Last Updated on 18th September 2023 by Caroline Haye
Is acidity making your vitiligo worse ?
Having recovered from widespread vitiligo, using a nutritional approach involving green superfoods, I am a big fan of “food therapy”. I am sure that my re-pigmentation is due, in part, to the massively high levels of antioxidants in these foods. But I suspect that antioxidants aren’t the whole story. Could it be that alkalising your body with greens also helps?
Compensating for oxidative stress is not the only way that dark, leafy greens fight vitiligo. Nutrient-dense vegetables have numerous health benefits. And evidence also suggests the alkalising effect of these foods is a way of restoring health to the entire body… Resulting in the elimination of a wide range of symptoms associated with excess acidity, including vitiligo, autoimmune conditions, allergies and arthritis.
Maintaining the correct acidity/alkalinity (or pH) of the blood is an essential part of good health. Unfortunately, it is a fact that much of our typical western diet consists of acid-producing foods… And that most of the alkaline-producing foods are either unpopular or relatively inaccessible. Among the most alkalising ingredients on earth are the following: spirulina, chlorella, barley grass, wheat grass, broccoli, cabbage and kale, all of which are in Five a Day+, the superfood blend I use.
The links below contain additional information on the subject of alkaline balance for health. And some online searching will reward you with other authority articles too.
- GP Dr Myhill’s explanation of the subject
- Acidity and arthritis
- Alkalising the body for general health
- My vitiligo therapy
