Dietary food is prescribed by the attending physician when the first signs of inflammatory processes in the prostate gland in men are detected. Proper nutrition, although an auxiliary method to deal with this disease, however, gives a very tangible effect, especially in combination with an active lifestyle or exercise in physiotherapy.
A balanced diet can significantly improve the functioning of the immune system, prevent the formation of constipation, which adversely affects the functionality of the prostate gland and reduces the frequency of urination at night. In addition, the diet for the diagnosis of prostatitis in men provides natural blood flow to all internal organs. This increases the supply 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 diet reduces the number of relapses.
A balanced diet for prostatitis and prostate adenoma will not cause discomfort and does not require serious restrictions. The list of permitted dishes and products is quite wide, so the menu is varied. Constant use of forbidden foods can lead to a long process of treatment or even to the development of a chronic stage of prostate disease. Therefore, after consulting your doctor or nutritionist, 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 prostatitis or its benign form cannot be called quite extensive. Also, keep in mind that many foods cannot be eaten in large quantities. If the patient has a wild desire to eat something forbidden, he must take into account his own state of health. So, in the acute course of the disease, a small portion of your favorite dish can cause discomfort.
In addition to alcoholic beverages, which can irritate the urinary tract and cause severe pain, the chronic prostatitis diet does not allow the use of the following foods:
- All legumes;
- Various carbonated beverages;
- All preserves;
- All kinds of semi-finished products and offal;
- Vegetables such as radishes, 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 the consumption of coffee or to make it less strong, and also to minimize the intake of salty and spicy dishes. Everything that is forbidden must be replaced with much healthier foods.
Useful products
A balanced diet in the diagnosis of prostatitis or prostate adenoma can not be tasty or varied, even though there is a certain list of forbidden foods and foods. In 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 trace elements.
High concentrations of this vitamin are found in carrots, bran and sprouted wheat. Also, for faster and more effective treatment, patients struggling with prostatitis should include the following foods in their diet:
- Foods high in fiber, which helps improve bowel function and prevent constipation. This improves blood circulation in the pelvis, which has a positive effect in reducing inflammatory reactions. Such products include vegetables, fruits and cereals;
- Foods high in zinc. It is this useful element that has a significant effect on the proper functioning of the gland, normalizes erections if there are such problems and reduces the risk of male infertility. To fully absorb zinc, the body needs enough vitamin E, which is rich in leafy vegetables. You can saturate the body with zinc by consuming nuts and seafood;
- Vegetables, fruits, berries such as pumpkins, watermelons, melons, respectively, are very valuable for the return of male strength;
- Light vegetable soups that are well absorbed by the patient's body and prevent the development of obesity;
- Fermented dairy products that help cleanse the intestines;
- Various fruit drinks and compotes. Drinking is especially important during an exacerbation of prostatitis. During this period, fruit drinks will be very useful.
As you can see from the list of staple foods, they are all very common and do not require special processing during cooking.
Sample menu
Knowing the list of allowed and forbidden products, it is very important to compose the menu correctly. During the exacerbation of prostatitis, it is best to grind the finished dish as much as possible and take it extremely warm.
Breakfast can consist of the following items:
- porridge (oats, corn, pearl barley) and non-sour fruits;
- Omelet seasoned 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 without water or freshly squeezed juice are perfect as an addition to breakfast.
Lunch may include:
- Lean fish soup (it would be better to prepare it in the second broth), as well as a salad of eggplant and tomatoes;
- Borsch, cooked without meat, salad of carrots and fresh cucumbers, steamed fish;
- Loose rice porridge with seafood and cooked asparagus;
- broccoli puree soup, stewed duck and tomato, cucumber, low-fat cheese and olive salad;
- Cutlets, steamed beef, durum wheat spaghetti.
You can supplement the hearty lunch with dried fruit compotes, rosehip infusions, green tea and freshly squeezed juice.
Dinner may include:
- sauteed cooked seafood and vegetables;
- Meat stew with carrots and beets;
- rabbit meat in sour cream, baked in the oven with vegetables;
- Beef stew with vegetables;
- Lean fish baked in the oven.
If you feel hungry during the day, you can have breakfast with cheese cakes, muesli bars, smoothies, low-fat cottage cheese or cheese, natural yogurt, apples and bananas, dark bitter chocolate. Before brushing your teeth before bed, nutritionists recommend drinking a glass of low-fat kefir or yogurt, and if you wish, you can eat a small portion of yogurt.
When you follow a diet, it is very important not to break away and suddenly start eating almost everything, as such an action can cause a recurrence of the disease or lead to stomach problems.
In order for urine to leave the body in a timely manner during the exacerbation of prostate pathology, it is necessary to follow a drinking regimen and drink at least 2 liters of water per day (in the absence of diseases in which the amount consumedfluid should be limited). Cranberry 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 mandatory to have breakfast and breakfast of some fruits every 2-3 hours. Lunch should contain low-fat soup and you should not eat fried foods for dinner.
Proper nutrition is a necessary part of the course of treatment for prostatitis. With the addition of regular physical activity or physical therapy exercises to a proper diet, recovery progress will come much faster.