What foods are taboo for vitiligo patients?

Vitiligo is a relatively stubborn chronic disease. After patients are diagnosed with vitiligo, in addition to good treatment, daily diet and health care are also very important. They should know some foods to avoid. In daily life, they should avoid spicy foods, strong tea, strong coffee, and animal fats. They should eat more light foods, fresh fruits and vegetables, and foods rich in minerals.

1. Foods that are not conducive to the treatment of vitiligo

Or foods that may affect the treatment effect of vitiligo should be avoided. For example, onions, garlic, fish, shrimp, lamb, peppers, wine, etc.

2. Patients with vitiligo should avoid eating spinach.

Although spinach is a green vegetable, it does not mean that patients with vitiligo can eat it. Because spinach contains a large amount of oxalic acid, it can easily cause itching of the affected area and also affect the absorption of copper.

3. Vitiligo patients should avoid eating too sour foods in their daily diet.

For example, popcorn processed in lead containers will affect the synthesis of melanin and slow down the increase in the amount of melanin.

4. People with vitiligo should also try to eat less foods rich in vitamin C.

Because vitamin C can reduce the levels of serum copper and serum copper oxidase, affect the activity of tyrosinase, interrupt the production of melanin, and interfere with the synthesis of skin melanin. Foods rich in vitamin C include: kiwi, orange, coriander, hawthorn, etc.

5. Vitiligo patients cannot eat leeks.

Although leek is an extremely nutritious vegetable, it is not suitable for patients with vitiligo. The taste of leek itself is irritating, which can easily induce and aggravate vitiligo. At the same time, leeks are upward in nature and are often defined as an irritant in traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, for a stubborn disease like vitiligo, which has strict dietary taboos, leeks should not be eaten.

6. Seafood is also a food that people with vitiligo should avoid.

Vitiligo is a complex disease. Long-term inability to take in individual nutrients is also harmful to the body. Moreover, seafood is a large category of food. Many nutritious foods in life sometimes have adverse effects on some patients. However, there is no need to completely avoid fish. Vitiligo patients can still eat fish, but the fish must be screened.