Psoriasis is a non-infectious dermatological disease that quickly becomes chronic. During the period of exacerbation of psoriasis, slight, prominent rashes appear on the surface of the skin, causing a lot of discomfort. Typical areas of psoriasis are the knees, elbows, scalp. The spread of the disease occurs throughout the body. A diet for psoriasis can ease the course of the disease. Statistics say that 70% of patients are young under the age of 20, but absolutely all age categories are prone to psoriasis.
Eating rules for psoriasis
The diet for psoriasis is a medical food, which is recommended to be adhered to in order to avoid patient relapses. Patients with psoriasis should monitor their emotional state, control the functioning of the stomach and the entire gastrointestinal tract, eat in small doses (at least five times a day), eliminate allergens and increase the amount of fluids consumed. Daily bowel movements are an unwavering rule for patients with psoriasis. Stagnation of food in the body contributes to the worsening of psoriasis.
To maintain proper water balance in psoriasis, you need:
- Drink 1. 7-2 liters of purified water daily with the addition of a small amount of lemon juice.
- Reduce consumption of black, green tea. Increase the amount of herbal infusions, especially decoction of chamomile seed, chamomile.
- Include in the diet fresh juices (carrots, spinach, celery, apples, parsley, beets).
Basic cooking rules for psoriasis:
- Eliminate fried and fatty foods from the menu. A special place is occupied by boiled, steamed or baked dishes in a food sleeve.
- Reduce the amount of salt.
- Increase your intake of fermented milk products, preferably home-made.
- Limit the amount of aromas in your meals. For health benefits, replace them with lemon juice or a specially prepared sauce (yogurt + herbs + garlic + mustard).
What can and can not be eaten by psoriasis patients?
Diet for psoriasis means complete control and adherence to the basic rules of a healthy diet. Few are able to restrict themselves, to give up their favorite foods, but during the period of worsening psoriasis - this is a difficult need. The disease is not completely cured. Its course can not be changed using only medication and not adhering to dietary treatment. Knowing which foods are allowed for consumption, which should be completely excluded during the worsening of psoriasis, can facilitate patient well-being and reduce key symptoms.
List of permitted and prohibited products
With psoriasis, you must adhere to these dietary rules:
- Eat more greens (lettuce, parsley, dill, green onions), fresh fruits, vegetables. They contain a whole storehouse of vitamins.
- Eat more often boiled or steamed dishes of fatty fish (salmon, salmon).
- Eat lots of porridge - buckwheat, rice, oatmeal, wheat or any other.
- Add to the food vegetable oil containing PUFA.
- Saturate your diet with cranberry or cranberry. These little balls have long been considered leaders among berries for relieving the symptoms of psoriasis.
People with such a disease should be categorically excluded from the diet or reduced:
- Consumption of coffee, strong teas.
- The amount of fatty meat.
- The amount of alcohol consumed.
- Consumption of flavorings or salt, vinegar.
- The amount of honey, sugar, baked goods eaten.
- Part of strong meat juices, sauces in the diet.
- Eating smoked products.
Sample menu for a week
Once you have compiled a diet menu for a week (5 days), it is easier to see which foods to buy and avoid emergency foods with foods prohibited for psoriasis. Diet in treating psoriasis is essential. Failure to do so exacerbates the course of the disease. Remember to drink 1 glass (or more) of fresh purified water between meals. Dinner should be made no later than three hours before bedtime.
Monday
- Breakfast - buckwheat porridge + a small piece of butter + dried fruit. Weak tea with a slice of hard cheese.
- Second breakfast (after 2 hours) - an apple, banana or other fresh fruit that does not cause allergies.
- 3rd breakfast (after 2 hours) - seasonal cottage cheese with low fat sour cream + fruit.
- Lunch - salad (fresh vegetables + a tablespoon of olive oil), vegetable soup, side dish with a piece of low-fat boiled meat, bread.
- Afternoon snack - fruit.
- Dinner - porridge with boiled vegetables + bread. After 1. 5 hours, low-fat kefir + biscuits.
Tuesday
- Breakfast - oatmeal with raisins and a piece of butter, bread, 1 glass of pink drink.
- Second breakfast - low-fat kefir.
- Third breakfast - fresh fruit.
- Lunch - salad (fresh vegetables, sauce with olive oil and lemon juice). Second soup with chicken broth. Puree with a slice of steamed fish. Bread
- Afternoon snack - cottage cheese with fresh fruit, seasoned with yogurt.
- Dinner - buckwheat porridge with meatless butter + steamed vegetables.
Wednesday
- Breakfast - an omelet with two eggs. Sandwich with cocoa, butter and hard cheese.
- Second breakfast - fresh fruit.
- The third breakfast - a glass of kefir.
- Lunch - salad with fresh vegetables + salad dressing (greens, mustard, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic). Borscht with beef broth. Steamed rice porridge with kitten. Bread
- Afternoon snack - some baked apples.
- Dinner - vegetable stew. A piece of rye bread.
Thursday
- Breakfast - low-fat cottage cheese flavored with sour cream + raisins. A glass of freshly squeezed juice.
- Second breakfast - fresh fruit. Compote with dried fruits.
- Third breakfast - 1 boiled egg.
- Dinner - ear. Steamed chicken cutlets + vinaigrettes. Bread Chamomile herbal tea
- Afternoon snack - compote with dried fruits. Marshmallow without chocolate.
- Dinner - a piece of steamed salmon + oatmeal with a piece of butter. Bread Poor green tea.
Friday
- Breakfast - pumpkin milk porridge with dried apricots and raisins. Bread Compote with dried fruits.
- Second breakfast - freshly squeezed juice + scrambled eggs from 2 eggs.
- Lunch - zucchini soup. Pilaf, not fried. BreadRose decoction.
- Afternoon snack - a glass of yogurt (baked milk or kefir) + two baked apples.
- Dinner - cottage cheese casserole. Compote or chamomile tea.
Diet recipe
Casserole with cottage cheese
Prepare 1 kg of low-fat cottage cheese + 4 eggs + 1 cup oatmeal + half a cup raisins + 5 tbsp. lsheqer + a pinch of salt and vanilla. Rub the cottage cheese completely through a sieve, add beaten eggs with sugar, mix. Add oatmeal, salt, vanilla to the curd mass. Stir with a spoon or mixer, let stand for half an hour. Place the resulting mass in a greased tin. Bake with or without lid (about half an hour at medium temperature). Allow the pan to cool before use. A healthy dessert for the whole diet is ready.
Raisin pumpkin porridge is a healthy sweet dish for a psoriasis patient
You will need: half a kilo of pumpkin, 2/3 cup rice, half a liter of milk, half a glass of raisins, salt, sugar, vanilla to taste. Peel a squash, grate it and squeeze the juice. Cut into cubes or small strips. Pour halfway with water. When it becomes soft, cook well, pour in the milk. Add prepared rice (soak 2 hours before, drink), salt, sugar. Add raisins and vanilla 15 minutes before turning off. Add a piece of butter to the prepared porridge. Put in the oven for 15 minutes - the dish will be more aromatic and soft.
Zucchini soup with hard cheese
To prepare soft spring soup you will need:
- 1 liter of purified water;
- 2 zucchini (up to 20 cm long);
- 5 pieces of potatoes;
- 1 finely chopped ginger root;
- hard cheese (1 tbsp. l for each serving);
- 1 tbsp. lvaj ulliri;
- fresh or dried herbs (parsley, dill, celery);
- salt to taste;
- spices (bay leaf, cardamom).
Toss chopped potatoes and zucchini in boiling water. Pass the coriander, crushed in a mortar, ginger grated for 30 seconds. Place with ready vegetables, simmer for 1 minute, turn off heat. Drain the excess liquid into a separate bowl. Grind the boiled vegetables with a blender, gradually adding the vegetable juice until the desired consistency is obtained. Add salt and herbs. Bring to a boil, turn off. Puree soup, spread on separate plates, sprinkle with strong grated cheese to taste. The first dish for the patient's diet is ready.
Oatmeal with dried fruits
A useful and quick dish for a patient with psoriasis is oatmeal. You should get half a glass of oatmeal. Pour them into boiling water (1 cup), add raisins, dried apricots or other dried fruits (any fresh or frozen fruit), salt, sugar to taste. Turn off fire. Add a piece of butter. Let it bake for 15 minutes. Breakfast or diet dinner is ready.
Principles of nutritional therapy according to different methods
Common diets for treating people with psoriasis are the Pegano method. Two nutritionists agree that in order to avoid relapses and worsening of the condition, psoriasis patients should maintain acid-base balance of the body in ratios from 20% to 70% or 30% to 80% and follow the basics of proper nutrition. Let’s take a closer look at both diets.
According to the Pegano method
Dr. John Pegano has developed a dietary treatment for psoriasis patients in which vegetables and fruits are grouped together to help regulate acid-base balance. He believes that raw apples, bananas and melons are best consumed in small doses, separately from other food elements. Small portions should be eaten raisins, plums, avocados, beans, cranberries, dried beans, mushrooms, prunes, lentils, rhubarb, almonds, hazelnuts. It is advisable to take 1 tbsp five days a week. llecitin (crushed). After eating, a slight feeling of hunger should be present.
In his diet for psoriasis, up to 80% of the food consumed includes:
- purified water (up to 8 glasses per day), in addition to other liquids;
- fruits, vegetables, but not canned. Ripe apples, dates, apricots, figs, raisins, kiwi, mango, pears are especially useful for patients with psoriasis. Vegetables - asparagus, carrots, cabbage, beets, celery, onions, olives, squash, zucchini. This is the basis of dietary nutrition for psoriasis.
About one third of a psoriasis patient's diet should be:
- cereals in the form of cereals - buckwheat, millet, oatmeal, barley, rye;
- whole grain breads, bran, soft breads, cabbage;
- fish dishes (at least four times a week): tuna, cod, flock, perch, turtle, trout;
- poultry - up to three times a week (without skin);
- meat (exclusively weak lamb) - up to twice a week;
- skim milk, fermented milk products, butter, cheese, cottage cheese;
- eggs (hard boiled or boiled only) - up to four times a week;
- decoction of chamomile, watermelon seeds, mullein.
Treatment of a psoriasis patient with a diet according to the Pegano method excludes the combination with each other:
- whole grains with citrus fruits (not only fresh but also dried, boiled) and juices;
- dairy products with citrus fruits, juices;
- all kinds of fruits with white flour products;
- in a food ration a large number of acid-forming foods.
According to the dietician method
In treating psoriasis with a diet, another nutritionist combines food with herbal decoctions. According to its method, the diet completely excludes all citrus fruits (except grapefruit), strawberries, beans, raspberries, avocados, strawberries, pomegranates, lentils, peas. Allowed grapes (in small quantities), cabbage (any portion). Legumes, zucchini, carrots, broccoli, garlic, onions, spinach, cucumbers, squash is recommended to be consumed with short breaks. Live bananas, melons and apples are eaten separately from other foods. They drink mineral water every day.