Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland caused by dysfunction of the male body. The acute form is expressed with severe pain in the perineum, fever, painful urination, high fever.
Chronic prostatitis, unlike acute, can only occasionally bother the patient. This form is characterized by periodic pain in the perineum, frequent urge to urinate, which are rare.
If you do not seek timely help from a qualified specialist, the consequences can be serious: purulent inflammation of the prostate, impotence, infertility, etc.
Causes of prostate inflammation and adenoma
- bacterial infection.
- A viral infection, often caused by a cold.
- Office work, lack of physical activity.
- Violation of sexual activity.
- Stress.
- Lack of proper rest and sleep.
- Unbalanced diet.
Nutrition for prostatitis in men
The dietary system of prostate nutrition plays an important role. In order for the treatment to be comprehensive, along with medication, it is necessary to support the body with a balanced diet.
Of course, for the period of the disease it is necessary to exclude fatty, fried, salty, smoked foods, fast foods. You should also wait a bit with alcohol, cakes and fresh pastries.
Essential foods for prostatitis:
- Fresh fruits and vegetables: cauliflower, carrots, potatoes, zucchini, beets, cucumbers, melons, tomatoes, melons, watermelons.
- Vegetables: dill, parsley, lettuce.
- Boiled or low-fat meat and fish (beef, chicken, rabbit, turkey, cod, polloku, perch).
- Vegetarian soup (beetroot, cabbage soup without cabbage, milk soup);
- Fermented milk products (kefir, sour cream, cream, natural yogurt, cottage cheese).
- Side dishes and whole grains (barley, oatmeal, buckwheat).
- Pasta with hard wheat, brown rice.
- Black bread.
- Pumpkin seeds, nuts.
- Unrefined vegetable oil (sunflower, olive).
- Dessert shows dried fruits and honey. You can add healthy sweets to the diet in small amounts: marshmallow, marshmallow, jam.
- Drinks: compote, kisses, fruit drinks, rose juice.
Nutrition for prostatitis. Contraindications
As mentioned above, unhealthy foods should be excluded from your diet for a long time. It delays healing and irritates the prostate.
Foods not to be added to the diet for prostatitis:
- Alcohol;
- spicy and salty foods;
- Products that increase blood cholesterol levels;
- Internal organs (liver, kidneys, heart);
- Fatty meat soup;
- Mushrooms;
- Flour and sweet foods;
- smoked dishes;
- Fizzy drinks, strong tea and coffee:
- Mayonnaise, fatty sauces, spicy spices;
- Cabbage, beans, peas (due to increased intestinal fermentation caused by these foods);
- Artificial food additives (dyes, preservatives, stabilizers, emulsifiers, etc. )
Diet in the treatment of prostatitis resembles a standard set of rules for men who adhere to a properly balanced diet. Only healthy foods can guarantee healthy digestion and maximum absorption of important substances. With the exacerbation of chronic prostatitis, it is necessary to monitor nutrition especially closely.
The basic principle of nutrition for inflammation of the prostate and adenoma
Basic nutrition principle for prostatitis:
- Get vitamin complexes and foods rich in all the important trace elements.
- Achieving optimal food absorption.
- Eliminate constipation as one of the causes of stagnation in the prostate gland. To do this, you need fiber, which is abundant in vegetables and fruits. The use of rye or wheat bran is also recommended. A sufficient amount of water per day (compost, juices, jellies) will help avoid constipation and digestive tract problems.
- Get rid of excess weight. Obesity provokes stagnant processes in the prostate gland. But if you follow a diet, eat healthy foods and get rid of harmful ones, then the weight itself will drop invisibly.
Ways and norms of nutrition for prostatitis
- Eat up to four times a day.
- Eat dinner 3 hours before bedtime. Immediately before going to bed, with torturous hunger, you can drink a fermented milk product.
- Reduce the amount of fat in the menu. You should not eat fatty meats, sausages, bacon, cakes.
- The meat should be lean. This is beef, rabbit, chicken, turkey. They can be baked, boiled, cooked in a double boiler.
- Meat products should be consumed along with cereals, vegetables, fruits.
- If you have a sweet tooth, then sometimes you can afford healthy sweets in small quantities: honey, marshmallow, marshmallow, jam, homemade jam.
Final recommendations
All dishes must be prepared correctly, without excess fat, salt, sugar and spices. To do this, use the "modern kitchen helpers": a double boiler, a slow cooker, an oven.
Make it a habit to consistently consume such healthy berries as berries and blueberries. But it is better to use them fresh, not boiled. You can make juice, compote, add to a milkshake.
At first, you may feel discomfort from unfamiliar food and rejection of harmful foods. The main thing is to correctly compile a menu in which the diet will become not only healthy but also delicious.
The habit of eating healthy food will help avoid problems with prostatitis and adenoma, as well as improve digestion and strengthen the immune system.