Dietary food is prescribed by a doctor when the first signs of inflammatory processes in the prostate are detected in men. Proper nutrition, although an auxiliary method to deal with this disease, gives a very tangible effect, especially in combination with an active lifestyle or conducting 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 and reduces the frequency of urination at night. In addition, a diet for the diagnosis of prostatitis in men ensures natural blood flow in all internal organs. This increases the delivery of all essential nutrients, and also prevents additional irritation of the prostate during the worsening of the disease.
When a patient is diagnosed with chronic prostatitis, a properly selected diet reduces the number of disease recurrences.
A balanced diet for prostatitis and BPH will not cause discomfort and does not need serious restrictions. The list of allowed dishes and products is quite wide, so the menu is diverse. Constant use of forbidden foods can lead to a long-term treatment process or even 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 prostatitis or its more benign form cannot be called quite extensive. Also, keep in mind that many foods cannot be eaten in large quantities. If a patient feels a wild urge 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 food can cause discomfort.
In addition to alcoholic beverages, which can irritate the urinary tract and lead to severe pain, the diet for chronic prostatitis does not allow the use of the following foods:
- All legumes;
- Various carbonated barrels;
- All protection;
- All types of semi-finished products and offal;
- Vegetables like radish, sorrel, garlic and pepper;
- Fruits with a high acid content;
- Mushrooms;
- Muffins, white bread;
- Fatty meat;
- Chocolate Fatty and fried foods;
- Various smoked products.
In the presence of pathology, it is necessary to limit the consumption of coffee or make it less strong, and also reduce the intake of salty and spicy foods. Everything forbidden should be replaced with much healthier food.
Useful products
A balanced diet in the diagnosis of prostatitis or prostate adenoma cannot be tasty or varied, even despite the existence of a specific list of forbidden foods and foods. In addition to this pathology, it is very important that the male body receives a sufficient amount of vitamin B6, which in turn contributes to the early absorption of useful microelements.
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 rich in fiber, which helps improve bowel function and prevent constipation. As a result, blood circulation in the pelvis improves, which has a positive effect on reducing inflammatory reactions. Such products include vegetables, fruits and grains;
- Foods rich in zinc. It is this useful element that significantly affects the full functioning of the gland, normalizes erections 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, which is rich in leafy vegetables. You can saturate the body with zinc by consuming nuts and seafood;
- Vegetables, berries, fruits like pumpkins, watermelons, melons are very valuable for the return of male strength;
- Light vegetable soups, which are well absorbed by the patient's body and prevent the development of obesity;
- Fermented milk products that help clean the intestines;
- Various fruit drinks and compotes. Drinking is especially important during exacerbations of prostatitis. During this period, berry fruit drinks will be very useful.
As you can see from the list of essential foods, they are all very common and do not need any special processing during preparation.
Sample menu
Knowing the list of allowed and forbidden products, it is very important to compile the menu correctly. During the worsening of prostatitis, it is best to grind the finished dish as much as possible and take it exclusively warm.
Breakfast can consist of the following items:
- Porridge (oat, corn, pearl barley) and non-sour fruits;
- Omelet spiced with fresh herbs, a small piece of cheese and berry compote;
- Fresh cheese and fresh fruit casserole.
Lunch can contain:
- Lean fish soup (it would be better to cook it in another soup), as well as eggplant and tomato salad;
- Borsch, cooked without meat, carrot and fresh cucumber salad, steamed fish;
- Rice porridge with seafood and cooked asparagus;
- Broccoli puree soup, stewed duck and tomato salad, cucumber, low-fat cheese and olive oil;
- Cutlets, steamed beef, durum wheat spaghetti.
You can supplement a hearty lunch with dried fruit compotes, rosehip infusions, green tea and freshly squeezed juice.
Dinner may include:
- Soti of 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 a snack with cheesecakes, 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 want, you can eat a small portion of yogurt.
When you stick to a diet, it is very important not to get rid of it and start eating almost everything at once, because such a procedure can cause relapse of the disease or lead to stomach problems.
In order for urine to leave the body in time during the worsening of prostate pathology, it is necessary to follow the drinking regime and drink at least 2 liters of water a day (in the absence of diseases in which the amount of fluid ingested should be limited). Cranberry and cranberry fruit drinks promote the rapid removal of all bacteria through the urethra.
In order to prevent diseases that threaten men's health, it is necessary to have breakfast and snack on some fruit every 2-3 hours. Lunch must contain a low-fat soup, and you should not eat fried foods for dinner.
Proper nutrition is a necessary part of treating prostatitis. When supplemented with a proper diet with constant physical activity or exercise physiotherapy, the progress of recovery will come much faster.