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      "body": "\"Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food.\"\nHippocrates (460-370 B.C.)\n\n![Ilya Shirshov pickler.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRzoFLLo1YxzmG4gkPFp9nUS8hQ7dGcr1zYJgaecch6zo/Ilya%20Shirshov%20pickler.jpg)\n\nNote: This post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure statement.\n\nHello, World!\nI am a 30+ years old Russian-born bloke from Siberia, Russia. Currently, I live in Sydney, Australia where I work in IT consulting. In my free time, I enjoy filming and travelling, sometimes just camping-style making videos about people’s stories of their lives. One of my hobbies is to find, test and recommend psoriasis remedies for people who're also affected. \n \nFrom the photo above, you may have already guessed that I am an amateur pickler, and my favourite thing is cooking healthy foods! 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Ouch!\n\n ![Ilya Shirshov psoriasis.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmP8zVU2FhZn5Qsjh6AFtNt3P37zuX8Pmzrk1PwaRMM8TK/Ilya%20Shirshov%20psoriasis.png)\n\nThe docs verdict\nMy dermatologist, during my personal visit, very professionally and kindly suggested that there's no cure for my psoriasis condition. As the best alternative treatment for psoriasis, I was recommended to temporarily relieve the symptoms with steroids and some minimal dieting. Besides, western medicine even denies the fact that alcohol is a major factor affecting the skin condition to be worse. \n \nAs a result of my 30-day treatment of psoriasis with steroids, not only this had just a temporary relief but exacerbated my condition to be at its worst! Oh, shit... In the aftermath of the next few weeks, the plaque stains had spread to both of my shins, elbows, and the facial parts.\n \n\nIn search of treatment for psoriasis\nWhen on my holiday trip to Vietnam, I persisted in searching for treatment for psoriasis. I found some naturopathy supplements derived from concoctions based on seeds and herbs. AU$500 got me the 3 months worth of supplies that could fit inside a medium size box! Imagine what would a perplexed face of the customs officer look like when checking my luggage for anything suss and finding the hundreds of packs of homoeopathic granules and tubes with black, brown and white liquids inside. OMG, right! This time the luck was on my side this time, and I was directed to pass freely via the green corridor. Yeah!\n \nThree months went by and this proven to be just another temporary relief from psoriasis. My skin condition would stabilise but once the batch was over, I still had more than 70% of skin affected.\n \n About three years later, I finally struck my luck to find a Sydney based naturopath, who actually made my skin looking cleaner and healthier than ever, and psoriasis had almost disappeared. This was largely attributed to following a strict diet, special products and some detoxifying products, cleansing practices.\n \nThanks to the elimination protocol dieting (where everything gets taken out of your daily diet) I found what it was exactly that my body was reacting to. My psoriasis treatment fostered by cutting out these foods (soy, gluten, dairy, sugar, alcohol and coffee) from my diet, including good fish oil, Manuka honey and organic foods now I am at a 90% recovery!\n\nHey, it's not just the normal people who are affected. Here's an image of a celebrity who is rather well-known worldwide. \n\n![psoriasis Kim.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWk4vCqu4VfoHdrejucYXsSrXyc7tHeN56zubb2NXtTm2/psoriasis%20Kim.jpeg)\n\nThe verdict \nAll these years and money spent would have been avoided if I REALLY EMBRACED THE KNOWLEDGE about these simple truths :\n \n\n1. You are what you eat. \n2. Your body is your temple. \n3. 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