As a common mental illness, epilepsy is characterized by various causes, relapse and easy recurrence. In order to effectively control the illness, epilepsy patients should not only take medicine on time according to the doctor's advice, but also pay high attention to their diet. What can they not eat? What should I pay attention to in my diet?

There are many things that epileptic patients need to pay attention to in their diet. Let's take a look.

1. Don't eat irritating food

Epilepsy patients must not eat irritating food, such as mutton, dog meat, strong tea, alcohol, pepper, mustard and other spicy food, which will stimulate the nerves of patients, lead to epilepsy recurrence and bring great pain to patients.

Second, you can't eat foods containing too much potassium

Epilepsy patients need to take drugs for a long time to control their illness. Antiepileptic drugs are mainly psychotropic drugs, which can easily lead to malnutrition, anemia and other problems. Therefore, epilepsy patients can't eat foods containing too much potassium, which will increase the blood potassium content of patients and is not conducive to the control of their illness.

Third, foods with too high zinc content should not be eaten

According to clinical research, the blood zinc content of most epileptic patients is relatively high. According to research and analysis, seizures are likely to be related to the zinc content in the brain, so in order to effectively control the disease, patients should not eat foods with too high zinc content.

Fourth, you can't eat hormone foods

Hormone foods not only affect your health, but also make you nervous, which leads to an increase in the recurrence rate of epilepsy. Therefore, friends of patients must not eat these foods in their daily diet.

5. Control the intake of freshwater compounds

If epilepsy patients want to effectively control their illness and prevent the recurrence of epilepsy, they must control the intake of freshwater compounds, which should not exceed 311 grams per day. Besides, they should also control the intake of salt and water.

Sixth, the daily diet should be light.

Epilepsy patients should eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and less spicy, greasy and irritating foods, which is beneficial to control the illness and prevent the recurrence of epilepsy. Green vegetables are rich in vitamins and trace elements such as calcium, iron and selenium, which is very suitable for epilepsy patients and is beneficial to control the illness.

As the saying goes, "food is the most important thing for people", diet is very important for epilepsy patients. Only by controlling daily diet can the recurrence of the disease be effectively prevented. In addition, patients should take medicine on time according to the doctor's advice, and never stop taking medicine or change medicine without authorization, so as not to affect the treatment effect and lead to treatment failure.