The autoimmune disease psoriasis 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, eliminate unpleasant symptoms and improve intestinal motility. An important point is an increase in the body's defenses, which reduces the number of relapses.
Cooking dishes not according to the rules, the use of unacceptable food and drink, will minimize the therapeutic effect of the drugs used.
Also, not adhering to the diet can aggravate the course of the disease.
What to follow on a psoriasis diet
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 list of acceptable and prohibited products should be determined by the attending physician personally for each individual patient using tests that will reveal the body's response to a particular food.
The main task of the psoriasis diet is to regulate the acid-alkaline balance. The daily diet for 65-75 percent should consist of alkalizing foods (fruits and vegetables), and for the remaining 25-35 - from acid-forming foods (cereals, cheese, meat).
Types of diets:
- Hypoallergenic.It involves the exclusion from the diet of foods that can provoke severe exacerbations, namely: citrus fruits, red fruits and vegetables, chocolate, seafood, nuts, fish.
- Buckwheat.This diet is best suited for preventing relapses and cleansing the body. You can observe it for no more than 14 days. It does not imply a diet exclusively with buckwheat; cereals are the basis of the diet. For breakfast, you should 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.
- Dietwhich 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 basics of the diet: at least 70 percent of the diet should be alkaline food; within seven days of the onset of psoriasis exacerbation, it is necessary to take enterosorbents; 30 minutes before each meal, drink a cup of chamomile tea; eliminate hunger; refuse or minimize the amount of salt; periodically cleanse the intestines through the enema.
- The Pegano Diet.It also occupies the top positions in popularity among psoriasis patients. The main principle of this diet is to monitor the acid-alkaline balance, alkalis should prevail. For the treatment of psoriasis according to the Pegano scheme, you need to follow the steps. The first is to consume only apples for three days. In the second stage, protein and vitamin products are included in the diet. Certain foods remain prohibited, such as tomato juice, carbonated and alcoholic drinks, canned foods and smoked meats, coffee and tea, chocolate, sugar. The third final stage is the cleansing of 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 plentiful drink, it is necessary to consume seven to ten glasses of purified water per day.
What foods can you eat and what categorically can not eat with psoriasis
The condition of a person diagnosed with psoriasis directly depends on the foods they eat. They may not even be aware that some foods aggravate the disease. Therefore, every person with psoriasis needs to know which foods should be in their diet and which ones are best to refuse.
Table of harmful foods for psoriasis
| Limit | To exclude | |
| Fruits and berries | Blueberries, plums, currants, blueberries, plums. | citrus fruits |
| Vegetables | Brussels sprouts, pumpkin, rhubarb, legumes. | Tomatoes, aubergines, peppers, potatoes. |
| omega-3 fatty acids | Butter | Fatty meats and dairy products, fried, sweet |
| Nutritional Supplements | Emulsifiers, preservatives, flavors, etc. |
You should also minimize the following foods:
- Vinegar.
- Margarine and spread.
- 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.
- Seasonings and spices.
- Peanuts. Almonds, walnuts, peanuts, cashews (in the absence of allergies the maximum daily quantity is 5 nuts).
- Egg yolk.
- Fatty meats (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 disease and stabilize weight
The main part of the psoriasis diet should consist of alkali-forming foods, as mentioned above. They will help both to speed up the metabolism and
cope with the pathology.
List of useful products in this group:
- Vegetables. Radishes, celery, beets, cucumbers, herbs, avocado, garlic, broccoli, asparagus, onions, squash.
- Fruit. Bananas, grapes, kiwis, dates, peaches, apples, feijoa, figs, berries.
- Mushrooms.
- Olives.
- Peas and lentils.
- Turmeric.
A large amount 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 food:
- Proteins (egg white, chicken).
- Low-fat variety of fish (pink salmon, hake, haddock).
- juices. Lemon, diluted in water, celery, beetroot, spinach, carrot, mango, apricot, grape, pear (only freshly squeezed).
- Quail eggs.
- Low-fat dairy products.
- Cereals. Buckwheat, semolina (limited), corn porridge, wild rice, oatmeal.
- Cheese. Gouda, Cheddar.
- Butter.
- Poultry, steamed, grilled, baked (chicken, turkey).
- Beef liver and cod.
Compliance with all dietary recommendations for psoriasis in general will help get rid of the extra pounds. But you should also look at your allowable daily calorie intake, don't 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 the disease is present. These include:
- Peanuts. They are a powerful allergen, so only in rare cases are they allowed for psoriasis in small quantities.
- citrus fruits. All species are prohibited except grapefruit. In particular, you shouldn't use zest, which contains a large amount of essential oils. It is usually added during the production of the juices in production, so it is better to reject them.
- Smoked meats and salinity. The constituents of the products disrupt the natural functioning of the intestine, causing a negative reaction on the skin.
- Caffeine, chocolate, sugar. These foods increase insulin and glucose levels in the blood, resulting in suppression of the immune system. This makes the body more susceptible to infections.
- Solanaceous vegetables. Red peppers, tomatoes and aubergines are prohibited, potatoes are reduced to a minimum.
- Berries. Most are allergens. You cannot eat strawberries, wild strawberries and raspberries. Limit currants, blueberries, and cranberries.
- Meat. It is advisable to exclude red meat, any sausages.
- Dairy product. By increasing cytokine production, autoimmune symptoms are exacerbated.
- A fish. Only low-fat, high-quality species can be eaten twice every seven days, 100-150 grams each.
- Fatty and cholesterol-rich foods. Due to the violation of lipid metabolism in patients with psoriasis, offal, saturated animal fats, caviar and egg yolk should be excluded from the diet.
- White flour. All processed wheat baked goods contain alloxan, which has a sugar-like effect, i. e. increases insulin in the blood.
- Spices, spices. Most seasonings contain aromatic and essential compounds that aggravate inflammation. Exclude vinegar, pepper, hot sauces, ketchup, cloves, mayonnaise, lemon zest, curry, mustard, anise, nutmeg, cumin.
- Synthetic and artificial additives. Emulsifiers, dyes, preservatives and disintegrants are allergens and therefore prohibited in psoriasis.
- Unhealthy food. The so-called empty calories, which do not contain enough minerals and vitamins. This list includes chips, 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 food. These products usually contain preservatives that aggravate psoriasis.
What to drink for patients: contraindicated and allowed drinks
Many drinks can complicate the course of the pathology.
The use is prohibited:
- Any alcoholic beverages.Beer, vodka, wine, etc. 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 teas, coffee, cocoa in large quantities can negate the therapeutic effect of therapy. It is best to avoid or minimize such drinks.
- Sweet carbonated drinks.Such a liquid has a high sugar content, which adversely affects the condition of the skin, the course of psoriasis and leads to weight gain.
The following are suitable for replacing the above beverages:
- Purified water.
- Compote of dried fruit (without sugar).
- Freshly squeezed fruit juices allowed.
- Green tea.
- Chicory.
- Kvass (limited).
- Hydrocarbonated mineral water.
- Low-fat kefir.
- Herbal tea.
- Morse.
Each patient should drink a lot of water, at least 2 liters per day. This article is part of any psoriasis diet.
Sample menu for all days of the week
Day 1
- Breakfast: oatmeal boiled in water, steamed omelette from one 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.
- Snack: 200 milliliters of fermented cooked milk or kefir.
Day 2
- Breakfast: pumpkin porridge, vegetable salad, ginger tea.
- Snack: milk and blueberry smoothies.
- Lunch: lean meat goulash and vegetable soup, a slice of toasted bread.
- Snack: melon.
- Dinner: pasta with cheese, salad and green tea.
- Snack: a glass of kefir with toast.
Day 3
- Breakfast: buckwheat polenta, a cup of chicory, some dates.
- Snack: banana.
- Lunch: Stewed mushrooms and lean soup.
- Snack: ricotta casserole with dates and compote.
- Dinner: chicken meatballs with vegetables, herbal tea.
- Snack: 200 milliliters of fermented cooked milk.
Day 4
- Breakfast: wheat porridge, omelette with two proteins, 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, toasted wholemeal bread, buckwheat polenta.
- Snack: a handful of berries (blueberries, currants, cranberries).
- Lunch: Pumpkin soup with cheese, compote, two rusks.
- Snack: cottage cheese with sour cream.
- Dinner: pearl barley, fresh salad with olives, chicken meatballs, tea.
- Snack: a glass of fermented cooked milk and 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 cooked milk.
Day 7
- Breakfast: two hard-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: low-fat 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 baked vegetables
Ingredients:
- 2 pieces of fish.
- Carrots - 50 grams.
- Zucchini - 80 grams.
- Mushrooms - 80 grams.
- Broccoli - 90 grams
- Lemon juice.
- Greens.
Wash and peel the vegetables, steam until half cooked. Cut two pieces of hake. Form two containers in the form of boats from the sheet. Divide the vegetables into two parts, send each to the bottom of a homemade mold, then put the fish, pour over it with lemon juice. Bake for 15-20 minutes at 160 °, sprinkle with fresh herbs at the end of the time.
Champignons 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: delicate, a little salt.
Send the diced or sliced mushrooms to stew 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 from time to time.
Vegetable cutlets with chicken
Ingredients:
- Chicken (or turkey) fillet - 300 grams.
- Yellow pepper - 1 piece.
- Carrots - 1 piece.
- Dill - 50 grams.
- Some salt and seasonings allowed.
- Chicken egg - 1 piece.
Send the fillet to a meat grinder or turn it into minced meat using a blender, mix with an egg and spices. Also add finely chopped pepper to the mass. Grate the carrots and mix with the chopped dill. Roll the minced meat into balls, roll in the prepared carrot and dill mixture. Send to a double boiler for 15-20 minutes.
Cottage cheese casserole with dates
Ingredients:
- Cottage cheese (1-3% fat) - 500 grams.
- Chicken egg - 2 pcs.
- Semolina - half a glass.
- Steamed dates - 50 grams.
- Fructose - 2-3 tbsp.
- A pinch of salt.
- Vanillin.
If the curd is not pasty, pass it through a sieve and mix with the semolina. Beat the eggs with the fructose, vanilla and salt. Add cottage cheese to the mass and set aside for 30 minutes.
At this point, cover the shape with parchment, grease with a thin layer of oil. Put the saucepan, send it to the oven for 30-35 minutes at a temperature of 150-170 degrees. Allow to cool before use.
Zucchini soup with hard cheese
Ingredients:
- Purified water - liter.
- Potatoes - 5 pcs.
- Zucchini - 2 pcs.
- 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 the water on the fire. While boiling, peel and randomly cut the zucchini and potatoes into pieces. Mash ginger with cilantro in a mortar, add to ready-made vegetables, boil for a minute. Drain excess liquid into a separate bowl. With a blender, blend the mixture into the puree soup, adding a little water until you get the desired consistency. Season with salt, add the aromatic herbs, bring to a boil and turn off the heat. Decorate 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 stone from the avocado, divide the pulp into two parts. Cut one into cubes, mash the second into mashed potatoes. For dressing, you need to mix yogurt with finely chopped herbs and garlic passed through a press. Also add the mashed part of the avocado and mix everything together. In a bowl, send the cucumber, eggs and avocado, cut into cubes. Seasonal salad with dressing.
Recommendations for the preparation of the diet, product combinations, preparation of dishes:
- Enrich your diet with fresh or cooked fruits and vegetables.
- 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 many acid-forming foods at once.
- Fresh fruit should preferably be consumed separately from other foods.
- Steam (more preferred), oven or grill.
How to eat for scalp psoriasis
The table shows the available and prohibited products for this type of psoriasis:
| can he | It's impossible |
| Porridge | Spicy, fatty, fried |
| Lean meat and poultry | Chocolate, sweets, pastries, sugar |
| Cooked vegetables (boiled, stewed, baked) | Horseradish, garlic, onion |
| Fruit | Fatty meat |
| Vegetable oil | Pasta |
| Compote | Potatoes |
| Baked or boiled fish | Ketchup, mayonnaise |
| Vegetables (dill, green onions, lettuce, parsley) | Pearl barley, corn and barley groats, semolina |
| Berries (cranberry, blueberry, blueberry) | legumes |
| Ginger | Smoked products, salinity, marinades |
| Fat | |
| Honey | |
| Sausages | |
| Alcohol | |
| Dairy product | |
| citrus fruits | |
| Red vegetables and fruit | |
| Butter, spreadable cream, margarine | |
| Cheese | |
| Aubergine | |
| pepper | |
| Canned food |
Diet during an exacerbation of the disease: what to exclude and what to add to the menu
As psoriasis progresses, the person is given a special diet for a period of two to three weeks. The amount of fat is reduced to 70 grams per day, while the proteins and carbohydrates remain the same. In case of constipation, bloating, diarrhea and other symptoms of dyspepsia, the number is reduced to 50.
The diet should be enriched with lipotropic substances and complete proteins. More cottage cheese and other fermented milk products, vitamin berries, greens, fruits as much as possible.
Minimize easily digestible carbohydrates, exclude red fruits, cocoa, butter, cream and milk, honey, gluten, products with dyes and preservatives.
You can also arrange fasting days once or twice a week, this will reduce the load on the pancreas and help eliminate excess body fat.
Options for fasting diets:
- Apple. During the day, you need to eat one and a half kilograms of sour varieties.
- Vegetable. You can eat 1. 5 kilograms of vegetables (but not potatoes) per day, divided into 5-6 meals. Their priority is the preliminary heat treatment.
- Kefirnaya. During the day it is allowed to drink one and a half liters of 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 side dish in the form of cabbage, cucumbers or carrots (100 grams).
- Fruits and vegetables. Divide 750 grams of fruit and the same amount of vegetables in 5-6 meals, but it is advisable not to combine them.
- Curd and kefir. During the day, eat 400 grams of 0% cottage cheese and 500 milliliters of kefir.
Diet during the exacerbation of psoriasis provides chemical and mechanical sparing of the gastrointestinal tract and requires minimal work of the intestine and liver.
Scaly lichen and obesity: how to lose weight
Obesity and psoriasis: this combination is quite common. The presence of the first factor adversely 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 regularly play sports, drink plenty of liquids 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
Most people with psoriasis consider fasting a good method of therapy for their disease, but what do the experts say about it?
Their 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.
Monodiets, even if they last only one day a week, deprive the body of many beneficial and nutritious substances, which do not have the best effect on health in general, and on the condition of the skin in particular.In this regard, other diseases can develop that complicate the course of psoriasis. In addition, as a rule, when observing such diets, a person experiences emotional distress 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 adequate control 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 desires long-term remission, only the permitted food should be consumed.