A Warrior Curing Psoriasis Naturally

Healing Psoriasis Journal Entry #5: The Ups and Downs of Die-Off

Hello Warriors!

Hope you had a nice halloween holiday in whichever traditions you celebrate. Here in Mexico, it is “Dia de Muertos” – Day of the Dead, where they honor their elders and ancestors. My illustrator, whom I do web design with, is Phillipino and he and his family visit the cemetery for a sacred gathering of tribute and celebration of those before them. I was fascinated by that, thinking back to my times in the States, where snatching candy all night in a half-assed costume turned into partying and drinking way too much in college, still wearing a half-assed costume. To each country their own way of celebrating I guess.

So! As I continue my trek of self-healing, I have some updates on the progress…

The Ups and Downs of the Die-Off Period of Healing Psoriasis

I knew this phase was coming, where symptoms will worsen, experience some fatigue, as my body battles all the microforms in my blood. As those microforms, pathogens, viruses, fungi, and other invaders start to starve and die, they release even more toxins into the blood. This is their attempt at grasping for life. I tend to think of the process this way, because I love to portray or reenact battles in history books in my mind. As I now am fueling my immune system and digestive system with the right foods (mostly), I feel like I am a positive leader on the front lines.

Anyways, Here is a photo of my right forearm, to show you an example of what I’m experiencing at the moment. I made some changes, using my schotty Photoshop skills so bear with me. I am seeing a bunch of little bumps appearing around some of the main lesions I’ve had for years now, on my arms. I point out these little spots that appear in bunches close to larger, older ones. This phenomenon is happening on my upper arms as well along with areas on my legs.

From what I have read about natural remedies for psoriasis in The pH Miracle & The Body Ecology Diet this is expected and totally normal. So, instead of feelings of dread or despair from new spots appearing, I am feeling exhilarated and more desire to increase what I am doing.

I am keeping a very close eye now on every spot on my body, mapping them like the stars, and every new abrasion that shows up or goes away, will be logged, any signs of healing at all I will write about on here. These small new spots on my arms are a sign of progress. Keep Fighting, Keep Healing

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Juicing: As I prepare for my veggie juice fast that is coming up middle of this month, I am moving towards three juices per day. I will be writing a full informative post on my approach to juicing, my favorite recipes, and other useful information shortly. I am working towards a point where I do a green juice just after the Slippery Elm Tea in the mornings. I am THE WORST breakfast eater, have been ever since I was young. For the past few years, coffee has been my breakfast. I’m sure many can relate to something like that. I must have an Alkaline start to my day.

Coffee: I am still drinking coffee every day. I am using just a bit of Stevia as a sweetener, which is delicious. The key is moving away from the Joe every day, and savoring just 2-3 days per week, then 1-2 days etc… For now, I am offsetting the acidity of the coffee with green Superfood mixed in water along with my lemon water jug.

Cooking & Recipes: Slowly but surely, I am getting more creative with vegetable sautes and mixtures. I have delicious little snack preps comprised of hummus, olive oil, italion seasonings, herbamare a long with carrots, celery and cucumbers to dip.

Dinners are some what redundant at the moment. Mainly I saute or steam up zucchini with onion, broccoli and some cilantro or other greens to taste. I used a cold pressed extra virgin olive oil, which is yummy. My sister Kim, will be helping me in more creative ways to prepare vegetarian and vegan dishes! I am excited about that, as it will help me sustain the lifestyle. I also am still cooking to late on some nights. Very Important to stop eating at least 2-3 hours before sleeping.

I am pretty much past the starvation. When I get to being an excellent Alkaline breakfast eater, I will beat it completely. Avocados are your best friends to kick back the starving feeling that the microforms are transcending to you. They are pissed off that they are not getting sugar consistently any more. So they kick back senses and feelings of starvation.

Meat: I made it through the entire 1st month with out any red meat of any kind. This is a big part of the transition. My animal proteins were strictly fish, shrimp, a little bit of chicken and some eggs. I don’t miss it much. I do miss grilling, that is my favorite way to cook. So I have to start grilling some veggies and fish, which will be just as tasty!

That about wraps up my thinking for this post. Be on the look out for my juicing post and as I continue to show more image examples of how my progress is coming along!

Stay Strong, Keep Healing. Don’t Ever Deter From the Moment

“…One Man’s Journey Is Another Man’s Lesson – HiStory.”

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Healing Psoriasis Journal Entry #4: My First Cheat

Hello Warriors! Ok, It’s confession hour. Time to repent for my sins. This weekend, I ran into my first speed bump, and I hit it at about 45 mph! In other words, I dipped into some skittles, cookies’n’cream ice cream (best stuff ever made in a factory), and some hot sauce. Then I had some red wine on Sunday.

Ahhh, I already feel the weight of the world off my shoulders. Being honest makes you feel light as a feather, why? Because when you live the word, and exist in truth, happiness is all there is.

So, update on my skin, how I’m feeling and how much I’m itching, lets call it the Itchometer. All is pretty well. I’ve noticed a bit of a slow down in skin regeneration . No new spots to report, a few small ones. What I’m noticing, is that these small spots are more of a rash, and appear around the other most recent spots that popped up. What I am hoping for, is that this is the first evidence of the initial die-off.

For those not familiar with the die-off, that is the period where the Candida and other unwelcomed pathogens begin to starve and die, since I am not feeding them the sugar they require any more to thrive. When they do start to die, they give off extra toxins and waste materials, that get dispersed into the blood in that general area. This causes more break out, I like to think of this quote “The dawn is always darkest, just before the day”. So, do not get discouraged, when you are 3-4 weeks into the diet transition and you notice new spots popping up. Remember, it is also stressful emotionally and psychologically as you begin to give up on the foods and sweets you have loved for so long, and Emotions are the Biggest Psoriasis Trigger.

Every day, I drink the following Psoriasis remedies:

Slippery Elm Tea
Green Superfood
4 liters of room-temp water, with PHion alkalzing drops and a whole lime
a green juice (usually consisting of celery, cucumber, parsley, spinach, a little carrot, ginger and broccoli)
American saffron tea
Milk thistle in water

Supplements I’m trying to remember everday:

Omega / Flax 3,6,9 multi
All Cell Detox (nature’s sunshine)
B-Complex
Zinc (good for males)
L-Gluathione
MSM (3x)
N-Acetyl L-Cysteine
Slippery Elm Capsules

Other things I’m doing is my exercising daily with Yoga in the morning, followed by core exercises using my stability ball. The only 2 things you need to get into killer shape.

An important part of my therapy is getting natural sunlight and swimming in the ocean (saline) water atleast 2-3x per week. ESSENTIAL: I cannot stay in the sun too long and must use 30 SPF (don’t ever use more than 30SPF, it’s a hoax) to make sure that the ultraviolet-A I’m bringing in as at a slow moderate pace. When you tan correctly, it goes a LONG way in minimizing the skin flaking symptoms and lightens your spot tone to pink as your skin darkens. DO NOT BURN OR YOU WILL FLARE.

So, I don’t want to rush to any conclusions based on my observations, but as you all know out there whom have Psoriasis, when we see even the slightest lessening in Psoriasis symptoms we get very excited. With that being said, I have noticed a small amount of lightening and more skin tone on my chest lesions. My chest and frontal abdomen is 100% covered, after my latest flare in January 2012. So, to see this being less red, and lightening up is giving the warrior more strength in his conviction. Remember, this is my story, yours will have similar plotlines and twists, but the actor and director will be completely different. You are the Producer of Your Own Health.

Remember to stay practical, and give yourself a break and room for error. You are on the most difficult part of the most epic journey of your life. The one where you realize you can heal yourself of all that ails you.

I will say this though, the common bond that binds us with Psoriasis and are on a path of healing, is that our faith will be built through practice, hence we will never have to hope for miracles, we will make them.

Healing Psoriasis Journal Entry #3

Hello Tribe!

Wow, it’s been a while since my last post. Although, at this moment, I have no readers, I still made a promise to Myself and my eventual community of healing Warriors, that I would write in this journal every day. It’s part of my Psoriasis Therapy!

So, This morning, October 17th 2012, my skin is feeling very good. I got some yoga in this morning, a few core exercises, a dip in the pool and my patented Psoriasis Shower. After the shower, my skin was very soft, no itching at all (usually after pool time, I get itching sensation from the chlorine), and my spots are cool.

Let me get up to speed here on the progress of my diet transition and lifestyle routine paradigm shifts. Honestly, eating is quite boring at the moment, but that is to be expected. When a carnivore goes pescatarian, the menu is going to be quite shaky at the start. That is why transition itself, is so key. I do already notice some changes, specifically on my scalp Psoriasis, which is where P began for me.

Typically my morning routine is;

a full liter bottle of water with 1 whole lime and my PHion water ionizing drops (10 drops each) . That is my Psoriasis remedy Water.
1 light tablespoon of Slippery Elm Bark Tea in 2 cups of water, stir well, let steep for 20-25 minutes, stir again, and drink down
2 cups black coffee, with Stevia used as a sweetener. (I am transitioning to tea only and using Stevia as as sweetener eventually, but coffee is my #1 vice)
another liter of water with 1 quarter lime slice and PHion drops
1 avocado, usually mush up some guacamole, dip cucumbers and celery, or I will slice it onto a green leafy salad with cucumbers, olive oil, apple cidar vinegar and herbamare

After that late morning avocado salad, I’ll typically snack throughout the afternoon on celery, cucumbers, carrots, hummus, an olive oil dip with herbamare. The key to the afternoon is to continually add fluids, primarily room teparature P water (lime and drops) along with teas. The #1 tea I drink is American Safron . Steep for about 15 minutes. You can also mix it into your water bottle and sip on some safron water which is refreshing. The goal for me is to drink at least 4 liter bottles of P water per day.

When the dinner bell rings, I have been using Fish as the primary animal protein. But, I have had completely vegetarian dinners about half the time as well. Saute up some zucchini, broccoli and onion, boil up some gluten-free noodles, and just a tiny bit of tomato sauce (I know this needs to be transitioned out) for taste.

This is the habitual practice I have been going through for 2 weeks now. Like I said, the coffee will need to be kicked ultimately for the full healing experience. I have had two cheater days so far. Those days consisted of a total of 4 bloody marry’s basically and some marshmallows (why?).

I need to start making soups.

So far so good, I don’t see any spots disappearing yet, but I do notice a much slower time frame of skin regeneration, which is the first sign to regression of symptoms! I’ll be working on my Psoriasis principles and my natural Psoriasis products much more soon too, to make the blog a guide for Healing, as I continue my journey.

Transition and Routine

T & R… Transition and Routine, this will be where I start my mission. I cannot stress enough how important this will be to the battle plan. One with out the other is useless, and a Warrior is powerless without these elements in perfect sync. This is what I have figured out the most, after attempting and failing a lifestyle diet change 3x before, and let me tell you now, the 4th time will be a Charm. This time will be special, it will be the the moment where I help my body instead of hindering it. I control diet most imminently, it’s physical, chemistry, organic.. Food is Fuel. Food is Medicine.

Psoriasis Diet Lifestyle Shift

To move in to a new mindset, one must have Transition & Routine methods firmly established. Stay Practical & Persistent when you approach this methodology. What I am saying is, define clearly your definition of the path necessary to transition a lifestyle Change via routine. Every day, you make a step in the right direction, every day, one less cup of coffee, every day, one less cigarette, every day one step closer to healing your Psoriasis or any Auto Immune (AI) disorder and beyond with your choices.

My personal set of Commandments to Transition a firm lifestyle & diet change, aka paradigm shift, in the mind (which controls everything else in this universe):

Break old habits
Pretend morning is night
Sugar feeds the invader
If it’s in the house, i’LL eat it
Oxygen is more important than water which is just as important 🙂 so breath deeply and drink!
Lemon and/or Lime are your best friends, get used to the sour
Green is the new Red (Think of an avocado as a steak)
Get a lil sun
Stretch my muscles, or better yet, move em
take atleast 5 breaks from my work each day.

Now, remember, before you start to move towards these 10 steps, the first aspect you must accomplish, is being candidly honest with yourself. No one else, just yourself. Take into account your three E’s, Environment | Emotions | Eat before you start practicing these steps every day. This will help measure a time frame on Your own spectrum of health. If you are not brutally truthful with yourself, and moment aware at all times, you will struggle to make it on this path to Healing Psoriasis.

A Warrior’s Story is the Journey, his Honesty is the Map

1. BREAKING HABITS – The art of habit breaking, that is a tough one. We get so stuck in our ways and what we choose to throw in our mouths at record paces. We work hard, we play hard, we live life to the fullest, But, a Psoriatic must overcome a disorder that is in the way. An issue the Immune System needs the Warrior’s help with. In order to get by this huge roadblock in the path, we have to be smart, and proactive. So, I swear, that I will use this blog as my testament to myself “Ode to Me” and whomever else happens upon it. It will be the Map that I draw, the day I started being completely honest with myself and helped my body heal Psoriasis. That time is now… This is the time. There is a saying that “habits are broken in about 2 weeks”. I say, they can be removed completely on an indefinite time schedule. Just methodically approach the transition.

2. PRETEND MORNING IS NIGHT – From Dawn till Dusk. This is a tough one, maybe the toughest. For me, I was raised eating delicious large meals later at night, from 8-9pm. I carried this conditioning into college and beyond, eating large late night meals, highly acidic in content of course. So, as I engage my T&R plan for healing my psoriasis, this is my main focus of practice. Like anything else in life, wether you were in athletics, dance, band, science club, chess club, PRACTICE was everything, it didn’t make perfect, but it was the potential grabber. It gets you there, where you want to be, with anything in your life. So slowly start moving dinner earlier, move lunch to a brunch. Snack on veggies throughout the day, always have hummus, guacamole, olive oil/apple cidar vinegar/herbamare dips ready. The most difficult aspect, is eating breakfast. I was not brought up eating a timely consistent breakfast, and never have in my life. So, I’m slowly adding something small to eat after my morning liquid routine.

3. SUGAR FEEDS THE INVADER – Whatever ails you, whether it’s cancer, an auto-immune disorder, excess weight, diabetes etc… I can tell you right now, Sugar is the key ingredient that feeds the problem. It feeds the Yeast, the candida and other harmful microorganisms that are destroying my inner organs and tissues right now. I have come to grips with this simple fact. I binged on all my favorite sweets, breads, fast foods, soda, lattes, this whole summer, before I committed to my T&R at beginning of October. Being on the go, in a fast-paced lifestyle, feeds the need for sugar intake, remember that simple correlation. You must settle down, and modify small things you eat habitually over a few weeks. CUT OUT the sugar. Breads, fatty oils, fried foods, flower, yeast, alcohol Must go, for a while. You don’t have to live the rest of your life without another Miller Light or Ben & Jerry’s, but it must stop for now. Do NOT get caught up in the time frame of this process. Day By Day is the cliche

4. IF IT’S IN THE HOUSE, I’LL EAT IT – Really not much to say beyond the clear meaning in this statement. What you get at the grocery store and bring home, will go into your psyche and your belly. Stay on the outside perimeter of your store as much as possible. Veggies, fresh fish, hummus, healthy food section, all on the outside stretch of the store. The middle aisles are where I get in trouble. Next point I’ll make, don’t shop HUNGRY. Load that cart with greens. Any greens you can tolerate. Learn to love others. They go together very well. All sorts of combinations of dark leaf lettuce, romaine, spinach, cilantro, parsley, broccoli, cucumber, celery. Those are perfect bases for salads and green juices that will purify the body quickly. Grab some carrots, ginger, onion, green apples and herbamare to zest up the flavor of your juices and for sweet/spicy snacks. Bring home your veggie garden, and clean them all right away. Get a few plastic bins to air-seal store in the fridge. Get this cleaning, storing process completely done right when you get back from the store. It’s tedious at first, but you’ll get used to it and it will become a breeze. Then when you are hungry, you have prepped, clean veggies ready to eat or juice!

5. OXYGEN & WATER ARE THE SOURCES OF ALL LIFE, BREETH DEEP AND DRINK! – I know, I know, you know you are supposed to drink 8 glasses of water a day, and Duh! when it comes to breathing. This is the difference in what I’m preaching, breeth deeper, drink right. This is the correct way to ingest water, (as far as I’m concerned):

Room temperature (NOT cold, NO ice)
At least 1 quarter squeeze of lemon or lime
PHion alkalizing & ionizing drops (10-12 drops per liter)
4 liters per day

I have a Targus liter bottle I got at target

Healing Psoriasis Journal Entry #2

Ok! So I’ve been in Tulum for just about a week now, and i would say my diet transition is moving along nicely. I just finished eating a romaine and kale salad, remembered my Omega/Flax this time, so that means this is the first day where I’ve remembered to take that 3x! It’s the small victories that keep us Warriors moving smoothly and with steadfast vision of pure health and clear skin.

So, my main focus so far has been the following

Daily Psoriasis Diet Freak checklist:

Minimize coffee to 2 cups
Using Agave (cactus) sweetener instead of sugar
No Dairy (except for some cheating involving cheese, that’s off the record)
No sugar of ANY kind…. big :((
Only fish for meat (might have had some tacos al pastor, the are so good in Tulum…)
Add teas to my diet, particularly Slippery Elm Bark in the morning (gross) and American Safflower (tasty with a lime or touch of Agave)
Eat less late at night
breeth deeply throughout the day, a bit of yoga in the morning
sun and swim (I’m lucky here since I’ve jumped back to the Caribbean… Hey, I’m poor, I’m trying to run my own businesses that may someday make me some good money (i believe Firmly), and in the mean time I live pretty cheap in paradise…
peace and harmony

You will see #10 a lot as I transition my mind to moving slower, more concisely, and find time to appreciate my accomplishments to that moment. I am a peaceful warrior.

So that is what I have so far to cure this rampant widespread manifestation of my immune system, which needs my help. I am finally Listening. I am going to heal my Psoriasis naturally. I know it will take time, I am committed. I will heal myself and hence my skin.

Healing Psoriasis Journal Entry #1: Where it All Begins

I’m going to start keeping a close eye to the reaction of my Psoriasis to what I eat. As I transition and routine myelf towards mostly Alkaline foods with 80% veggies of some sorts. I will chart reactions, in the sense of increased symptoms, after everything I eat. I’ll scale it from 1-10. I arrived to Mexico 2 nights ago, already i am seeing a lot of what I need at the newer grocery store. This is pivotal to my T&R, since the physical dimension, my diet, is the most essential dimension.

So far, I’d say I’m 50/50 alkaline/acid. Not a bad start. I’ve had 2 cups of black coffee with the agave (natural cactus) sweetener, which is pretty tasty. Consistently prepared and drank the American Saffron tea to begin cleansing the kidneys. Along with the Slippery Elm tea in the morning to replenish and heal the permeable inner wall of my intestinal tract.

I’ve had some good salads, with olive oil and just a bit of Italian dressing. Guacamole today, which will be a mainstay of my eating, as I progress towards downing 4 avocados per day.

So, not a bad shot outta the gates, and a good time to start chronicling all my food, times of day that I eat, and any reactions I have. This will be the way I dominate the physical state of this disorder and heal my digestive system inside out. I have a pathogen, in my blood, it is systemic now, and I must purify the source of the toxins, my Guts.

Well I just ate some nachos and salsa, obviously still at the beginning of my transition. The toughest part will be not eating late. I was brought up that way.