Thread by @AlexRicci_X

Never underestimate the healing power of food, and discipline.
How taking responsibility of my own body and general health changed my life.
A thread.

I was diagnosed with #psoriasis around ten years ago. I went to so many specialist, and among the common phrases, there was "it's not reversible", "you have to learn how to live with it", and "your life won't be the same".

I never payed much attention to it back then, mostly because I had only some scalp redness. Time went by, and this was me a couple of years later. I was in such denial, that I would unconsciously avoid looking at myself in the mirror.

My "normal" self back then was also used to getting bloody, ugly allergies (rhinitis) at least once every month or two, and in several cases, I would have to take antibiotics. So I had to deal with that as well.

Fully consumed by depression, self-rejection, and inflammation, I had given up. Some grade of suicidal thoughts even came to mind. Bodily, mentally, and emotionally, I was all wrecked. Until I realised I didn't want to stay that way and I had to do something.

Three years ago, I started researching about psoriasis and general nutrition, and after solving the problem of getting a job in a foreign country to which I had recently moved to, eight months ago I prepared myself a health plan to follow. I worked with what I could find/afford.

The main key concepts I tried to incorporate in my plan were:
– Time restricted feeding
– Fast Mimicking Diet
– Autophagy
– Low Carb (gluten & sugar free)
– Deworming (falcarinol)
– Win Hof (cold & breathing)
– Sups (Magnesium, collagen, glutamine, Omega 3, vit C & D)
– Sunlight

I lost a lot of weight in the beginning, but I knew that was gonna happen. So I kept going. Simultaneously, I started phototherapy, which greatly helped me reduce inflammation all over my skin.

It was hard, physically and emotionally, but I'm now wishing myself a happy 31st birthday, with my health being the best gift I could get.

Without knowing, these people closely accompanied me throughout my journey. Special thanks and my best wishes to all of them: @JohnConstas @RDValerie @LoriShemek @tednaiman @Grimhood @ck_eternity_ @BenBikmanPhD @Mangan150 @KenDBerryMD @NutritionalThe3 @PsuedoEpiphany
and others

I think I wouldn't have been able to do all this without the support of: @humanfordummies and #tirininini. They would pretty much eat what, how, and when I said it, because it was good for them, but also just for the sake of supporting me. They held my hand when I was at my worst

Two very special people were also by my side along this journey. @IGreengo, who would engage with me talking about biochemistry, & @Periwinklebuble talking about the emotional & mental cost of chronic disease, and how the bodily symptoms are but one part of the whole discomfort

There's still work to be done, but the power of taking responsibility for one's own health is quite profound and life-changing. Your body can heal most of the ailments it suffers from, you just gotta give it what it needs & ditch all the processed garbage that Big Food provides.

Final thoughts: by the time when I started the protocol, I had already ditched gluten and sugar, and it's been already two years since I don't know what #allergies are. Not even a sneeze. Even "seasonal" allergies never came back.