition and the body’s tolerance to insufficient food intake.

Fasting for psoriasis has a general effect on the body and leads to the restoration of normal functioning of the digestive system.

During the stress factor of fasting, the internal organs are rebooted.

The main criterion for the effectiveness of abstinence from food is the achievement of a ketoacidotic crisis. Ketoacidosis indicates changes in the body's metabolism by processing excess fat and toxins.

Ketone bodies, products of the processing of alternative sources of glucose, increase in human blood. Initially, glucose in the body is formed from carbohydrate foods.

If there is a lack of carbohydrates, the body finds other sources of energy in the form of fats and proteins. There is an intensive breakdown of adipose tissue reserves and the removal of fats from the body.

• The internal organs that process and absorb food in the intestines get a break to restore their work.
• At this time, the liver increases its detoxification potential.
• Short abstinence also helps to increase local and general immunity.
• Reducing the levels of toxins and inflammation in the body helps reduce skin rashes associated with psoriasis.

The interaction between hunger and psoriasis is explained by several objective reasons. The first of these is to increase the body’s immune parameters. It is the immune system that prevents the emergence and exacerbation of any disease. It has been noticed that psoriasis most often worsens in autumn and spring (during periods of general weakening of the immune system).

The second factor in favor of fasting is the normalization of metabolic processes. Healthy skin is capable of removing dead cells on its own, but with psoriasis it cannot cope with its task. Symptoms of the disease: plaques, papules and various rashes deprive the skin of this opportunity. Here the load falls on the liver, which removes metabolic products. Fasting takes the load off the liver and allows it to do its job faster.

Therapeutic fasting plays an important role in harmonizing nutrition. After a course of fasting, all individual food preferences fade into the background. This is especially valuable for those whose preferences relate to “undesirable”, addictive products:

• caffeine;
• chocolate and other sweets;
• alcohol.

And even the craving for smoking decreases, as evidenced by reviews of people who have completed the cleansing course. By the way, if you can’t quit smoking while fasting, you should at least reduce the number of cigarettes you smoke to a minimum. After a course of fasting, it is important not to become addicted to coveted foods again, but rather to follow a certain diet. Thus, by getting rid of psoriasis, you can cure a number of other diseases.

There are methods that do not involve complete abstinence from food, but only adherence to a strict diet. This type of treatment is less effective, but in some cases its use is preferable. We are talking about people who, for whatever reason, cannot completely give up food. Treatment of psoriasis by fasting, like the use of any other healing technique, should be carried out with the approval and under the supervision of the attending physician.

The course of such therapy consists of several stages and takes place according to certain rules:

1. Preparatory. Before starting a 24-hour fast, it is recommended to eat only fresh berries, fruits and vegetables, which help speed up metabolism, as well as drink herbal infusions, which will help prepare the body faster and reduce the feeling of hunger.
2. Water balance. Classic fasting involves drinking at least 2-2.5 liters of water per day.
3. It is recommended to drink non-carbonated mineral waters rich in natural salts.
4. Physical activity. Every day the patient should take walks of 3-5 km per day in the fresh air. Preference should be given to parks, squares or areas near water bodies.
5. Hygiene. Showers should be taken daily, and skin lesions should be lubricated with medicated ointment or cream to prevent dry skin. Clothing and, in particular, underwear and bed linen should be made from natural fabrics.
6. Exit from fasting. On the first day, you can drink juices or herbal teas, and on the second, start eating small portions of fresh berries, fruits and vegetables. Next, you can start eating dietary cereals and soups, and subsequently limit your intake of spicy, fatty, fried, canned, salty, sweet and flour products.

During therapeutic fasting for psoriasis, it is important not only to cleanse the body of toxins, but also to subsequently give up bad habits and switch to a healthy diet, which will increase the period of remission of the disease.

During the course of fasting, it is necessary to periodically undergo examination by your attending physician to adjust therapy, and also do not forget about the use of topical medications. If there is a noticeable deterioration in your health, you should stop fasting and gradually switch to a diet, and also consult a doctor.

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During periods of no food intake, the body starts the cleansing function, the load on the organs at this time is minimal, the intestines are freed from pathogenic bacteria and toxins, and the regeneration process begins in the skin cells. During fasting, the following changes occur:

• blood circulation throughout the body improves;
• the immune system is strengthened;
• toxins and waste are removed;
• water-salt metabolism is normalized;
• dry skin is eliminated.

All positive changes generally contribute to the fight against psoriasis. The renewal of skin cells is noticeable even during the treatment process, and upon completion, the patient experiences a significant elimination of the manifestations of the disease; in some patients, the disease recedes almost completely.

The course of treatment can range from two weeks to a month. The duration varies depending on the nature of the disease. In case of severe severity of the disease, a patient with psoriasis may need to take a second course after some time. You may need to use the fasting method for a year or two with a frequency of 1 to 3 times during this period.

Preparation for fasting treatment is a very important stage, which involves reducing stress for the body and adapting to new conditions. The patient takes laxatives to cleanse the intestines, reduce hunger and adjust to a lighter diet.

When treating psoriasis by fasting, the patient is recommended to drink 2 – 2.5 liters of water per day. If the patient has a tendency to develop edema, then the daily fluid intake is halved. The temperature and type of drinking water can be any. After 3 – 4 days after the start of treatment, you can add another half liter of mineral water.

For better results in cleansing the body, you can give enemas and rinse your mouth with herbal decoctions or soda. During the period of therapy, it is important to lead an active lifestyle, walking and jogging up to 10 km. a day in the fresh air.

If the patient's weight is low, the distance can be reduced to 5 km. Daily water procedures using neutral detergents are recommended. After a shower, it is necessary to treat the affected areas of the skin. The patient's clothing should be made of natural fabrics, loose and soft to the body. Moreover, this recommendation is relevant not only for the period of treatment.

Breaking out of fasting

You need to come out of fasting gradually, food portions should be small, and the foods themselves should be easy to digest. Too heavy dishes in large quantities can negate all the efforts made, overloading the digestive organs. An approximate diet for breaking fasting:

• on the first day upon exiting therapeutic fasting, it is recommended to drink juices diluted with water;
• the next day you can eat fresh fruits and vegetables;
• on the third or fourth day the patient is allowed to eat porridge in water with the addition of a small amount of vegetable oil;
• on the fifth day it is possible to consume legumes in small quantities;
• bread can be eaten from the sixth day after the end of the course of therapy.

What drink

Fasting treatment for illness requires that a person drink 2 liters of liquid per day. Also, after taking a laxative, you should drink up to one liter of liquid. If the patient has edema, the volume of water is reduced to 500 ml.

Water can be drunk in any form: melted, boiled, distilled. It is not necessary to drink only cold water, but also warm water. After 4 days from the start of fasting, in order to achieve successful treatment, you need to add mineral water to your diet. Its volume can be adjusted depending on the personal characteristics of the human body.

Contraindications

Like any treatment, fasting has its own list of conditions for which it cannot be used. Let's list them:

• tuberculosis;
• kidney diseases;
• heart and vascular diseases;
• oncology;
• body weight deficiency;
• diabetes;
• diseases of the digestive system;
• malfunction of the thyroid gland;
• infections of viral and bacterial nature;
• pregnancy, lactation;
• elderly age;
• children under 18 years of age.

In all of these conditions, refusing food will do more harm than good.

How to get out of fasting correctly

Although dry fasting is beneficial for psoriasis, it cannot be continued indefinitely. Reviews from patients practicing this type of treatment suggest that you need to come out of fasting gradually. A sharp increase in the volume of food will lead to the filling of the stomach: this triggers reverse pathological processes.

On the first day of leaving treatment, take juices and dilute them with water. Then they begin to take raw fruits and vegetables.

On the 3rd day of breaking fast, you can buy dried fruits soaked with honey. From the fourth day you can eat porridge, nuts, and seeds. From day 6, bread is consumed; the diet should be more varied.

Hygiene

Cleansing the body is accompanied by the removal of toxins. Toxins released through the skin through sweat must be thoroughly washed off. For psoriasis, daily care procedures should be performed after a hygienic shower. Detergents should be neutral so as not to cause excessive dryness of already dry psoriatic areas.

Fasting treatment should be accompanied by cleansing enemas. This will speed up the release of toxins from the body. If there is excessive slagging, the number of enemas per day can reach two. If fasting is not the first time, and the body is not polluted, then one enema is enough.

Eating methods

1. The fasting course lasts 15 days. During this period, you need to completely stop eating. The liquid should be consumed in a volume of at least 1 liter. Every morning a person should drink magnesium sulfate. This should be done to cleanse the intestines.
2. Combined course. During it, a person takes activated carbon. This drug is useful because it cleanses the intestines well, allowing you to lose excess weight. This is an important aspect for patients with psoriasis who are overweight. The duration of the course of treatment is at least two weeks. During fasting, you need to drink as much fluid as possible. This needs to be done throughout the day.

Methodology

For psoriasis, a combined method is often used:

1. At the beginning of treatment, stop eating and drinking water. This period can last from one to two days, depending on the patient’s well-being.
2. After the dry period, water is included in the diet. The optimal amount of water per day is 2.5–3 liters.

With such fasting, a ketoacidotic crisis occurs on the 5th–7th day. When ketone bodies accumulate in the blood and acidification occurs, poor health occurs, and drinking mineral alkaline water helps here.

The end of the crisis is expressed by a surge of strength and energy in the body and marks the beginning of the absorption of ketone bodies.

A clinical sign of ketoacidosis is a specific odor from the mouth that resembles the smell of acetone. After the crisis has passed, the patient’s condition normalizes, lightness and clarity of thoughts appear. After this, slow fat burning begins, and the weight, which dropped quickly in the first 1–2 days, is now consumed extremely sparingly.

When reaching a ketoacidotic crisis, it is advisable not to be afraid of it. The deterioration in health will soon pass.

• To recover from therapeutic fasting, a long period of restorative nutrition is required.
• Its average duration is the same period as the patient fasted.
• During this period, it is recommended to introduce low-fat and easily digestible foods into the diet.

Long-term abstinence from food (up to a month or more) is carried out using a stepwise method. The essence of this method is to alternate periods of fasting with a recovery period. Only under these conditions can a therapeutic effect be achieved without harm to health.

Principles of the Pegano diet

This diet is based on eating meals for every day. The diet is aimed at activating the body's defenses and the complete recovery of patients suffering from psoriasis.

The inventor of this diet claims that he managed to cure this disease. Pegano believes that the initial task for people suffering from skin diseases is to cleanse the intestines. For this purpose, Pegano recommends the following scheme:

1. For the first three days, eat only apples. As an analogue to this diet - 5 days of fruits with reduced calorie content.
2. After a three-day diet, the patient begins to consume a large spoon of olive oil on an empty stomach. Uses oil before bed, in the morning.
3. The final stage is intestinal cleansing. This is an enema at home for 3 days.

If you have psoriasis, you should not eat these foods:

• strawberry;
• raspberries;
• pepper;
• plums;
• blueberry;
• prunes;
• eggplant;
• potato;
• flour products;
• margarine;
• grilled meat.

Allowed: citrus fruits, almonds, olives, carrots, apples, beets, zucchini. And also: mushrooms, lean fish, lean meat, sunflower oil, herbal infusions, dairy products with minimal fat content.

Recovery period

The period of nutrition restoration after therapeutic fasting should be consistent and balanced.

• Fasting for more than 40 days is life-threatening.
• Safe period is 25–30 days.

Nutritionists advise breaking fasting after a person begins to dream about food. This is happening exactly at this time.

During the first 24 hours after abstinence, it is recommended to eat juices diluted with water.

• Fruits and vegetables are gradually introduced into the diet, preferably after thermal processing (stewed pear, boiled potatoes).
• Dishes should have a mushy consistency to facilitate digestion in the intestines.
• Vegetables are consumed in the form of vegetable soups and purees.
• Meat is introduced into the diet on the 5th–7th day in the form of pates or baby food. If tolerated well, they begin to eat meat broths and soups.

During the recovery period, the calorie content of foods is taken into account:

• Daily calorie intake should not exceed 1000 kcal per day.
• Gradually, calorie content increases to 1800–2000 kcal per day.

With prolonged fasting, the intestinal mucosa becomes weaned from food and becomes tender, like a baby’s. Therefore, nutrition should be gentle.

On the first day of the recovery period, only one spoon of juice diluted in a glass of water causes a feeling of satiety and a surge of energy.

Reviews

Anna, 30, Murmansk: “I have been suffering from psoriasis for a long time. Every year I take a course of fasting, dividing it into months. For example, 15 days in one month, the next two weeks in another. Helps."

Vika, 34, Moscow: “I use ointments to treat psoriasis. I am overweight, so I use fasting, which, as it turns out, helps with my illness. Helps."

Irina, 25, Fryazino: “The doctor recommended fasting for psoriasis. But I'm very skinny. I don't fast. But I use a course of bowel cleansing procedures to remove toxins. It seems to me that this is not unnecessary given my illness."

Klavdiya, 28, Troitsk: “It’s very difficult to fight the disease. I use the Pegano diet once a year. Helps me lose weight, in addition to treating the disease.”

Benefits for skin diseases

The positive effects of therapeutic fasting on the human body have been verified by research and practical application by many doctors, nutritionists, sports trainers and people who want to get rid of extra pounds, cleanse the body of waste and toxins, and recover from chronic diseases, including skin diseases.

The condition of the skin is influenced by external and internal factors; rashes signal problems in the functioning of organs and systems. Fasting affects the entire body:

• removes toxins, accumulated waste, deposits of fats, salts, excess water,
• normalizes the functions of internal organs,
• activates the immune system,
• normalizes metabolism,
• reduces or completely eliminates foci of inflammation and infection,
• improves the condition of the intestinal microflora and skin,
• stops the division of pathogenic cells,
• gets rid of parasites.

What is the connection between fasting and skin diseases? The above processes affect the entire body, which affects the health, condition and color of the skin.

Food breaks are indicated for many skin diseases, including chronic psoriasis and eczema. The duration of fasting depends on the nature of the disease, the area of ​​distribution, the severity of the course, and the timing of the presence of the pathology.

Mild forms of allergies, dermatitis, and acne on the face can be cured in one course of 21-day fasting and dietary therapy. Getting rid of more complex forms of chronic pathologies may require more time and effort. Much depends on the physiological characteristics of a person, his psychological insistence on recovery, the longevity of the food break and the correctness of its implementation.

On the forums there are positive reviews from people who have suffered for years from psoriasis, eczema, vitiligo, neurodermatitis, dermatitis of various etiologies, and acne. They talk about complete cure or long-term remission of pathologies as a result of undergoing one or several courses of prolonged therapeutic fasting (from 15 to 40 days).

Just as the eyes are the mirror of the soul, so the skin is a reflection of a person’s state of health. Various rashes on the body always indicate the presence of internal problems: allergies, infections, viruses, hormonal imbalances and others. To treat skin diseases, fasting-dietary therapy is practiced. Is it possible to get rid of papillomas by fasting, and for what other diseases are food breaks used?

Is preparation necessary?

To achieve a cure for the disease, you will have to make a lot of effort. After all, the duration of fasting in this case is very impressive - 30 days. Of course, this is quite long. Consequently, the stress on the body will be severe.

To minimize the risk that a person will experience severe discomfort during hunger, you should prepare in advance.

Don’t be afraid that the preparation will be thorough and long. All the preparation involves is the use of a laxative. There is no need to save money and purchase the cheapest product. It is better to give preference to drugs belonging to the middle price category.

Doctors recommend taking a laxative to cleanse your colon before fasting

Please note that using a laxative is essential as it will:

• rapid cleansing of the intestines from accumulated toxins;
• smooth switching of the body to a new diet;
• eliminating the feeling of hunger.

This is why preparation should not be neglected. Indeed, in this case, the body will experience too much stress. As a result, it will be very difficult to adhere to the proposed diet. And therefore, the likelihood that a person will relapse and return to normal eating increases sharply.