Psoriasis, an autoimmune disease, affects the skin in various parts of the body, in some cases the joints are also affected. The pathology is incurable, so it requires constant monitoring. One of the most important things to follow is the psoriasis diet. Many products have a negative effect on its course, while others, on the contrary, will help in the fight against the disease.
The role of proper nutrition in the treatment of diseases.
Compliance with the prescribed diet for psoriasis allows you to stabilize the digestive tract, get rid of unpleasant symptoms and improve intestinal motility. An important point is the increase in the body's defenses, which reduces the number of relapses.
Cooking dishes that are not in accordance with the rules, the use of unacceptable food and drink, will minimize the therapeutic effect of the drugs used.
Also, not following the diet can aggravate the course of the disease.
Than to follow a diet for psoriasis
There are many diets for psoriasis, but it is difficult to determine which one is right for the patient. This is due to the individual characteristics of each organism, therefore this problem cannot be solved without an experienced specialist.
When choosing a diet, it is important to take into account individual intolerance, the presence of allergies and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
The treating physician must personally determine the list of acceptable and prohibited products for each individual patient through tests that reveal the body's response to a particular food.
The main task of the psoriasis diet is to regulate the alkaline-acid balance. The daily diet for 65-75 percent should consist of alkaline-forming foods (fruits and vegetables), and for the remaining 25-35, of acid-forming foods (cereals, cheese, meat).
Types of diets:
- Hypoallergenic.It implies the exclusion from the diet of foods that can cause serious exacerbations, namely: citrus, red fruits and vegetables, chocolate, shellfish, nuts, fish.
- Buckwheat.This diet is more suitable to prevent relapses and purify the body. You can observe it for no more than 14 days. It does not imply nutrition exclusively with buckwheat, cereals are the basis of the diet. For breakfast, you need to eat 125 grams of unsalted porridge (or low-fat cottage cheese, yogurt). For lunch, 100 grams of steamed lean meat and vegetable salad dressed with olive oil. The third meal should be two apples or 100 milliliters of yogurt. For dinner, eat buckwheat porridge with vegetables that do not have a red color.
- Diet, which is one of the most popular for psoriasis. The principles of nutrition are developed by a dermatologist specifically for patients with this disease. The basic rule is the optimal combination of products to restore the balance of acid and alkali in the body. The fundamental principles of the diet: at least 70 percent of the diet should be alkaline food; within seven days from the onset of exacerbation of psoriasis, it is necessary to take enterosorbents; 30 minutes before each meal, drink a cup of chamomile tea; eliminate hunger; reject or minimize the amount of salt; Periodically cleanse the intestines with an enema.
- The diet of the pegano.It also ranks high in popularity among psoriasis patients. The main principle of this diet is to control the alkaline-acid balance, alkali must prevail. For the treatment of psoriasis according to the Pegano scheme, the steps should be followed. The first is to consume only apples for three days. In the second stage, protein and vitamin products are included in the diet. Some foods remain prohibited, for example, tomato juice, carbonated and alcoholic beverages, canned foods and smoked meats, coffee and tea, chocolate and sugar. The final third stage consists of cleansing the skin and body in salons or clinics. The diet also includes regular exercise, such as aerobics, walking, swimming, yoga, etc.
An important point is a copious drink, it is necessary to consume seven to ten glasses of purified water per day.
What foods can be eaten and what categorically cannot be eaten with psoriasis
The condition of a person diagnosed with psoriasis depends directly on the food they eat. You may not even realize that certain foods are making your illness worse. Therefore, every person with psoriasis should know which foods should be present in their diet and which ones are better to reject.
Table of harmful foods for psoriasis
| Limit | Exclude | |
| Fruits and berries | Blueberries, prunes, gooseberries, blueberries, plums. | Citrus |
| Vegetables | Brussels sprouts, squash, rhubarb, legumes. | Tomatoes, aubergines, peppers, potatoes. |
| Omega-3 fatty acids | Butter | Fatty meats and dairy products, fried, desserts |
| Nutritional supplements | Emulsifiers, preservatives, flavorings, etc. |
You should also minimize the following foods:
- Vinegar.
- Margarine and spreadable.
- Semi-finished products.
- Sweet (halva, sweets, buns, chocolate).
- Canned food.
- Sausages
- Baked, smoked, fried fish (herring, salmon).
- Potato croutons and chips.
- Fast food.
- Mayonnaise.
- White wheat bread.
- Sugar.
- Condiments and spices.
- Walnuts. Almonds, walnuts, peanuts, cashews (in the absence of allergies, the maximum amount per day is 5 walnuts).
- Bud.
- Fatty meat (pork, lamb) and lard.
- Soy sauce.
- Caviar (except red).
- Foods rich in purines (yeast, dried porcini mushrooms).
List of foods that help the body cope with illness and stabilize weight
The main part of the psoriasis diet should be alkali-forming foods, as mentioned above. They will help speed up the metabolism and
cope with pathology.
List of useful products in this group:
- Vegetables. Radishes, celery, beets, cucumbers, herbs, avocado, garlic, broccoli, asparagus, onions, pumpkin.
- Fruit. Bananas, grapes, kiwis, dates, peaches, apples, feijoa, figs, berries.
- Mushrooms.
- Olives
- Peas and lentils.
- Turmeric.
A large number of acid-forming foods in the diet can aggravate the course of psoriasis, so there should be no more than 30% of them.It is recommended to include in the food:
- Protein (egg white, chicken).
- Low-fat varieties of fish (pink salmon, hake, haddock).
- Juices Lemon, diluted in water, celery, beet, spinach, carrot, mango, apricot, grape, pear (just squeezed fresh).
- Quail eggs.
- Low-fat dairy products.
- Cereals. Buckwheat, semolina (limited), corn porridge, wild rice, oats.
- Cheese. Gouda, cheddar cheese.
- Butter.
- Poultry, steamed, grilled, baked (chicken, turkey).
- Beef liver and cod.
Following all the dietary recommendations for psoriasis in general will help shed extra pounds. But you should also observe the allowed daily calorie intake, not overeat, and exercise regularly.
The most dangerous foods that cause and aggravate skin diseases.
There are foods that can aggravate or complicate the course of psoriasis. They should be avoided if disease is present. These include:
- Walnuts. They are a powerful allergen, therefore only in rare cases are they allowed for psoriasis in small amounts.
- Citrus. All species except grapefruit are prohibited. Especially, you should not use zest, which contains a large number of essential oils. It is usually added during the production of juices in production, so it is better to reject them.
- Smoked meats and salinity. The components of the products disrupt the natural functioning of the intestines, causing a negative reaction on the skin.
- Caffeine, chocolate, sugar. These foods increase blood glucose and insulin levels, resulting in suppression of the immune system. This makes the body more susceptible to infection.
- Solanaceous vegetables. Red peppers, tomatoes and aubergines are forbidden, potatoes are minimized.
- BerriesMost are allergens. You cannot eat strawberries, wild strawberries, or raspberries. Limit gooseberries, blueberries, and cranberries.
- Meat. It is recommended to exclude red meat, sausages.
- Dairy products. By increasing cytokine production, autoimmune symptoms are aggravated.
- A fish. Consumption of high-quality, low-fat spices is only allowed twice every seven days, 100 to 150 grams each.
- Fatty and high-cholesterol foods. Due to the violation of lipid metabolism in patients with psoriasis, they should exclude from the diet offal, saturated animal fats, caviar and egg yolk.
- White flour. Any baked product made from processed wheat contains alloxane, which has a similar effect to sugar, meaning it increases insulin in the blood.
- Spices, spices. Most seasonings contain essential and aromatic compounds that aggravate inflammation. Exclude vinegar, pepper, hot sauces, ketchup, cloves, mayonnaise, lemon zest, curry, mustard, anise, nutmeg, cumin.
- Synthetic and artificial additives. Emulsifiers, colorants, preservatives and disintegrants are allergens and therefore prohibited in psoriasis.
- Fast food. The so-called empty calories, which do not contain enough minerals and vitamins. This list includes French fries, crackers, croutons, fast food, and the like.
- Corn. It is added to many foods, so you should always read the label and avoid eating foods that contain cornmeal, butter, or syrup.
- Canned and pickled foods. These products often contain preservatives that aggravate psoriasis.
What to drink for patients: contraindicated and allowed drinks
Many drinks can complicate the course of the pathology.
They are prohibited for use:
- Any alcoholic beverage.Beer, vodka, wine, etc. they have a negative effect on the central nervous system. In a state of intoxication, a person does not control the use of food. The load on the liver increases.
- Caffeine.Strong tea, coffee and cocoa in large quantities can nullify the therapeutic effect of the therapy. It is better to avoid or minimize such drinks.
- Carbonated sweet drinks.Such liquid has a high sugar content, which negatively affects the condition of the skin, the course of psoriasis and leads to weight gain.
The following are suitable to replace the above drinks:
- Purified water.
- Compote of dried fruits (without sugar).
- Fresh squeezed juices allowed.
- Green Tea.
- Chicory.
- Kvass (limited).
- Hydrocarbonate mineral water.
- Low fat kefir.
- Herbs tea.
- Morse.
Each patient should drink a lot of water, at least 2 liters per day. This product is part of any diet for psoriasis.
Sample menu for every day of the week
Day 1
- Breakfast: oatmeal boiled in water, steamed omelette from an egg, tea
- Snack: low-fat cottage cheese with apple and sour cream.
- Lunch: borscht in meatless vegetable broth, two hard-boiled quail eggs, dried fruit compote.
- Snack: green tea and baked apple.
- Dinner: steamed or baked hake fillet with vegetables, chamomile infusion.
- Snack: 200 milliliters of fermented baked milk or kefir.
Day 2
- Breakfast: pumpkin porridge, vegetable salad, ginger tea.
- Snack: milk and blueberry shakes.
- Lunch: lean meat stew and vegetable soup, a slice of toast.
- Snack: melon.
- Dinner: pasta with cheese, salad and green tea.
- Snack: a glass of kefir with toast.
Day 3
- Breakfast: buckwheat porridge, a cup of chicory, some dates.
- Snack: banana.
- Lunch: stewed mushrooms and lean soup.
- Snack: cottage cheese casserole with dates and compote.
- Dinner: chicken meatballs with vegetables, infusions.
- Snack: 200 milliliters of fermented baked milk.
Day 4
- Breakfast: wheat oatmeal, two-protein omelette, toast, tea.
- Snack: a couple of fresh or baked apples.
- Lunch: vegetable cutlets with turkey, lean borscht, lemon tea.
- Snack: carrot casserole and cranberry juice.
- Dinner: stewed vegetables, steamed lean meats.
- Snack: a glass of kefir.
Day 5
- Breakfast: a glass of celery juice, whole wheat toast, buckwheat porridge.
- Snack: a handful of red fruits (blueberries, currants, red cranberries).
- Lunch: pumpkin soup with cheese, compote, two toasts.
- Snack: cottage cheese with sour cream.
- Dinner: pearl barley, fresh salad with olives, chicken meatballs, tea.
- Snack: a glass of fermented baked milk and a piece of toast.
Day 6
- Breakfast: oatmeal with raisins, fresh grapes, ginger tea.
- Snack: a glass of apple juice and a banana.
- Lunch: steamed fish cakes, broccoli puree, two toasts, green tea.
- Snack: rosehip and apple broth.
- Dinner: boiled fish, vegetarian borscht, herbal tea.
- Snack: a glass of kefir or fermented baked milk.
Day 7
- Breakfast: two boiled eggs, vegetable salad, rosehip broth.
- Snack: two bananas.
- Lunch: rice soup with vegetable broth, grilled chicken fillet, a slice of bread, herbal tea.
- Snack: skimmed yogurt.
- Dinner: steamed meat cutlets, vegetable salad, tea.
- Snack: a glass of kefir and toast.
Useful recipes and tips for cooking at home.
Hake with vegetables in aluminum foil
Ingredients:
- 2 pieces of fish.
- Carrots - 50 grams.
- Zucchini - 80 grams.
- Mushrooms - 80 grams.
- Broccoli - 90 grams
- Lemon juice.
- Vegetables.
Wash and peel the vegetables, steam until they are half cooked. Cut two pieces of hake. Form two canister-shaped containers from the aluminum foil. Divide the vegetables into two parts, send each to the bottom of a homemade mold, then put the fish, pour it with lemon juice. Bake for 15-20 minutes at 160 degrees, sprinkle with fresh herbs at the end of time.
Mushrooms stewed in sour cream sauce
Ingredients:
- Mushrooms - 350 grams.
- Sour cream 10-15% fat - 400 grams.
- Olive oil: one tablespoon.
- Carrots: 50-70 grams.
- Seasonings: mild, a little salt.
Send the diced or sliced mushrooms to cook in a pan with olive oil for 20 minutes under the lid.
At this time, grate the carrots on a medium grater and add to the mushrooms, cook for another 10 minutes. Send sour cream, seasonings and salt to the total mass, simmer for another 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Vegetable cutlets with chicken
Ingredients:
- Chicken (or turkey) fillet - 300 grams.
- Yellow pepper - 1 pc.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Dill - 50 grams.
- A little salt and seasonings allowed.
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.
Send the steak to a meat grinder or turn it into minced meat with a blender, mix with an egg and spices. Also add finely chopped pepper to the dough. Grate the carrots and mix them with the chopped dill. Roll the minced meat into balls, roll the prepared carrot-dill mixture. Send to a bain-marie for 15-20 minutes.
Cottage cheese casserole with dates
Ingredients:
- Cottage cheese (1-3% fat) - 500 grams.
- Chicken egg - 2 pieces.
- Semolina - half a glass.
- Steamed dates - 50 grams.
- Fructose - 2-3 tbsp.
- A pinch of salt.
- Vanillin.
If the curd is not soggy, strain it through a strainer and mix with semolina. Beat the eggs with fructose, vanilla and salt. Add cottage cheese to the dough and let it rest for 30 minutes.
At this time, cover the form with parchment, grease with a thin layer of oil. Put the casserole in it, send it to the oven for 30-35 minutes at a temperature of 150-170 degrees. Let cool before using.
Zucchini soup with hard cheese
Ingredients:
- Purified water - liter.
- Potatoes - 5 pieces.
- Zucchini - 2 pieces.
- Ginger is a fresh teaspoon.
- Hard cheese: 25-30 grams per serving.
- Olive oil: one tablespoon.
- Greens: any fresh or dry.
- Salt to taste.
- Cardamom.
Put water on the fire. While boiling, peel and cut the zucchini and potatoes into random pieces. Crush the ginger with the coriander in a mortar, add to the prepared vegetables, boil for a minute. Drain the excess liquid into a separate container. With a blender, beat the mixture into the puree soup, adding a little water until the required consistency is obtained. Season with salt, add herbs, bring to a boil and turn off the heat. Garnish with cheese on the plate.
Vitamin salad
Ingredients:
- Cucumber - 100 grams.
- Quail egg - 2-3 pieces.
- Avocado - 1 piece.
- Garlic - 1 clove.
- Yogurt 1-2% fat - 50 grams.
- Greens: any fresh.
Cut the cucumber into large cubes. Boiled eggs. Remove the pit from the avocado, divide the pulp into two parts. Cut one into cubes, mash the second in mashed potatoes. For dressing, you need to mix yogurt with finely chopped herbs and garlic passed through a press. Also add the crushed part of the avocado and mix everything. In a bowl, send the cucumber, eggs and avocado, cut into cubes. Season the salad with salsa.
Recommendations for the preparation of the diet, combinations of products, processing of dishes:
- Enrich your diet with fresh or cooked vegetables and fruits.
- Replace your morning coffee with lemon juice diluted in water.
- Drink as much fresh juice as possible.
- Every day, include porridge (oatmeal, buckwheat, wheat) in the diet.
- Replace seasonings with fresh or dried herbs and lemon juice.
- Do not combine whole grains (pasta, bread, cereals) with dried and stewed vegetables.
- Don't combine too many acid-forming foods at one time.
- Fresh fruit should preferably be eaten separately from other foods.
- Steam (most preferred), oven, or grill.
How to eat for scalp psoriasis
The table shows the products available and prohibited for this type of psoriasis:
| can | It is impossible |
| Porridge | Spicy, fatty, fried |
| Lean meats and poultry | Chocolate, desserts, pastries, sugar |
| Heat-treated vegetables (boiled, stewed, baked) | Horseradish, garlic, onion |
| Fruit | Fatty meat |
| Vegetable oil | Pasta |
| Compotes | Potatoes |
| Baked or boiled fish | Ketchup, mayonnaise |
| Greens (dill, green onions, lettuce, parsley) | Pearl barley, corn and barley grains, semolina |
| Berries (lingonberry, bilberry, bilberry) | Vegetables |
| Ginger | Smoked products, salinity, marinades |
| fat | |
| Dear | |
| Sausages | |
| Alcohol | |
| Dairy products | |
| Citrus | |
| Red fruits and vegetables | |
| Butter, spread, margarine | |
| Cheese | |
| Eggplant | |
| Pepper | |
| Canned food |
Diet during an exacerbation of the disease: what to exclude and what to add to the menu.
When psoriasis progresses, the person is assigned a special diet for a period of two to three weeks. The amount of fat is reduced to 70 grams per day, while protein and carbohydrates remain the same. In case of constipation, bloating, diarrhea and other symptoms of dyspepsia, the number is reduced to 50.
The diet must be enriched with lipotropic substances and complete proteins. As much cottage cheese and other fermented dairy products, vitamins, berries, vegetables, and fruits as possible.
Minimize easily digestible carbohydrates, exclude berries, cocoa, butter, heavy cream and milk, honey, gluten, products with colors and preservatives.
You can also organize fasting days once or twice a week, this will reduce the load on the pancreas and help to eliminate excess body fat.
Options for fasting diets:
- Apple. During the day, you need to eat a kilo and a half of acidic varieties.
- Vegetable. You can eat 1. 5 kilograms of vegetables (but not potatoes) per day, divided into 5-6 meals. Your priority is your preliminary heat treatment.
- Kefirnaya. During the day it is allowed to drink a liter and a half of the product.
- Meat. 400 grams of beef should be boiled, divided into 5-6 meals and eaten without salt. Twice to the meat, you can add a garnish in the form of cabbage, cucumbers or carrots (100 grams).
- Fruit and vegetable. Divide 750 grams of fruit and the same amount of vegetables into 5-6 meals, but it is advisable not to combine them with each other.
- Curd and kefir. During the day, eat 400 grams of 0% cottage cheese and 500 milliliters of kefir.
The diet during the exacerbation of psoriasis provides chemical and mechanical protection of the gastrointestinal tract and requires minimal work of the intestines and liver.
Squamous lichen and obesity: how to lose weight
Obesity and psoriasis: This combination is quite common. The presence of the first factor negatively affects the pathology, its course is more severe than in the absence of excess weight, as well as therapy. Therefore, with psoriasis, care must be taken to reduce body weight.
To do this, it will be useful to play sports regularly, drink plenty of fluids without sweeteners and additives, give preference to animal proteins and fish in food, exclude vegetables and butter, sugar and its substitutes, flour products.
The opinion of doctors about fasting days and medical fasting.
Fasting is considered by most people with psoriasis to be a good method of treatment for their condition, but what do the experts say about it?
His opinion is that such manipulations can harm the body.
Doctors do not exclude the possibility of using fasting days, but this should be done only under their control and taking into account the absence of a negative effect on other concomitant diseases.
Mono-diets, even if they last only one day a week, deprive the body of many beneficial and nourishing substances, which does not have the best effect on health in general and on the condition of the skin in particular.In this regard, other diseases may develop that complicate the course of psoriasis. Also, as a rule, when observing such diets, a person experiences emotional stress and stress, and, as you know, this factor is one of the main provocateurs of the development of pathology, as well as its exacerbation.
Psoriasis is a disease that must be treated permanently. Without proper monitoring and adherence to recommendations, a person is exposed to frequent relapses and complex subsequent therapies. One of the most important moments in the life of a person with psoriasis is their diet. Many familiar foods may be prohibited, however, if the patient wants a long-term remission, only the permitted foods should be taken.