Vitiligo ranks fifth among autoimmune diseases in this country. Vitiligo is also a genetic disease that is closely related to other autoimmune diseases such as Celiac, lupus, arthritis and multiple sclerosis, research shows. It is often called the Michael Jackson disease – the most famous person to lose his skin color to vitiligo. Vitiligo, like other autoimmune diseases and diseases in general, responds best to nutrition. Studies show nutrition is the most important component in healing, preventing and reversing disease.
A whole foods, plant-based diet is shown to prevent, improve and even reverse autoimmune diseases such as arthritis, diabetes, muscular sclerosis, and in my research, vitiligo. Diets rich in fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts and seeds trump genetics by turning off the genes that turn on diseases.
Eating a variety of fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts and seeds encourages healing, often halting the spread of vitiligo while encouraging the return of natural skin color in a disease that mainstream medicine considers incurable.
Whether you or someone you love suffers from an autoimmune disease like vitiligo or rheumatoid arthritis, or a degenerative disease like cancer, or struggle with obesity -- a whole foods, plant-based diet is shown to prevent, heal or halt these diseases.
Make fresh plant-based foods of fruits that are in season, vegetables in every color in the rainbow, fresh seeds such as raw and unsalted pumpkin and sunflower or nuts such as walnuts in their raw and unsalted state, the main foods in your daily meals for perfect health and wellness.
Suggested Reading:
The China Study
Wanakee's Nutritional Approach to Vitiligo & Other Autoimmune Diseases.
