Chickenpox
Author: Nia Rouseberg
Time for reading: ~2
minutes
Last Updated:
January 27, 2026
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The diet that should be followed for chickenpox reduces the level of toxins in the body, irritating the skin and mucous membranes of the digestive tract.
Chickenpox is an infectious disease caused by the herpes virus. Affects mucous membranes and skin cells. It is transmitted by airborne droplets from person to person.
As with the course and treatment of any disease, nutrition is also important. The diet that must be followed reduces the level of toxins in the body, irritating the skin and mucous membranes of the digestive tract.
Useful products for chickenpox:
- cream soups (for example, broccoli or cauliflower), cereal soups (oats, rice, wheat bran, barley) - help with the process of swallowing;
- freshly squeezed vegetable juices diluted with water (for example, carrot and celery juice, pumpkin) - strengthen immunity;
- dishes of dairy products (lactic acid and porridge, skimmed cottage cheese) - easily digested during the course of the disease;
- products with hypoallergenic properties (buckwheat porridge, semolina, barley, oats, rice; corn, rice bread, also buckwheat;
- yogurt products (natural yogurt without sugar, kefir) - normalize the digestive tract;
- non-sour berries, fruits (sweet apples, apricots, blueberries, bananas, avocados);
- vegetables (eggplant, zucchini, Brussels sprouts and cabbage, cucumbers, broccoli, pumpkin, spinach, dill, parsley);
- baked apples and pears;
- boiled water, light blackcurrant tea without sugar, cranberry juice, herbal infusions and decoctions (mint, chamomile, lemon balm, rose hips) - liquids remove toxins from the body, inflammatory products and pathogens.
Sample menu
- Breakfast: oatmeal (or buckwheat), prepared with milk without sugar;
- Breakfast: skim cottage cheese and cream without sugar, a glass of kefir;
- Lunch: vegetable cream soup or non-fat, weakly concentrated meat broth, boiled fish with vegetables or steamed meatballs;
- Afternoon snack: a glass of freshly squeezed vegetable juice diluted with 2/3 water;
- Dinner: cottage cheese casserole, grated green apple, herbal tea with rusks, roasted eggplant or zucchini.
Harmful products for chickenpox:
- sour fruits (kiwi, cherries), citrus (lemon, grapefruit, orange, tangerines, etc.) - irritate the oral mucosa;
- saturated meat broths - activate the activity of the gastrointestinal tract and increase the secretion of gastric juice;
- sharp spices, marinades with vinegar, smoked products - when directly absorbed into the blood irritate the skin further;
- fatty fish and meat, fried foods - difficult to digest and increase the level of toxins;
- garlic, onions, radishes, turnips - irritate the skin;
- confectionery (cakes, sweets, ice cream, sweet carbonated water), pasta - simple carbohydrates that are part of them, can intensify inflammatory processes and create favorable conditions for the development of other bacterial infections;
- tea, coffee, alcoholic beverages - exacerbate the disease;
- allergen products (eggs, strawberries, nuts, etc.);
- undigested milk - causes bloating and increases inflammatory processes.