Hence, it is necessary to know what products to pay special attention to and necessarily introduce them into your diet. In addition, there are certain principles of nutrition, adherence which is very important in the acute period of the disease. So what do you need to eat with an exacerbation of arthritis?
First of all, you must strictly determine the amount of food needed to satisfy the body. To overeat it is impossible, differently the organism will spend too much forces on digestion, that will negatively affect mastering of useful substances. In addition, it is necessary to reduce the number of dishes in which proteins are mixed with carbohydrates.
The second important principle of nutrition in the case of exacerbation of arthritis is to give up eating meat during the fight against the disease. If you can not do this for any reason, then try to build your daily diet so that the protein content of meat products is significantly less than the proportion of plant and milk proteins (especially fermented milk).
Thirdly, fresh vegetables and fruits should be no less than three-quarters of your total daily food intake. Fruits help our digestion more quickly to cope with the assimilation of food. This is due to the fact that the enzymes of fruits contribute to a faster breakdown of proteins and carbohydrates of main dishes. Some fruits help to digest proteins, while others are irreplaceable when digesting carbohydrates. To help the proteins succulent berries and fruits: raspberries, strawberries, lemons, blueberries, apples, blueberries. Split and digest carbohydrates will help sweet pears, plums, figs, dried apricots, dates, bananas.
Let's describe in more detail what should be your daily diet. Breakfast is better to start with fruit, it will give the body lightness and energy for the whole subsequent day. Do not be afraid, such a breakfast will not be hungry at all, but on the contrary cheerful. There is nothing surprising in that such seemingly light food raises the life energy of a person in the morning to such an extent that he has enough strength not only to normalize to lunch, but also to fight with inflammation of the joints. After all, the thing is that during sleep the body continues to digest what you ate at dinner. Thus, when you wake up at your disposal, the energy accumulated overnight. Dense and fatty breakfast badly affects the joints. Fruits will inject the necessary enzymes into your blood. If you can not refuse the hot, then eat porridge with fruit, helping to digest carbohydrates (apples, dried apricots, etc.). You can eat an egg, but also try to do this with fruit.
The main principle of the lunch ration is the combination of protein and vegetable foods. Just remember that vegetables should be three times more than protein foods. As meat when exacerbating arthritis will become an infrequent guest on your table, eat fish, lean poultry meat, cheese, eggs. Do not forget about the proteins of vegetable origin: lentils, peanuts, soy.
For dinner, you can eat porridges and pasta, that is, carbohydrates, but necessarily in combination with fresh vegetables, which should be more in the dish.
Be sure to eat foods that contain fiber. They are very useful for many diseases, including arthritis. In the list of such products are legumes, dried apricots, beets, carrots, sweet red pepper, cabbage, zucchini, squash, cucumber, eggplant, tomato. A lot of this valuable substance in dried mushrooms, dates, pumpkin, horseradish, black currant, greens, bread with bran, raspberries. From cereals it is better to use buckwheat, oatmeal, pearl, millet, corn. Semolina is not recommended, since it almost does not contain fiber. The rice should also be limited in the menu (this does not apply to brown, unpolished rice). I must say that the calorie content of foods with high fiber content is lower than those in which the fiber is absent. But, nevertheless, they well satisfy hunger, promote weight loss, remove slag from the body.
Do not forget to add garlic to your menu. It removes inflammation, swelling of the joints and pain in arthritis. Garlic is recommended to be consumed in large quantities. This is explained by the fact that sulfur compounds that are part of garlic bind free radicals, which cause great harm in this disease.
Try to eat foods that contain antioxidants (antioxidants) that protect our body from free radicals attacking sick joints. These are products containing vitamins A, C, E. Vitamin A include - animal oil, milk, liver, carrots, pumpkin, melon, peaches, apricots, beet tops, greens. The best sources of vitamin C are fresh berries, vegetables and fruits: black currant, hips, strawberries, oranges, tangerines, grapefruits, broccoli, kiwi. Vitamin E is present in many foods, especially in green leafy vegetables, Brussels sprouts, green beans, nuts and vegetable oil.
There are natural substances that can slow down and stop inflammation. They are omega-3 fatty acids. They are in green vegetables, fish and vegetable oil (sunflower, soybean, corn). Flavoids that help the cartilage maintain its strength and do not allow it to break down are found in onions, lemons, pears, cherries, plums, green tea, coffee.
Many doctors in case of an acute attack of arthritis recommend to spend a fasting day for the body. The amount of liquid on this day should not be limited. Drink water, vegetable broths and fruit juices, especially useful lemon juice with water.
Now you know what you need to eat with exacerbations of arthritis and will be able to eat right if you are overtaken by this ailment.
Most importantly, do not self-medicate with an acute attack of arthritis, but be sure to contact specialists, then the correct course of treatment combined with therapeutic nutrition will bring you relief in the disease.