en public specific editorial article <div></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin disease known for inflammation and hyper-proliferation of epidermal&nbsp;keratinocytes </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">(Luo<i> et al.</i>, 2020)</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">. 2-3% of the population suffer from psoriasis</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">(Parisi<i> et al.</i>, 2013)</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Emotional distress in psoriasis patients impairs quality of their life. Moreover, they suffer from the burden of comorbidities like obesity, diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">(Armstrong<i> et al.</i>, 2013b)</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">, and hypertension </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">(Armstrong<i> et al.</i>, 2013a)</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> through the increase in psoriasis severity.<u> </u>The pathogenesis of psoriasis is not well understood yet. It is concluded from the interactions between genetic predisposition and the environmental risk factors, such as diet, alcohol consumption, stress, obesity, and smoking </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">(Ricketts<i> et al.</i>, 2010)</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">. One pathogenesis of psoriasis is amplifying T-cells and dendritic cells from the immune system, which releases various pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines with simultaneous activation of growth factors </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">(Al-Harbi<i> et al.</i>, 2020)</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">. Moreover, oxidative stress and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production causes inflammation </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">(Wacewicz<i> et al.</i>, 2017)</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">. High free radicals have harmful effects through structural changes on proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. The increase in oxidants leads to active antioxidant defense mechanisms <span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></span>(Lobo<i> et al.</i>, 2010). </span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:">Corresponding Author:</span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Azadeh Lesani</span></span></span></b><br> <span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0224-5864" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">View Orcid in Profile</a><br> You can search for this author in<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Lesani+A&cauthor_id=26928281"> PubMed</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jJKEEQEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao">&nbsp; Google Scholar Profile</a></span></span></span></div> &nbsp; 524 527 http://jnfs.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-149-5&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Hadis Gerami 0000-0002-4793-8659 No Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Atie Sadat Khorasanian 0000-0001-8175-4936 No Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Azadeh Lesani a_lesani@alumnus.tums.ac.ir 0000-0003-0224-5864 Yes Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran