What should people who have vitiligo pay attention to in diet?
1. Eat more foods rich in melanin
Supplement more foods rich in melanin, such as black sesame, black fungus, etc. These foods can make the body's melanocytes become active, so as to have the effect of adjuvant treatment of vitiligo. In addition, they can also help regulate the endocrine balance of the human body.
2. Eat more high protein foods
Protein can help vitiligo friends improve their ability to resist diseases, such as helping the skin enhance its resistance to ultraviolet rays. Only after the body's immunity becomes stronger can it well promote the recovery of the disease. Common high protein foods include eggs, milk, lean meat and so on.
3. Eat more foods rich in trace elements
The supplement of trace elements can help regulate the human immune system and promote the balance of endocrine, so as to accelerate the synthesis and metabolism of melanin, and help vitiligo friends achieve the purpose of improving their condition. We especially need to supplement more elements such as iron and copper.
4. Eat more foods rich in tyrosine
Vitiligo friends should eat more foods rich in lysine, which can help the body's lysine enzyme activity become stronger, so as to more effectively promote the synthesis of melanin and accelerate the recovery. Common foods rich in lysine include nuts, eggs, etc.
5. Don't eat food that is easy to cause allergies
Friends with vitiligo cannot eat seafood, which is easy to cause allergies, such as crabs, shrimp, etc. These foods contain too many hormones, which is easy to cause allergic reactions to human skin. Vitiligo is a skin disease. After eating seafood, it may aggravate the disease.
6. Control vitamin C intake
Friends with vitiligo cannot take too much vitamin C, because vitamin C will affect the activity of tyrosine in the body, causing problems in the synthesis of melanin, reducing the synthesis speed, delaying the recovery of the disease, and possibly making the disease more serious.
