Psoriasis is a chronic variant of dermatopathology, which is characterized by the formation of reddish-silver papular rashes on various parts of the body. It is more often formed in the children's age group, but it can initially appear after 20-35 years.
Causes of Occurrence:
- Metabolic disorders;
- pathology of the gastrointestinal tract;
- Dysbiosis;
- chronic stressful situations;
- Presence of negative habits, for example alcohol abuse.
Since the skin is a single giant organ, the appearance of various rashes, including those of a psoriatic nature, requires diagnostic studies and an integrated therapeutic approach.
Diet therapy is an essential factor in getting rid of unaesthetic formations. Proper nutrition in combination with drug therapy are the main directions of modern methods of influencing the disease.
The most important thing to monitor in maintaining proper diet for psoriasis is drinking a sufficient amount of water each day, from seven to ten glasses. The liquids used must be of high purity; when consuming juice, it is advisable to cook freshly squeezed ones.
The basics of proper nutrition
Every person's body is unique, which is why a specialist has to select an adequate diet strictly on an individual basis - there is simply no single menu for all people with psoriasis.
The main task of diet therapy in detecting pathologies is to maintain an adequate acid-base environment in the patient's body. The balance should tip in favor of an alkaline environment, since an acidic one only aggravates the course of the pathology. Experts recommend that you include 2-4 times more basic foods in your diet.
Basic principles:
- eat fractionated - in small portions 4-5 times a day;
- Consume 2 - 2. 5 liters of fluids per day;
- adjust the diet so that the intestines are not overloaded;
- Timely emptying of the intestines is the basis of health. Carefully monitor the timeliness of the release of toxins;
- at the time of exacerbation of the pathology, it is recommended to enrich the body with mineral acids and organic elements: no more than 20%, the rest should be alkaline products;
- maximum rejection of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products;
- reduce the amount of table salt in the diet;
- to minimize the use of preservatives, emulsifiers, dyes, stabilizers and disintegrants;
- avoid all citrus fruits in the diet as much as possible - in addition to oranges, lime and grapefruit also belong to this subgroup;
- the emphasis should be placed on the use of cereals and fermented milk products, vegetable oils - but also in small quantities.
Compliance with the above principles will help to minimize the number of exacerbations of psoriasis in order to achieve a long remission of the disease.
What should be disposed of
In the consultation, the specialist will emphasize that you should not eat if you have psoriasis. Diet therapy provides for the maximum rejection of the list of individual products, but necessarily provides a complete diet that provides the patient with all the nutrients.
What is recommended to decline:
- Numerous studies conducted by specialists in people with psoriatic eruptions have convincingly shown that spices provoke an exacerbation of the disease. The maximum concentration of essential oils and aromatic elements in them is very harmful for people with dermatopathology - it leads to itching on the skin, a debilitating burning sensation and an exacerbation of the pathology.
- Various nuts have a similar negative effect on the skin. The most allergenic product are peanuts. It is recommended to avoid nuts as much as possible in their pure form and in the form of various additives. Peanut butter is eliminated from the diet entirely.
- A large number of spicy, smoked tinned foods have a particularly irritating effect on the tissue of the intestinal loops. They irritate the mucous membranes and prevent adequate processing and absorption of nutrients. This leads to the appearance of new defects on the dermis - psoriatic plaques and scales.
- A significant proportion of essential oils that are toxic to psoriasis patients are also found in citrus peel. For this reason, experts recommend including not only the fruits themselves, but also the juices from them in the diet, since in industrial production they are squeezed without removing the peel.
- Inflammatory manifestations on the dermis can also be caused by the meat-saturated arachidonic acid. When putting together the menu, preference is given to white varieties, for example turkey and rabbit meat.
- The most extreme limitation applies to grape-based alcoholic beverages. During their fermentation, aromatic compounds are formed, which most negatively affect the condition of the dermis. The liver structures also suffer, the organ's filtration capacity generally decreases, toxins and toxins accumulate - psoriasis worsens.
A well-thought-out diet also leads to a normalization of body weight; such a complication of psoriasis as arthritis can be a long way off if a person follows the basic dietary recommendations of a specialist given during a consultation.
Approved products
The opinion of dermatologists around the world is unanimous - one should not rush to extremes and severely restrict oneself in diet. Before adjusting the diet, a specialist will conduct various diagnostic procedures to identify the most negatively affecting foods. Based on this, it will be decided what can be eaten for that person with psoriasis.
The following elements have a positive effect on the condition of the skin:
- a wide variety of unsaturated omega-3 fatty acids. Natural antagonists of arachidonic acid, they have the best effect on the dermis in marine fish;
- a variety of vegetables contain vitamins and karatinodes - they have an optimal effect on the protective barriers of the human body, multiply the activity of immune structures, contribute to the maximum resistance to negative external factors that can provoke an exacerbation of dermatopathology;
For those suffering from psoriatic eruptions, it is useful to:
- add lecithin to food in the form of granules;
- replace coffee and coffee beverages with medicinal teas;
- eat more vegetables;
- drink freshly squeezed juices more often;
- Avoid artificial flavor options as much as possible - replace them with freshly grown herbs;
- it is useful to include fresh berries in the diet: gooseberries and viburnum, mountain ash and currants, blueberries;
- a variety of cereals bring maximum benefit - oatmeal, buckwheat, millet;
- Sea fish should be on the table at least 4-5 times a week, but steaming is recommended;
- Poultry dishes are allowed up to 3 - 4 times during the current week, all skin being carefully removed;
- Milk and products containing milk are only allowed if they have a reduced fat and table salt content;
- eggs should be boiled until soft - 3-4 times a week;
- of oils are acceptable - olives, cottonseed, corn.
Therefore, the diet in psoriasis is based on the use of simple, varied and highly fortified foods.
hunger
An indispensable prerequisite for a full diet therapy for psoriasis is the obligatory cleaning of the human body - therapeutic fasting helps here. A person is advised to choose a day in their schedule when only distilled fluid enters their body.
The next day, vegetable salad is allowed for breakfast, the use of monastery tea - and again according to the menu of the daily menu.
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 cleaned faster.
Frequent fasting should not be practiced - stick to the golden mean: no more than 1 cleaning day per week. A variety of cleansing procedures that are practiced in beauty salons are also prohibited - they only disrupt the natural balance in the intestinal loops and thus suffer from psoriasis.
Even when diagnosing psoriasis, clean and radiantly beautiful skin is an achievable result. The main thing is to adhere to the diet therapy individually compiled by the specialist in combination with medication - as required.