Many people still think that if gastritis is a common disease, then you can not bother with diets and diet. For sure, people with ulcers and stomach cancer could argue.
Along with the acceleration of the pace of life, gastritis becomes more and more common every year. The bacterium Helicobacter pylori (Helicobacter), which causes inflammation of the mucous membrane of the stomach, as doctors say, settles only in a suitable environment for it. So the worse you have food with gastritis, the longer you do not follow the diet, the better you will feel the parasite inside.
Before giving practical recommendations, what you can eat with gastritis, and what can not, you need to highlight the characteristics of the disease into two categories:
- Gastritis with acidity above normal
- Gastritis with acidity below normal
If in the first case it is necessary to completely exclude from the diet products that activate the production of gastric juice (otherwise, with prolonged feeding with different sausages, pickles - get an ulcer), in the second case, on the contrary, the diet should be optimized so that the products that reduce acidity were excluded.
Diet with gastritis with acidity above normal
Do not be original and invent something new, if we have already determined that, like in many diets, the main healthy products and the basis of a healthy diet are vegetables.
Beets, carrots, potatoes, cauliflower, and in less quantity green peas, zucchini and pumpkin - this is what is recommended for consumption. Just do not rush to eat vegetables in fresh form. They must be cooked and mashed for starters.
The ideal option is soup puree from the allowed vegetables, which is best cooked on milk, as this is a natural absorbent that reduces acidity. Recommended and milk soups with the addition of flour products, for example, pasta, or add cereals - rice or buckwheat. It is allowed bread, however, take into account that it must be made solely from flour of the highest grade. It is desirable that it was yesterday or slightly dried. At the same time, completely stop using the pickles, sorrel, spinach, fried meat of animals and fish (only in boiled form), citrus, any spicy or fatty foods.
Diet with gastritis with acidity below normal
In contrast to compliance with dietary requirements for gastritis with high acidity, there are significant differences. For example, you need to pay more attention to those products that are quickly digested by the body.
Also, with this kind of gastritis, citrus fruits are available, you can not be afraid to drink juices, kvass, coffee. Virtually all vegetables can be eaten fresh, but it is recommended to cook them, which facilitates easy digestion. Flour products are allowed, but do not get carried away by them. A small slice of bread a day is enough. About sharp, fried, smoked it is necessary to forget and on change to such dishes to expose on a table exclusively boiled. Buy a steamer, the same cutlets in it are simply amazing.
About a month after the exacerbation has passed, to the envy of gastric acid-suppressants, doctors recommend adding herring, marinated cucumbers and tomatoes to the ration.
In the rest, the rules for dieting with gastritis with increased and decreased acidity are similar.
Menu:
- The breakfast is best served porridge with tea (you can with milk, for those with acidity increased), or coffee (if reduced acidity). Porridge can be like a Herculean, or rice. Species - the sea. You can add fruit, taking into account the peculiarity of the acid balance
- For lunch it is recommended to eat soups. It is best based on broth from vegetables, with the addition of cereals (rice, buckwheat), potatoes, pasta. You can add boiled meatballs. Everything depends only on your imagination, there are enough recipes.
- For dinner, it is best to choose something from vegetables. For example, vegetable stew. On the second you can serve fruit and drink everything with juice or tea.
Experts recommend people suffering from gastritis, to break food intake by 5-6, or even more times. This is certainly correct, but still difficult to implement. We all work, and we do not always have the opportunity to have breakfast and lunch twice while on the job. But if you have such an opportunity, you should not miss it. Eat with gastritis correctly, and your body will say thank you!