Lupus
Foods to Eat More Of:
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
Essential Oils:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Yoga Therapy:
Supplements & Homeopathic:
Mind-Body Connection:
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
Meals:
Sides & Salads:
- Fruits: apples, apricots, avocados, blackberries, black currants, blueberries, cantaloupe, cherries, grapefruit, grapes, pineapple
- Vegetables: arugula, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, collard greens, fennel, kale, onions, romaine lettuce, spinach, squash, watercress
- Whole grains, fish (especially salmon, mackerel, sardines & tuna), flax seeds (especially freshly ground), beans, olive oil, seeds, shiitake mushrooms, soy products
- Garlic, ginger, turmeric
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
- Red meat and dairy products
- Alfalfa in all forms
- Fats & oils (except olive oil)
- Celery, parsnips, parsley, lemons, limes, and figs if you are sun sensitive
- Sugar and alcohol
Essential Oils:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Black cohosh, buchu, burdock root, dandelion root & leaf, echinacea, elderflower, evening primrose oil, fennel, garlic, German chamomile, ginger, gotu kola, lemon balm, licorice, meadowsweet, red clover flower, St. John's wort, stinging nettle, thyme, turmeric
- Flaxseed Oil: 1 Tablespoon (14 grams) daily (can be mixed with food, take in the morning).
- Mild daily exercise
Yoga Therapy:
- Yoga For Lupus (16 minutes - Dr. Swamy Venuturupalli)
- Beginner Chair Yoga for Lupus (13 minutes - Dr. Connie Jeon)
Supplements & Homeopathic:
- Vitamin B Complex: 1 pill each morning with food (look for B-50 complex with 50 mcg vitamin B12 and biotin, 400 mcg folic acid, and 50 mg all other B vitamins).
- Vitamin C/ Vitamin E: 1,000 mg vitamin C 3 times daily, 400 IU vitamin E daily (reduce vitamin C if it causes diarrhea).
- Fish Oils: 1,000 mg 3 times daily (take with food).
- Evening Primrose Oil: 1,000 mg 3 times daily (can substitute 1,000 mg borage oil once a day).
- DHEA: 100 mg each morning (take only under medical supervision, don't use if you're at risk for hormone-related cancers like breast, prostrate, etc).
- Selenium: 200 mcg daily (don't exceed 600 mcg daily, higher doses may be toxic).
- Zinc/ Copper: 30 mg zinc (add 2 mg copper daily if using zinc longer than 1 month).
Mind-Body Connection:
- Represents how safe you feel in your life/in your skin. Requires separating yourself from your family (either a biological family or social family) and developing your own self-esteem/independence. Identify any limiting or negative thoughts that you've inherited from this "family" and replace them with positive alternatives.
- Can also represent acting outwardly in ways that are different from how you really feel internally. If you are feeling deep guilt or self-loathing, your body can turn on itself. Work on improving unconditional self-love.
- Can represent giving up on life or a situation; or feelings of anger and/or punishment.
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
- Blueberry Peach Smoothie (V, GF)
- Blueberry Smoothie (V, GF)
- Golden Milk (V, GF)
- Herbal Mango Smoothie (V, GF)
- Pineapple Kale Smoothie (V, GF)
- Pineapple Mint Smoothie (V, GF)
- Superfruit Smoothie (V, GF)
- Tropical Smoothie (V, GF)
Meals:
- Adult Ramen (V, GF)
- Black Bean Bowl (GF)
- Black Bean Chili (V)
- Broth (Veggie/Chicken/Beef) - (V, GF)
- Buddha Bowl (V, GF)
- Cornmeal & Pecan Crusted Fish
- Edamame Rice Bowl (V)
- Garlic Soup (V, GF)
- Healthy Mac & Cheese (V)
- Miso Soup (V, GF)
- Pasta Della California (V)
- Pasta Fagioli (V)
- Quinoa Oatmeal (V)
- Salmon with Red Pepper Sauce (GF)
- Slow Cooked White Chili (V, GF)
- Spicy Black Bean Soup (V, GF)
- Spinach Pasta (V)
- Tilapia with Balsamic Brown Butter
- Turkey Mushroom Saute (GF)
- Vegetarian Chili (V, GF)
Sides & Salads:
- Asian Cabbage Salad (V, GF)
- Avocado Cilantro Lime Rice (V, GF)
- Bacon Brussels Sprouts (GF)
- Cauliflower with Mustard Sauce (GF)
- Chinese Peanut Salad (V, GF)
- Favetta & Pita Triangles (V)
- Homemade Salsa (V, GF)
- Kale Salad with Sesame Dressing (V, GF)
- Roasted Asparagus or Green Beans (V, GF)
- Sesame Green Beans (V, GF)
- Southwest Pasta Salad (V)
- Spinach & Strawberry Salad (V)
- Steamed Edamame (V, GF)