When 21-year-old Anika Najran was diagnosed with psoriasis it was aggressive and unforgiving. Like so many people who have been on Gutted  she tried lots of different treatments over a period of a year and a half that didn’t provide much relief,  this included topical steroid creams, coal tar soaps and shampoos, medicated shampoos, protopics, anti-fungus medication and moisturising wraps. 

In desperation at the state of her skin and determined that she was not going to be on steroid creams and medication for the rest of her life, she started to look for alternatives. Anika tried diet and lifestyle intervention for her skin and was delighted with the results! 

In this episode we chat about the impact of social media and how shared patient experience online helped her gain so much information and insight early on in her diagnosis, and ultimately helped her overcome  severe psoriasis through diet and lifestyle intervention. 

She shares her experience  of natural healing from the inside out on Instagram at - @ani_psofit 

Nutritional Therapist Sophia Delgaizo, 31, was diagnosed with guttate psoriasis when she was 18.  She tried conventional topical steroid creams for her skin for years, however these did not control her psoriasis. 

She discovered that stress, alcohol, gluten and processed foods were the main triggers for her psoriasis, and armed with this knowledge she has managed to keep her psoriasis under control for the past seven years, using diet and lifestyle interventions. 

Having experienced first-hand how nutrition and lifestyle changes can improve health, she decided to retrain as a Nutritional Therapist after years working  for the government in the mental health field.

Sophia is very passionate about skin health and wants to share and support others with skin issues. She is very interested in gut health, as our gut microbiota directly affect our skin (skin-gut axis), and the link between psoriasis and intestinal permeability.

Dualcast with the lovely "Shirley Says" from Bearsden Beauty in Scotland!

We chat about the impact of skin conditions on confidence, self-esteem and mental health and what you can do to make your skin GLOW!

Having both had psoriasis, we chat about the pharmaceutical products we've tried that only offered short-term relief, and why we both now believe diet and lifestyle is critical when it comes to good skin. Top tip - "Eat more plants".

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