If you Have ITP, can you Increase Platelets by not Eating Certain Foods?
Posted: Tuesday, January 27, 2009
by Maggi Pier
Cure ITP Naturally
Increase platelets by eliminating food? If you have an autoimmune disorder such as Lupus or Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Is it possible to increase your blood platelet levels with the food you eat? Or for that matter, can you decrease your blood platelets by eating the wrong foods?
The answer is yes on both accounts. Eating properly can have a major impact on your ITP disorder. But just how can you increase platelets?
On the opposite side of the fence, there are also many super foods out there that can build up your immune system thereby helping you increase platelets.
Foods to Eliminate if you want to increase platelets.
Sugars – table sugar, commercial syrups, (especially high fructose corn syrup which basically wreaks havoc with our metabolism and immune system causing inflammation in the body- unfortunately now days HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup is prevalent in a majority of our foods )
Refined Grains – white flour, white rice, processed breakfast cereals, pasta etc. (these foods have had most of the good stuff removed and then a bunch of synthetic vitamins added which are not good for your battle to increase platelets.
Processed Food – Packaged food AKA dead useless food. Not only do these foods do nothing for your health but they are actually in the long run harmful and will do nothing to help you increase platelets. The cardboard box is probably better for you than what is in it!
Bad Fat – Commercial vegetable oils, margarines and especially trans fats (partially hydrogenated vegetable oils) If you want to increase your platelets be sure to eliminate all the above from your diet!
Nutritional Supplements – Not all vitamin and mineral supplements are created equal and a large percentage of supplements on the market have been proven to actually cause free radical formation which in turn causes inflammation which will never help increase platelets. Instead they could actually cause you to have low blood platelets.
Dairy – So many people are actually sensitive to dairy products without even knowing it, and our commercially available dairy products will not help you increase platelets. With all the hormones and antibiotics that are given to our cows, coupled with the processing that is used, dairy products as we know them today are very acid forming in our body, which in turn will increase inflammation and never help to increase platelets.
Fast Food – Increase platelets? No way. These are highly processed foods laden with highly saturated fats for longer shelf life and chock full of all sorts of chemical preservatives and fillers. Not only will you get fat by eating fast food, you will become inflamed and get sick. Fast food will NEVER increase platelets!
Examine your diet and you might just see a link between your autoimmune disorder and your intake of certain foods.
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)Hi Maggi,I think your food to eliminate list applies to most health issues. Don't you? Our bodies just aren't designed for the junk we enjoy putting into it. Thanks for the reminder. ValThanks Maggie! i was diagnosed a few yrs ago with ITP, but only recently have i really noticed a big difference with my health. Im going to a specialist, but i still want to do a little more research on my condition. I found what you wrote really helpful. And i will continue to try and find a way to better my health naturally. wanda torres
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