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Products for psoriasis: useful, dairy and prohibited
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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In psoriasis products play a very important role. Meals should be gentle and moderate, because the patient is not recommended to overload the digestive organs. The daily diet must be balanced in such a way that the food contributed to the regular cleansing of toxins. The patient is also important not to gain excess weight, which exacerbates the pathological process.
Prohibited products for psoriasis
Prohibited psoriasis products that should not be present in the diet:
- alcoholic beverages;
- smoked meat and fatty food;
- spicy and fried foods;
- salinity;
- spicy seasoning;
- preservatives, dyes, and other nutritional supplements;
- citrus fruits;
- white bread and buns;
- gourmet cheeses with mold;
- chocolate, cocoa, candy, sugar;
- garlic, onion, mustard, horseradish.
Some experts believe allergenic only flowers, seeds and buds of spicy plants, whereas the leafy herbs and spices roots containing a minimum aromatic substances, to allow use (in small doses).
Essential oils in the spice plants and citrus irritate the digestive organs and skin.
Strong drinks and tobacco provoke the exacerbation of the disease and also reduce the effectiveness of drugs.
The salt may be in minimal doses.
Antibiotics destroy beneficial microflora.
Even authorized food can not mix everything. For example, fruits and vegetables can not be combined with cereals, milk - with sugar and tea, and protein foods - starch.
If the banned product does not cause adverse reactions, sometimes it can be used, but occasionally a little.
Useful products for psoriasis
Products with psoriasis should ensure the normal activity of the digestive tract, and daily stool.
By useful products for psoriasis are all allowed fruits and vegetables (except for the red, as well as all the Solanaceae and legumes). Vegetables are best consumed raw or steamed. The information contained in plant foods fiber facilitates chair, stimulates the activity of the gastrointestinal tract and thus cleanses the body.
Yogurt, kefir, sour milk cheese, yogurt contain calcium. This mineral is opposed to inflammation and allergic reactions. All milk processing products must be low-fat.
Saltwater fish are useful due to the content of unsaturated fatty acids.
- Vitamins and antioxidants strengthen the immune system and the nervous system, beneficial effects on the skin, eliminate the harmful effects of free radicals. These substances include beef liver, buckwheat, bran, fresh juices.
Vegetable oils, due to the large amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids, strengthens blood vessels, normalizes fat metabolism, prevent allergies.
Fish, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, nuts enrich the body with zinc, which is needed for recovery, healing of wounds, reduce inflammation, eliminate scaly areas.
In psoriasis need to drink sufficient water - at least two liters per day. Of the alkaline mineral water is recommended.
If therapeutic diet does not provide daily emptying advised to use laxatives or olive oil - in small doses.
Dairy products in psoriasis
Dairy products for psoriasis have a special place in the patient's diet. They are diverse, tasty, enrich the body proteins, fats, many vitamins, calcium and other trace elements. Just over one hundred useful milk ingredients. The most popular cow's milk and its products.
Milk has antibacterial qualities, prevents the development of infections, strengthens the body's defenses. Trace elements allow the health of hair, nails, skin, regulate metabolism. As a sedative, milk is used for the prevention of insomnia.
The milk used in the form of masks - for food, calming, removal of skin irritation. Lysozyme amino acid contained in the milk, promotes cell regeneration.
The menu should enter:
- skim, or low fat milk powder;
- buttermilk;
- butter and margarine;
- solid, processed, soft cheeses;
- kefir, yogurt;
- goat milk;
- almond milk.
Goat's milk is different from cow's better digestibility and tolerability. It strengthens the immune system, has a positive effect on the blood, it promotes healing in different skin pathologies. That is why the product is helpful to patients with psoriasis.
In psoriasis, use this recipe: milk bring to a boil, heat is kept to a minimum of five minutes, pour into another bowl. Remains on the walls of the white bloom lubricate the problem areas.
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Table products for psoriasis
Table products for psoriasis established by the American scientist Pagano. The essence of John Pagano theory is that the products are divided into acid and schelocheobrazuyuschih. In psoriasis, it is important to their relationship. Since the renovation of the skin and removal of inflamed tumors need alkaline reaction, the patient in the daily diet should be 20 - 30% of acid and 70 - 80% schelocheobrazuyuschih products. This technique has been successfully practiced in the world and allows you to get rid of psoriasis without the use of drugs, only through a balanced diet. For patients on nutrition Pagano it is not just a diet, but a lifestyle.
- Based on this power supply system in the patient menu should prevail vegetable oils, vegetable food (except for prohibited fruits and vegetables), milk and its products, eggs, fish and lean meat. Plain water, fresh juices, herbal teas and decoctions should provide water balance. Increases alkalinity lecithin added to food or drink.
A proper diet should be combined with a cleansing bath, exercise, positive mood and a healthy lifestyle.
The result of seen in a month. There is a reduction of inflammation, the amount and intensity of plaque. When the most favorable outcome, they may disappear altogether. Another positive effect of this power - to get rid of excess weight.
However, it should take into account the characteristics of the organism and the ability of different reactions of patients on the same products in psoriasis. Therefore, the diet should be made individually for each patient. Excessive rigor in the diet - it is also stressful for the body, which may adversely affect the course of the disease.
Every body reacts differently to the forbidden food. Products for psoriasis can expand or reduce depending on the health status and individual characteristics of the patient being after consumption of a meal. It is important that the food is not to provoke the exacerbation, but rather increases the effects of other treatments - to relieve symptoms and prevent relapse.