Got Milk?

Today a patient I had seen a few years ago with severe scalp psoriasis returned for a completely unrelated reason. "By the way doc, that psoriasis you treated for went away when I stopped drinking milk". Yep, he stopped all milk and that stopped all psoriasis. He was a big milk drinker by the way, typically drinking 6 glasses per day - that's a lot! This type of anecdotal story may mean nothing in the big picture of things. In fact, there is a couple of studies on whey protein from milk actually helping psoriasis. But once in a while, a patient tries a fairly radical dietary modification with dramatic results, and this is one such instance.