Gastritis refers to a whole category of diseases that are accompanied by inflammatory and dystrophic changes in the gastric mucosa. The disease is usually asymptomatic. In some situations, gastritis can manifest itself with the following symptoms: stabbing pain in the stomach before or after eating, nausea, vomiting, constipation.
The main cause of gastritis is poor nutrition, and a genetic predisposition is also possible. That is why a special diet for gastritis is recommended to the patient to relieve symptoms.
General rules for creating menus
After establishing the diagnosis, the doctor prescribes medication and a special dietary diet to the patient. Diet for gastritis is considered not the only one, but one of the main components of preventive measures and treatment of pathological changes in the gastrointestinal tract. Its main goal is to slow down any negative processes that promote inflammation or irritate the walls of the gastric mucosa.
To combat the disease, diets are designed to ensure that the human body receives the nutrients and useful substances necessary for normal life. There are different types of diets. They depend on the stage and type of development of the disease. But they are all compiled according to general rules:
- Eating excessively cold or hot foods is not acceptable;
- complete elimination of coarse foods (dishes are ground, which is especially important for gastritis with high acidity), smoked, fried and salty foods, as well as canned foods;
- you need to eat 5-6 times a day;
- Cook food or cook in a water bath;
- You should not eat mushrooms, various spices and herbs;
- Eliminate coffee from your diet and limit your chocolate consumption.
During treatment or preventive measures against gastritis, give up bad habits (alcohol, smoking) and carbonated drinks.
Each nutritional option contributes to improving the patient's condition. Therefore, it is very important that the attending physician draws up a weekly menu for a specific type of gastritis.
Diet #1
Diet No. 1 is recommended for gastroduodenitis, acute gastritis and chronic diseases, gastric or duodenal ulcers during the recovery period, as well as increased secretion of gastric juice. In diet No. 1, 3000 kcal per day is recommended, and the patient should also consume at least 1. 5-2 liters of fluid. Table No. 1 is divided into 1a and 1b. However, these types of diets are short-term in nature (10-12 days) and are prescribed during an exacerbation of the disease.
You should avoid consuming salt for a certain period of time; if this is difficult, you should not add enough salt to your food.
Permitted and prohibited products
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During the exacerbation of the pathology, the consumption of legumes is not recommended, as they contribute to gas formation in the stomach.
Sample menu for diet number 1
Despite certain restrictions on the patient's food intake, the nutritional table can be made quite varied.
- For breakfast: puree cottage cheese with milk, grind buckwheat porridge with milk or cook with a steam omelet, tea (permitted with milk).
- Lunch: Cook meatballs and potatoes (make mashed potatoes), make berry or milk jelly or bake an apple, drink milk.
- Lunch: Soup (optional: vegetables, milk), steamed chicken cutlets and carrot puree or sweet rice pudding, jelly.
- Afternoon snack: You can drink a rosehip infusion or a glass of tea, or prepare two slices of toast and jelly.
- Dinner: dumplings with cottage cheese or dumplings with tea.
- Before going to bed, you can have a small snack of cookies, crackers and a glass of milk.
Diet #2
Diet No. 2 is suitable for people with chronic gastritis, colitis and low stomach acid. If the pathology is complicated by other diseases of the kidneys, liver, diabetes mellitus or various disorders of the endocrine system, the diet must be prescribed by several specialists at once who will draw up an appropriate menu.
Table No. 2 reduces the symptoms of the disease, restores the digestive organs and promotes their normal functioning.
Diet No. 2 significantly enhances the effect of drug therapy if the patient is correctly diagnosed and the appropriate menu is selected.
Permitted and prohibited products
Table number 2 is easy to prepare, the main thing is not to be tempted by a fatty piece of meat or a cake with rich butter cream. All of the dishes listed can be combined as desired.
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Products allowed to be consumed in rare cases can only be approved by a doctor who will determine your body's readiness to accept aggressive foods.
Sample menu for diet No. 2
The optimal daily food intake is 5 meals per day. In this case, the patient should not forget about clean water. The body should receive at least 1. 5 liters of fluid. You can consume 15 g of salt in dishes per day.
- For breakfast: prepare oatmeal with butter or milk semolina porridge, boil a soft-boiled egg, brew tea or a weak coffee drink.
- Lunch: cottage cheese with sour cream, baked apple or curd pudding, tea with herbs.
- Lunch: chicken soup with noodles or noodles, borscht (Lenten) is allowed, steamed cutlets, meatballs, noodles or vegetables, berry smoothie.
- Afternoon snack: can consist of a hearty bun with tea, cottage cheese and any berry jam (fresh berries).
- Dinner: boiled vegetables and meat (baked fish), fruit salad with sour cream or mint tea (optional).
Diet number 5
In order to prevent the chronic form of the disease from turning into an acute form, in such a situation the patient is prescribed a diet for gastric gastritis No. 5. It promotes rapid recovery and prevents the development of pathological changes in the stomach that are life-threatening for the patient. Therefore, the patient should follow this type of diet throughout his life.
Permitted and prohibited products
Table No. 5 is so diverse that the patient will not feel any significant impairment of his preferences.
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Sample menu for diet number 5
Diet No. 5 is able to satisfy the patient's basic nutritional needs. You should eat small portions every 3-4 hours.
- For breakfast: buckwheat porridge with butter or a sandwich with doctor's sausage, curd pudding, tea (coffee with milk).
- Lunch: tea with milk, green peas with a steamed omelette are allowed, fresh ripe fruits from which you can make compote or jelly.
- Lunch: boiled meat with stewed vegetables; Soup lovers can prepare noodle soup and compote.
- Afternoon snack: biscuit or roll, freshly squeezed juice.
- Dinner: steamed fish or baked veal/beef, rice porridge, cauliflower puree, green or black tea.
- Before going to bed, you can drink kefir and rosehip decoction (optional).
Recommendations from nutritionists and gastroenterologists
During the exacerbation of gastritis of any form, it is advisable to follow a diet to minimize irritation of the affected organ. Chemical and mechanical irritants of the gastric mucosa can include:
- Eating any food in unlimited quantities;
- fiber without restrictions;
- flesh with veins and skin;
- acidic foods, raw fruits and vegetables.
Therapeutic nutrition brings enormous benefits when combined with drug therapy, exercise and preventive measures.
Useful advice from experts for people with gastrointestinal diseases:
- Chew your food well, as the crushed product is easier to digest and absorb by the diseased organ;
- Tonic drinks (coffee, energy drinks) irritate the stomach and intestinal mucous membranes;
- Mustard and vinegar contribute to the development of pathology;
- Hot spices can be replaced with herbs, bay leaves and cumin.
Many experts agree that heat treatment of food should be carried out in a water bath or water bath so that the maximum amount of nutrients and nutrients remains in the food.
There is a specific diet for each form of gastritis. Each table is tasty and nutritious in its own way. The patient does not have to constantly starve or eat tasteless food. There are many recipes for preparing dishes during a diet that are in no way inferior in taste to many culinary masterpieces.