Epilepsy patients need to pay special attention to their daily diet, as unreasonable eating habits can induce epilepsy seizures and even worsen the condition. First of all, epilepsy patients should not drink too much water or consume excessive salt. Epilepsy seizures start from the hypothalamus in the brain center, and stimulating the hypothalamus can trigger epilepsy seizures. The hypothalamus is the body's water regulation center. A large amount of liquid food and salt entering the body will increase the burden on the hypothalamus, leading to epilepsy seizures. Therefore, epilepsy patients should try to drink less water and eat less salty food, including drinking less or eating less fruit juice, cola, watermelon, pickled vegetables, salted fish, and salted meat.
Dietary taboos for epilepsy patients:
1. Epilepsy patients must avoid being too hungry or too full, and should not binge eat or drink excessively. Excessive hunger lowers blood sugar levels, and hypoglycemia often triggers epilepsy seizures. On the other hand, overeating quickly raises blood sugar levels, increasing insulin secretion and accelerating glucose metabolism, causing blood sugar levels to fluctuate greatly first high then low, also inducing epilepsy.
2. Drinking too much water causes excessive tension in the stomach, which can easily induce epilepsy seizures. When a patient has diarrhea or vomiting and loses a large amount of fluid, they should promptly replenish fluids and electrolytes to maintain water and electrolyte balance, avoiding triggering epilepsy.
3. Epilepsy patients should try to avoid using stimulant drinks, as these drinks contain caffeine that can excite brain cells, cause abnormal discharges, and lead to epilepsy seizures. Alcohol consumption should be avoided, as it can highly excite the nervous system, lower the threshold of epilepsy foci, and easily induce seizures.
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