Experts point out that diet can also be a cause of prostatitis. Therefore, as a patient with prostatitis, attention must be paid to diet. Generally speaking, patients with prostatitis should focus on light foods, especially avoid spicy and stimulating foods. Below is a specific introduction to the dietary precautions for patients with prostatitis:
What to eat more for prostatitis? This issue can be viewed from the following two aspects:
Patients with prostatitis should refrain from drinking strong alcohol, eat less spicy, fatty, and sweet foods, drink less coffee, eat less acidic foods such as citrus and orange juice, and eat less white sugar and refined flour. Spicy foods, such as scallions, raw garlic, chili peppers, and peppers, can cause vasodilation and organ congestion. Some patients with chronic prostatitis have a spicy eating habit, often able to control when the symptoms of the disease are severe, but relapse when the symptoms are relieved, which is also an important reason for the persistence and difficulty in healing of prostatitis.
Patients with prostatitis should eat more fresh fruits, vegetables, coarse grains and soybean products, more honey to keep their stools smooth, and a moderate amount of beef, eggs, such as pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and so on. They should eat every day in any quantity, as well as mung beans, which can be boiled into Congee and eaten after cooling. It is especially suitable for those with hot bladder and astringent urination pain. It is especially pointed out that the amount of water should not be reduced due to frequent urination. Drinking more water can dilute urine, Prevent urinary tract infections and the formation of bladder stones. Drinking water should preferably be cold boiled water, and drinking less strong tea.
Of course, diet may not be a direct cause of prostatitis, but dietary abnormalities can interact with other etiologies to develop the disease, such as the interaction between dietary abnormalities and long-term sedentary behavior. Therefore, prevention of the onset of prostatitis should be carried out in multiple ways, but also mainly due to high-risk diseases.