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Cystitis, what diet to follow to cure it? – Italian Cuisine

Cystitis, what diet to follow to cure it?


Stress periods, seasonal changes, weak immune defenses. All cases in which cystitis can occur. To prevent it and treat it, it is important to have an eye for one's diet. Here are some tips

There cystitis it is an inflammation of the bladder that causes annoying disorders. THE symptoms they are different, but the most obvious is the continuous need to urinate associated with burning during urination. The women who are most subject to it know it very well. To cause cystitis are pathogens, but also one incorrect lifestyle it can be debilitating. Poor personal hygiene, tight clothing, synthetic underwear and the abuse of irritating foods (such as coffee) are all potential causes. Here then that also thesupply plays a fundamental role in its care and prevention: in addition to antibiotics and some natural remedies, therefore, better to keep the control under control diet.

Cystitis, here are all the foods to avoid

If for some people the inflammation of the bladder is a rare event, for others, instead, it is a recurring appointment, which occurs also several times in a year. This does not mean that you always have to stay on a diet: just pay more attention to what to eat and or not to eat, especially in the periods of greater stress or during season changes, when the immune defenses are weaker.
In these cases it is better to avoid foods that can irritate an already highly flammable organ. Even if there is a subjectivity of the patients, which must be evaluated case by case, in general in the category of food at risk include those rich in saturated fats or fried, the coffee, carbonated drinks, alcoholic beverages, the chili pepper, chocolate, spices, vinegar, aged cheeses and sausages. Desserts should also be excluded from the diet. Separate chapter is that of the citrus fruits: in fact, these can sometimes increase the acidity of the urine and therefore determine a "chemical" cystitis. In the case of cystitis caused by Escherichia Coli, they are instead useful because it is a germ that does not grow in acidic urine.

Lots of water and lots of liquids

Once the infection is overdone, it is best not to eat with food to facilitate healing. The first thing to do is promote emptying of the bladder. First of all you have to drink at least two liters of water per day, natural and at room temperature. Even the herbal teas are good, especially the mauve, which is anti-inflammatory or hawkweed, very diuretic. On the table they will not have to miss fresh fruit is vegetables rich in liquids – better raw which cooked – such as cucumbers, lettuce, chard, radishes, celery and carrots. Me too'garlic and the onion they are indicated for their antibacterial function. Instead, reduce the consumption of salt and foods that contain it in large quantities, such as canned or brine foods, nuts, meat extracts and soy-type sauces (this is because they promote water retention).

What to eat in case of inflammation

The diet must be low in simple sugars, which facilitate bacterial growth, and should not include all the irritating foods discussed above. A crucial organ, though apparently unrelated to bladder inflammation, is theintestine. To cure and even prevent cystitis, this must work smoothly. Here then we need to favor foods rich in fibers. In the diet, bread, pasta, rice and other cereals are allowed, as long as they are whole. From this point of view, the foods they contain are also very useful natural probiotics, including yogurt, sauerkraut, kefir and miso. THE'protein intake it can be guaranteed by fresh cheeses, fish and meat, but this must be white, lean and not too much. Finally, in order for the diet to be effective, we must also introduce something that reduces the possibility that the bacteria adhere to the mucosa of the bladder: this function performs it perfectly redberry and the currant.

“Quick Cured” Salmon – 3 Minutes? But I Want it Now!

Whenever I hear people criticizing millennials for being self-absorbed, having short attentions spans, and for expecting to get what they want, exactly when they want it, I think to myself, “Hey, that sounds like my generation!” Well, if that’s the case, then they’re (and we’re) going to love this quick-cured salmon technique.


While the process is incredibly simple, the potential variations are endless. Whenever I show a new technique, I usually keep things simple, as to not distract people, but whether you’re talking about the brine, or post-cure seasonings, this is something that begs for adaptation.

Smoked salt, chipotle, or smoked paprika could be used before or after the cure to make things a little loxier, and don’t even get me started on the herbs. After the 3-minute cure, you can sprinkle your slices with dill, tarragon, chervil, and/or thyme, before the refrigeration stage. Speaking of impatient millennials; this is technically ready to eat after the three minute dunk, but you’ll enjoy this much more if you thoroughly chill it first.

Besides the flavorings, you can also play around with how thin/thick you slice the salmon, as well as how long you brine it. For me, if I slice the fish about 1/4-inch thick, three minutes is just about the perfect cure time for my desired texture and saltiness. However, you should experiment. Longer curing times, or thinner slices will result in a firmer, saltier product.


Of course, all that experimenting is going to make you hungry, and you’ll still need to decide how you’re going to serve it. I’ve suggested three delicious directions herein, but I’m fully confident you’ll come up with some stellar spin-offs as well. I hope you give this a try soon. Enjoy!

FOOD SAFETY NOTE: Much like rare meat, oysters, and raw eggs, if you’re concerned about the safety of eating homemade, cured salmon, you should do some research, and decide for yourself if it’s worth the risk. This technique works great with frozen salmon, which apparently kills potential parasites, so that’s one option. Anecdotally, I can tell you I’ve done this, and similar procedures, countless dozens of times with fresh salmon (“sushi grade” from a reputable, local purveyor), and have lived to tell the tale. Good luck.


Brine for to cure about 1 pound of salmon:
2 1/2 cups cold water
1/2 cup Kosher salt – I used Diamond Crystal brand
1/3 cup sugar

Slow-braised kale

Oh Lord, Lord winter is really here and everyone is sick, dying, just trying to make it through the long dark afternoons to bedtime.

Tuberculosis lite? Cough cough cough couughghghgghghghggh *GAG* [pause] waaaail [pause] cough cough cough; or actual norovirus (please please God not noro, anything but noro); non-descript colds, going on and on, merging seamlessly into each other. Maybe one day in every fornight you feel alright, you wake up not all puffed up, stuffed up like your head is full of packing polystyrene.

Or is it just me.

But I should be pleased!! Because mass illness allows me to dispense to everyone my miracle cures! I am such a bore with my miracle cures, especially for coughs in the under 5. “You must STEAM him” I will bellow at perfect strangers at Talacre baby gym. “You must SIT in a STEAMY BATHROOM for TEN MINUTES MINIMUM three times per day! Put Karvol in the water! It’s the regularity that does it. Three times a day! I know it’s boring! But it’s a miracle cure! When someone first told me I said ‘Oh fuck off with your hippy shit – give me amoxycillin!’ But it really works!”

I am making fun of myself, but I really do think this IS a miracle cure. Kitty had a cold that went feral last week and I had NOT been steaming her, (because it is so tedious), and she got a cough and last week one night was awake from midnight until 5am, coughing. Every time she was about to nod off, she coughed herself awake. It was awful! Not very nice for her, either. By about 0430am she was wailing “Sleepy-byes! Sleepy-byes!” it was terribly sad. Anyway the next day I steamed her to within an inch of her life and that night she only coughed from 9pm – 11pm. Miracle cure!

Are you still with me?
Are you with me or against me?

I also boast how I have bought a huge pack of latex gloves and surgical masks (mad!!) in order to prevent the inter-house spread of the inevitable noro.

What can be done?! How are we going to survive until spring? I can’t imagine how in the world vegetables can possibly help but maybe, like steaming, they are the simple answer right under our noses, which we ignore because we just want to eat macaroni cheese and mince pies right now, thanks.

But allow me to introduce you to the idea of slow-braised kale, which is a way of making kale edible. I know! Who would have thought?

My husband made this the other night and it was genuinely a very delicious thing and I really can’t imagine any scenario in the world that would make me think that about kale.

Slow-braised kale

2 bags kale – any sort
1 carrot
2 sticks celery
1 clove garlic
1 small onion
1 turnip if you have it
1 glass shitty white wine
1 organic chicken stock cube
1 chilli, deseeded and sliced (you can leave this out if you don’t want it spicy)
salt and pepper
some thyme leaves if you have them

1 Make a mirepoix with the carrot, celery, onion, garlic, turnip and chilli. A mirepoix, if you have forgotten, is all of these things very, very finely chopped together.

2 Cook this down for 10 or so minutes in a pan in some groundnut oil, then throw over your glass of shitty wine and turn up the heat to bubble this down. Crumble your stock cube and sprinkle it over.

3 Rinse the kale and without bothering to dry it too much, put it in the pan and snip at it viciously with a pair of kitchen scissors, like a seagull attacking a bag of chips until it has sort of flattened itself out in the pan (but you do not want to obliterate it).

4 Now cook this on your smallest burner on the lowest heat for 1.5 hours. I know it is a long time.

We ate this with some Dover Sole and it was DELICIOUS. Cooked like this, kale magially takes on the taste of red cabbage, which is very strange but I think they are the same brassica-ish family so I suppose that makes sense.

Then we each took and Actifed and went to bed at 9.30pm.
 

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