What can't you eat if you have epilepsy?

Epilepsy is a disease caused by abnormal brain discharges. The time and place of epileptic patients' attacks are uncontrollable and self-involuntary. Patients with epilepsy should not go to dangerous places, such as hillsides, ravines, and near pools, because accidents may happen at any time. There are some foods that epilepsy patients cannot eat in daily life, such as irritating foods. Learn more about it.

1. Do not eat spicy and irritating foods: such as peppers, onions, onions, garlic, as well as pepper, fennel, five-spice powder, Sichuan pepper, mustard, curry powder and other irritating condiments. Excessive intake of such substances will stimulate the central nervous system, and abnormal excitement of brain nerves will induce epileptic seizures. Moreover, people with epilepsy are absolutely prohibited from drinking alcohol.

2. Avoid eating too much fried and greasy food: Chinese medicine believes that this disease is related to phlegm, heat evil, etc. Therefore, it is not suitable to eat goose meat, mutton, and fried food to avoid phlegm accumulation, heat and wind and cause illness.

3. Epileptic patients should not eat too salty food: If epileptic patients consume too salty food, the sodium ion content in their bodies will increase. When its content reaches a certain range, it will cause abnormal discharges of brain nerves and induce epileptic seizures. Epilepsy patients should have a light diet and eat less or no pickled vegetables, pickled eggs and other pickled foods.

4. Other taboo foods for epilepsy: Try to eat less or no foods rich in zinc, such as shellfish, shrimp, carp, animal offal, etc.; eat less foods high in sugar, such as candy, desserts, etc.; drink less or no stimulating beverages, such as fruit juice, strong tea, carbonated drinks, coffee, etc.

5. Notes

Patients with epilepsy should avoid being too hungry or too full, and avoid overeating. Overeating and excessive drinking can cause excessive stretching of the stomach, which can easily induce epileptic seizures. When patients have diarrhea, vomiting, and lose a lot of fluid, they should replenish water and electrolytes in time to maintain water and electrolyte balance to avoid inducing epilepsy; excessive hunger lowers blood sugar levels, and hypoglycemia often induces epileptic seizures, and overeating will cause blood sugar levels to rise rapidly, which can also easily induce epileptic seizures; when patients have diarrhea, vomiting, and lose a lot of fluid, they should replenish water and electrolytes in time to maintain water and electrolyte balance to avoid inducing epilepsy.