Dietary food is prescribed by the attending physician when the first signs of inflammatory processes in the prostate gland are detected in men. Proper nutrition, though an auxiliary method to treat this disease, nevertheless gives a very tangible effect, especially in combination with an active lifestyle or physiotherapy exercises.
A balanced diet can significantly improve the functioning of the immune system, prevent the formation of constipation, which negatively affects the functionality of the prostate gland and reduces the frequency of urination at night. In addition, the diet for diagnosing prostatitis in men ensures natural blood flow to all internal organs. This increases the delivery of all essential nutrients, and also prevents further irritation of the prostate during an exacerbation of the disease.
When a patient is diagnosed with chronic prostatitis, a properly selected dietary diet reduces the number of relapses.
A balanced diet for prostatitis and prostate adenoma will not cause concern and there is no need for serious restrictions. The list of dishes and products allowed is extensive enough for the menu to be varied. Continued use of forbidden foods can lead to a long treatment process or even to the development of a chronic stage of prostate disease. Therefore, after consulting your doctor or dietitian, you should completely abandon forbidden foods and limit those that are not recommended as much as possible.
Prohibited Products
The list of forbidden foods for chronic prostate or its most benign form can not be called extensive enough. Also, keep in mind that many foods cannot be eaten in large quantities. If the patient feels a wild desire to eat something forbidden, he should take into account his state of health. So during the acute course of the disease, a handful of your favorite dish can cause discomfort.
In addition to alcoholic beverages, which can irritate the urinary tract and lead to severe pain, the chronic prostate diet does not allow the use of the following foods:
- All legumes;
- Various baking soda;
- All storage;
- All kinds of semi-finished products and offal;
- Vegetables such as radish, sorrel, garlic and pepper;
- Fruits with high acid content;
- Mushrooms;
- Muffins, white bread;
- Fatty meats;
- Chocolate;
- Fatty and fried foods;
- Various smoked products.
In the presence of pathology, it is necessary to limit coffee consumption or make it less strong, and also to minimize the intake of salty and spicy dishes. Everything that is forbidden should be replaced with much healthier foods.
Useful products
A balanced diet in the diagnosis of prostatitis or prostate adenoma can not be tasteless or varied, despite the presence of a certain list of forbidden foods and foods. With this pathology, it is very important for the male body to receive a sufficient amount of vitamin B6, which in turn contributes to the early absorption of beneficial micronutrients.
A high concentration of this vitamin is found in carrots, bran and whole wheat. Also, for a faster and more effective treatment, patients struggling with prostatitis should include the following foods in their diet:
- Fiber-rich foods, which help improve bowel function and prevent constipation. As a result, blood circulation in the pelvis is improved, which has a positive effect in reducing inflammatory reactions. Such products include vegetables, fruits and cereals;
- Zinc-rich foods. It is this beneficial element that has a significant effect on the full functioning of the gland, normalizes an erection, if there are such problems and reduces the risk of male infertility. In order to fully assimilate zinc, the body needs a sufficient amount of vitamin E, with which leafy vegetables are rich. You can saturate the body with zinc by consuming nuts and seafood;
- Vegetables, berries, fruits like squash, watermelons, melons, respectively, are very valuable for restoring masculine strength;
- Light vegetable soups, which are well absorbed by the patient's body and prevent the development of overweight;
- Fermented milk products that help cleanse the intestines;
- Various fruit drinks and compotes. Drinking is especially important during a worsening prostatitis. During this period, berry fruit drinks will be very helpful.
As you can see from the list of essential foods, they are all very common and do not require any special processing during preparation.
Example Menu
Knowing the list of allowed and forbidden products, it is very important to compile the menu correctly. During a worsening of the prostate, it is best to grind the finished dish as much as possible and get it exclusively warm.
Breakfast can consist of the following items:
- Porridge (oats, corn, pearl barley) and non-sour fruits;
- Omelette garnished with fresh herbs, a small piece of cheese and berry compote;
- Casserole with cottage cheese and fresh fruit.
Green or herbal tea as well as mineral water or freshly squeezed juice are perfect as a breakfast supplement.
Lunch may include:
- Lean fish soup (it would be better to cook it in the second juice), as well as a salad with eggplants and tomatoes;
- Borscht, cooked without meat, salad with carrots and fresh cucumbers, steamed fish;
- Loose rice porridge with boiled seafood and asparagus;
- Soup with broccoli puree, boiled duck and salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, low-fat cheese and olive oil;
- Cutlets, steamed beef, hard wheat spaghetti.
You can complete a hearty lunch with dried fruit compotes, rose infusions, green tea and freshly squeezed juice.
Dinner may include:
- seafood and stew of boiled vegetables;
- Meat stew with carrots and beets;
- Rabbit meat in sour cream, baked with vegetables;
- Beef stew with vegetables;
- Lean fish baked in the oven.
If you feel hungry during the day, you can have a snack with cheesecakes, muesli bars, smoothies, cottage cheese or low-fat cheese, natural yogurt, apples and bananas, and dark dark chocolate. Before brushing your teeth before going to bed, nutritionists recommend drinking a glass of low-fat kefir or yogurt, and if you wish, you can eat a handful of yogurt.
When following a diet, it is very important not to break down and suddenly start eating almost everything, because such an action can cause recurrence of the disease or lead to stomach problems.
In order for urine to leave the body in a timely manner during an exacerbation of prostate pathology, it is necessary to observe a drinking regimen and drink at least 2 liters of water a day (in the absence of diseases in whichthe amount of fluid consumed should be limited). Lingonberry and cranberry fruit drinks promote the rapid removal of all bacteria through the urethra.
To prevent diseases that pose a threat to men's health, it is essential to eat breakfast and eat some fruit every 2-3 hours. Lunch should contain low-fat soup and you should not eat fried foods for dinner.
Proper nutrition is an essential part of the prostate treatment course. With the addition of regular physical activity or physical therapy exercises to the proper diet, the progress of recovery will come much faster.