Finger nails!

Growing up I always had very long healthy, thick nails. Then I started eating really healthy and cut most processed foods. Overtime my nails became brittle and began peeling off in layers. I assumed it was a dietary deficiency, and increased a few vitamins. Then I had my first UC flare and about 2 months after starting on Prednisone I had the long healthy nails I had in my youth.
Since being in remission I have returned to my healthy eating and my nails are starting to peel and break again, actually pretty severely. I know vitamin malabsorption can be an issue, especially in Chrons...but it makes me wonder if there is something linked to a flare....
I also had been doing gel nails, and thought maybe that's why they were breaking so easy, but I stopped that about 6 months ago, and it has only gotten worse.

I know it can also be a sign of hypothyroidism, but so far those have always been normal....

Anyone else experience ugly nail syndrome without any other explanation!?

I guess my questions would be :

what exact processed foods did you cut ?

what exact healthy foods did you add ?

what did you eat during your uc flare and how long did it last ?

do you have chromes ?

dark meat or white ?

That's odd, my nails got way worse on Pred but I do have thyroid issues. I just started Evening Primrose Oil for both hair and nails. Also we are all deficient in magnesium (google it).

On a side note: one way to gauge inflammation is to observe the color of the nail bed, just above the little white part at the base of the nail. If there is a red line there and your nailbed is very rosy, that's an inflammatory marker.