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Foods that may help with shingles
Identifier
029577
Type of Spiritual Experience
None
Background
No claims for scientific proof are provided for this list of foods that many have found to have helped with either the pain of shingles or the combatting of the virus, or simply to help boost the immune system.
The list is a composite of evidence from nutritionists and other so called alternative medicine healers.
It includes foods that can be used to help and those to avoid [with the reason]
Vitamin D from the sun helps the immune system, but if you have shingles in your eyes, dark glasses must be worn, as the eye will be very sensitive to light
A description of the experience
USE
Goat Kefir
Goat yoghurt
Honey [natural]
Blueberries
Goat’s cheese [soft]
Chamomile tea
Chamomile and ginger tea
Bananas
Marmite/brewer’s yeast spread
Chicken and turkey [organic]
Vitamin C fruits – kiwi, lemons, oranges, blackcurrant etc
Broccoli, bell peppers, cabbage, beans
Garlic - is full of allicin—a potent antiviral compound of sulfur, vitamins A, B6 and C; selenium, magnesium, potassium calcium and zinc—it is also an antioxidant, immune system BFF and efficient healer of blisters caused by shingles.
· Crush raw and added to vinaigrette dressing or yogurt dip
· Sautée with broccoli other greens and olive oil
· Simmered in soups and sauces
· Roast whole and squeeze as a spread on bread or potatoes
Lysine – slows the cellular proliferation of the Zoster virus. To increase your lysine intake, go for wild-caught
· sardines,
· herring,
· salmon
· other small and medium-size fish and
· deep-sea scallops
Lamb – helps in tamping down the pain and blisters of shingles are lamb (preferably pasture-grown in New Zealand),
Dried fruits - dried apricots, raisins and figs
AVOID
Now for the equally important DO NOTs: foods to avoid during shingles attack, and even during the two or three weeks after symptoms disappear, it is best to avoid foods during shingles attack containing the amino acid arginine, which have been found to actually stimulate the replication of the herpes virus, a genetic relation to its shingles counterpart. Arginine-containing foods to stay away from are
· nuts,
· seeds,
· soy products,
· oats,
· coconut,
· wheat flours and, alas,
· chocolate.
Also avoid
· Fatty foods
· sweets,
· empty (junk food) and
· processed foods