Diet for psoriasis
Psoriasis - a skin disease, in the form of rashes,which is attributed to the number of psychosomatic diseases associated with psychological factors - due to the stress of psoriasis can be intensified. It is associated with immunity and metabolism. In this case, in patients with psoriasis, there are often observed allergies and sensitivity in various products. Therefore, to avoid exacerbations, it will be useful to introduce a special diet.
The diet for psoriasis excludes groups of foods that are difficult to assimilate. Nutrition for psoriasis should be diverse, simple and contain a large number of vitamins.
Diet for psoriasis basic rules
- Eliminate too fatty foods with largeprotein, carbohydrate and cholesterol. Refuse from smoked products, fat pork, fat, eggs and offal, onion, garlic and horseradish, reduce the amount of butter, alcohol. Limit everything too spicy, sour, fatty, salty and sweet.
- To exclude for the period of treatment there are also products containing a red pigment (natural dye) - tomatoes and its derivatives, red chili and Bulgarian, berries and fruits of red color.
- Such a rigid diet is prescribed for patients withany kind of psoriasis and excludes almost all groups of allergens, in case if a violation of the diet, no reaction to the product is observed, it can be returned to the diet.
What can you eat with psoriasis
- Porridges on the water, for example oatmeal or buckwheat. You can add fresh fruit to it.
- Fresh vegetables in different forms - stew, vegetables for a couple, soups. The amount of fresh vegetables is recommended to increase, relative to the usual diet, firstly they are rich in fiber, secondly vitamins.
- Not fatty meat - chicken, low-fat veal andbeef, rabbit and turkey. Meat is better to cook boiled, steamed, stewed or baked in its own juice. A good option may be low-fat minced meat, you can make cutlets, meatballs or casserole from it.
- Soup - light soups on vegetable, mushroom or chicken broth.
- Cereals - buckwheat, millet, rice. It is better to use them as a garnish, instead of pasta or potatoes, since they contain carbohydrates not recommended for such a diet.
- Fruits - again a large number of fresh fruits, rich in vitamins. You can use in the form of fruit salads, compotes and baked (apples, bananas).
- Fish - a fresh river of non-fatty varieties. It is best cooked, baked or braised. Fish can be lightly fried or can be cooked in foil.
- Tea is green, or not strong black, also compotes of light fruits, raisins, dried apricots, prunes, apples, as well as water.
Diet for psoriasis - menu
Thus, you can make an approximate menu for a day, taking into account four meals a day.
- Breakfast - rice, pumpkin or oatmeal in the water with dried fruit, fresh fruit, tea.
- Lunch - slicing fresh vegetables, chicken soup with rice, meatballs with buckwheat or millet porridge, fruit compote, fruit.
- Afternoon snack - oatmeal cookies with compote and fresh fruit.
- Dinner - fresh vegetables, rabbit stew with vegetables, or fish and rice, fruit salad, tea.
So, the diet for psoriasis is quite tough, giventhe menu is about, if you absolutely do not have any reactions to any products not listed in it, with the permission of the doctor they can be included in your diet. The basic principles of the diet: do not overstrain your stomach with difficult foods for assimilation: fatty, spicy, salty, sweet; Avoid stimulants alcohol, cigarettes, coffee; Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, eat foods rich in fiber; Avoid strong allergens. Do not break the diet at once on many points, otherwise it will be impossible to determine what triggered the deterioration, if it happens. And most importantly, be less nervous and worry. Take care of yourself and your body.
