Psoriasis is a chronic variant of dermatopathology, characterized by the formation of red-silver papular rashes on various parts of the body. Most children are formed in the age category, but may initially occur after the age of 20-35.
Causes:
- metabolic disorders;
- pathology of the gastrointestinal tract;
- dysbiosis;
- chronic stressful situations;
- presence of negative habits, such as alcohol abuse.
As the skin is a single giant organ, the appearance of various rashes on it, including psoriatic rashes, requires diagnostic studies and an integrated therapeutic approach.
Diet therapy is an important factor in getting rid of non-aesthetic formations. Proper diet in combination with drug therapy are the main directions of modern methods that affect the disease.
The most important thing to follow when maintaining a proper diet for psoriasis is to drink enough seven to ten glasses of water a day. The liquids used must be of high purity, and it is advisable to cook freshly squeezed juices while consuming them.
Basics of proper nutrition
Each person's body is unique, so a specialist must seriously choose an adequate diet in each case individually - a single menu is simply not available for all people with psoriasis.
The main task of diet therapy in the diagnosis of pathology is to maintain an adequate acid-base environment in the patient's body. The balance should be tilted in favor of the alkaline environment, because the acid only aggravates the course of the pathology. Experts recommend including 2-4 times more alkaline foods in your diet.
Basic principles:
- fractional meals - in small portions, 4-5 times a day;
- Consume 2 - 2, 5 liters of fluid per day;
- adjust your diet to avoid overloading the intestines;
- timely bowel emptying is the basis of health, carefully monitor the timely release of toxins;
- In case of exacerbation of the pathology, it is recommended to enrich the body with mineral acids and organic elements: not more than 20%, the rest should be alkaline products;
- maximum abstinence from alcohol and tobacco products;
- reduce the amount of table salt in the diet;
- minimize the use of preservatives, emulsifiers, dyes, stabilizers and disintegrants;
- Avoid all citrus fruits as much as possible in the diet - in addition to oranges, lime and grapefruit are also included in this subgroup;
- attention should be paid to the use of cereals and fermented dairy products, vegetable oils - both in small quantities.
Adherence to the above principles helps to minimize the number of exacerbations of psoriasis and achieve long-term remission of the disease.
What should be discarded
During the consultation, the specialist will emphasize that you will not be able to eat with psoriasis. Diet therapy provides maximum rejection of the list of individual products, but it definitely provides a complete diet that provides the patient with all the nutrients.
What to avoid:
- Numerous studies conducted by experts among people suffering from psoriatic eruptions have convincingly shown that spices cause exacerbation of the disease. The maximum concentration of essential oils and aromatic elements in them is very harmful for people with dermatopathology - it causes itching of the skin, a weakening burning sensation and aggravation of the pathology.
- Different nuts have a similar negative effect on the skin. The most allergenic product is peanuts. It is recommended to avoid nuts in as pure a form as possible and in the form of various additives. Peanut butter is completely eliminated from the diet.
- Various spicy, smoked and canned foods have a particularly irritating effect on the tissues of the intestinal tract. They irritate the mucous membranes and prevent the proper processing and absorption of nutrients. This is the cause of the appearance of new defects in the dermis - psoriatic plaques and scales.
- A significant portion of essential oils, which are toxic to psoriasis patients, are also found in citrus peels. For this reason, experts recommend refusing to include in the diet not only fruits, but also their juices, because it is industrially squeezed without peeling.
- Inflammatory manifestations in the dermis can also be caused by arachidonic acid, which is saturated with meat. When preparing the menu, white varieties, such as turkey and rabbit, are preferred.
- The most extreme restriction is imposed on alcohol based on grapes. It is during their fermentation that aromatic compounds are formed, which have the most negative effect on the condition of the dermis. Liver structures also suffer, the body's filtration capacity generally decreases, and toxins and toxins accumulate - psoriasis is exacerbated.
A properly prepared diet also leads to the normalization of a person's weight, and if a person follows the basic nutritional recommendations from a specialist during the consultation, such a complication of psoriasis as arthritis can be avoided for a long time.
Approved Products
Dermatologists all over the world agree that it is important not to rush too much and to strictly limit your diet. Before adjusting the diet, a specialist will perform various diagnostic procedures to identify the foods that have the most adverse effects. Based on this, a decision will be made about what to eat with psoriasis for this person.
The following elements have a positive effect on the condition of the skin:
- various unsaturated omega-3 fatty acids. Natural antagonists of arachidonic acid have the best effect on the dermis because they are found in marine fish;
- Various vegetables contain vitamins and carotenoids - they have an optimal effect on the protective barriers of the human body, increase the activity of immune structures, help to maximize resistance to adverse external factors that can lead to exacerbation of dermatopathology;
Useful for people suffering from psoriatic rashes:
- add lecithin in the form of granules to the diet;
- replace coffee and coffee drinks with medicinal teas;
- eat more different vegetables;
- drink freshly squeezed juices more often;
- to avoid artificial flavor options as much as possible - to replace them with freshly grown herbs;
- It is useful to include fresh berries in the diet: corn and viburnum, mountain ash and currants, blueberries;
- various cereals will bring maximum benefits - oatmeal, buckwheat, millet;
- sea fish should be on the table at least 4-5 times a week, but it is recommended to steam it;
- Poultry containers are allowed 3-4 times a week, carefully removing all the skin;
- milk and dairy products are allowed only with a reduced content of fat and salt;
- eggs should be boiled gently - 3-4 times a week;
- Acceptable oils - olive, cotton, corn.
Thus, the diet for psoriasis is based on the use of simple, varied and highly fortified foods.
Hunger
An indispensable condition of a full-fledged diet therapy for psoriasis is the mandatory cleansing of the human body - a healing fast helps. A person is advised to choose in his schedule a day when only distilled fluid will enter the body.
A vegetable salad is allowed for breakfast the next day, followed by the use of monastery tea - and again after the daily menu has been drawn up.
The result of therapeutic fasting and careful observance will be maximum - after 20-35 days a person will feel a general improvement in well-being, the skin will be cleansed faster.
It is necessary not to fast often - stay in the middle of gold: no more than 1 cleaning day a week. Various cleansing procedures applied in beauty salons are also prohibited - they will only disturb the natural balance in the intestinal tract, and therefore suffer from psoriasis.
Clean and radiant beautiful skin is a result that can be achieved even with the diagnosis of psoriasis. The main thing is to follow a diet therapy individually designed by a specialist, along with medication, if necessary.