6Have a Balanced Diet
A healthy and balanced diet plays an important role in fighting and preventing shingles infections. It is recommended to combining various foods such as lean meats, nuts, legumes, whole grains, fruits, as well as veggies. You should aim to add green, red, and orange foods which contain pro-vitamin A, zeaxanthin, lutein, and carotenoids lycopene. Orange foods include apricot, pumpkin, and carrot; green foods include endive, lettuce, spinach, and kale; red foods include cherry, red pepper, and watermelon. Avoid salt and sugar, and limiting the consumption of saturated and trans-fats to improve immune functions and reduce inflammation. [6]
