Currently, the most popular diet for psoriasis is the nutritional method developed by the American John Pegano. His system involves monitoring the acid-alkaline environment of the body, and the entire diet consists precisely of those products that are acceptable from this point of view. There is also a diet for psoriasis of SM Fire, but it is not so popular and common. However, the principles in many ways converge.
Diet Pegano with psoriasis: acid-base balance
The diet for patients with psoriasis involves the use of products in the right proportion: 70% - alkali-forming and 30% - acid-forming. Surely if you just started studying this question, these words are not yet talking about anything concrete. Therefore, we offer lists of products that belong to both groups.
Alkali-forming products and additions:
- fruit fresh and stewed (except: currants, blueberries, prunes, cranberries, plums);
- vegetables (exception: rhubarb, legumes, pumpkin, Brussels sprouts);
- lecithin (it needs to be added to food and drinks);
- lemon juice mixed with water;
- fruit juices: grape, pineapple, pear, papaya, apricot, grapefruit, mango and orange;
- vegetable juices: carrot, beet, celery, onion, spinach and parsley juice;
- alkaline mineral water + 3-5 drops glycotimolin;
- a flexible way of life;
- positive emotions and a positive outlook on life.
It is important to remember the principles of nutrition in psoriasis for diet:
- apples, melons and bananas can not be eaten with other foods, only as a separate meal;
- citrus fruits and their juices should not be consumed together with whole grains and dairy products;
- All Solanaceae are forbidden: peppers, tomatoes, potatoes and eggplants!
This is the basis of the diet. Only 30% of food per day will be food, which contributes to the formation of acid in the body (they combine the content of starch, proteins, sugar, fats and oils). Whichever diet you have for psoriasis, you should use these products very little:
- any meat, poultry, fish, meat products;
- all cereals;
- cheese, butter, cream;
- sugar;
- some vegetables: potatoes, beans, dried peas.
In psoriasis, a diet requires special attention to the diet. There are also products that are better to be permanently excluded from the diet, or eat in very small quantities and extremely rarely:
- Combining several products from an acid-forming group at one meal: for example, starch and sweets, several types of protein, fatty foods with sugars or several types of starches;
- sugar and any products including it - sweets, cookies, cakes, all kinds of desserts;
- vinegar in all kinds;
- any products that contain preservatives, flavors and colors;
- any alcohol, including beer;
- overdose of medicines.
You may be surprised, but the acidity in the body increases inactivity, negative emotions and irregular bowel movement. Behind all this is also worth watching.
Diet in psoriasis: basic principles from Pegano
Psoriasis of the scalp diet requires the same as any other kind of psoriasis.
- it is forbidden to eat cereals with fruits: bread with an apple or cereal with fruit;
- It is impossible to combine citrus with cheese and other dairy products;
- Milk and cream are not allowed to mix with coffee or tea;
- It is strictly forbidden to overeating - even only the allowed products.
In the rest, you can build your diet within the system independently. This approach will ensure the fastest recovery from an unpleasant illness!