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Kate Dunbar's Story: Psoriasis & WFPB
8 May 2022
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Kate Dunbar has a remarkable success story of relief from psoriasis through adoption of Whole Food Plant-Based guidelines. She's actually a co-author of her own case report published in Am J of Lifestyle Medicine:

Research paper (case report): Managing Psoriatic Arthritis With a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet: A Case Study by Marta Lewandowska, Kate Dunbar and Shireen Kassam, Am J of Lifestyle Medicine, Feb 2021.

Abstract: A 40-year-old female teacher presented to the rheumatology clinic in 2003 with nonspecific back, knees, and right ankle pain. She was subsequently diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis and was taking methotrexate to control her disease. Over the years, her symptoms were mostly under control. However, in 2018, after adopting a whole food plant-based diet free of added salt, oil, and sugar, she was able to stop taking methotrexate. She was discharged from the rheumatology clinic and has remained symptom-free since. The available literature on managing psoriatic arthritis with diet shows that less than 2% of patients with psoriatic arthritis are able to discontinue medication as a result of disease remission. This case report adds to support and encourages further research in the field of managing inflammatory polyarthropathies with diet and lifestyle.

Kate Dunbar shares her personal story in a blog entry too: Reversal of psoriatic arthritis with a whole food plant-based diet (2019), hosted by Plant Based Health Professionals UK.

Kate turned vegan about 13 years ago — it helped her psoriasis but not entirely. In 2018, she turned Whole Food Plant-Based, SOS-Free (ForksOverKnives diet + no-salt) to say goodbye to psoriatic arthritis! What was the difference betweeen her Vegan [Before] diet and her WFPB-SOS [After] diet?

Source: Managing Psoriatic Arthritis With a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet: A Case Study by Marta Lewandowska, Kate Dunbar and Shireen Kassam, Am J of Lifestyle Medicine, Feb 2021.

Kate Dunbar's personal story is a rare case report published in medical literature in which the shift in meals was from a Vegan to WFPB SOS-Free diet.

(63 mins, 2021) Managing Psoriatic Arthritis With A Plant-Based Diet

This podast has two guests: Dr. Shireen Kassam and Kate Dunbar, both of whom are co-authors in the psoriatic arthritis case report published in Am J of Lifestyle Medicine.

(60 mins, 2020) Vegan Health Live - Cooking Demonstration

Kate Dunbar narrates her personal story in the first 8 minutes. The rest of the video is about cooking.

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