Inflammation of the stomach lining is uncomfortable and painful.
In addition to drug therapy, a diet for gastritis is of great importance: the "right" foods do not irritate the walls, promote epithelial regeneration and maintain remission of the disease.
What to eat for gastritis
There are many reasons why gastritis develops:
- Incorrect diet, with a predominance of dry, spicy and hot foods;
- Unbalanced diets;
- Abuse of alcoholic beverages, soft drinks;
- Taking certain medications that irritate the stomach lining
Before talking about what you can eat with gastritis and what you should reject, it is necessary to know some basic postulates of the diet:
- Meals should be regular. You should not take long breaks between meals, lunch or afternoon tea skipped for any reason should not be replaced with a "double" dinner;
- For gastritis, fractional meals are shown, in small portions at short intervals;
- If possible, do not mix solid and liquid foods; the first courses must be separated from the second courses. Dishes with a liquid or pureed consistency are the easiest to digest;
- The temperature of food should not be too high or low, hot food is optimally absorbed and does not irritate the stomach;
- The use of table salt should be minimized and seasonings and spices should be completely abandoned;
- The diet should be rich in vitamins, but fiber for gastritis patients is too heavy a food;
- Dishes are cooked boiled (steamed) or stewed;
What can you eat with gastritis of the stomach?
With high acidity
The purpose of the diet for gastritis with increased secretion of hydrochloric acid is to reduce acidity and neutralize it with the help of stomach contents.
- Vegetable soups with pasta, rice. The vegetables are boiled well and passed through a blender;
- Milk soups with noodles or highly boiled cereals;
- Yesterday's white (dry) bread made with wheat flour;
- Meat: beef, lean lamb and pork, chicken, turkey, rabbit without skin, tendons. Meat is baked or steamed, minced cutlets, soufflés, meatballs, beef stroganoff (boiled meat) are allowed;
- Milk and non-acidic products from it: kefir, yogurt, cream, sour cream, cottage cheese (cheesecakes, stews), varieties of soft cheese;
- Chicken, duck, quail eggs - boiled, boiled or in the form of an omelette;
- Porridge: semolina, buckwheat, rice, oats, in water or milk, viscous, enveloping, cereals must be boiled and passed through a sieve;
- Vegetables: boiled or stewed, shredded. Pumpkins, zucchini, potatoes, beets, carrots, cauliflower, tomatoes and peas are rarely allowed;
- Fruit: neutral or sweet, bananas, peeled sweet apples (baked), pears, ripe persimmons. Berries - only sweet, in the form of jelly, compotes, fruit drinks, marshmallows, jam, marmalade;
- As cold snacks, boiled tongue, liver pate, fish aspic, red caviar, milk sausage and doctor's sausage, forshmak, unsalted ham (in moderation! ) are allowed;
- We recommend drinking sweet compotes, lightly brewed tea (with milk, cream), soft coffee with milk, cocoa, gelatin;
- Unsalted butter, ghee, and refined vegetable oil are allowed.
Low acidity
When making a diagnosis, the goal is to stimulate the production of hydrochloric acid. Unlike the previous diet, in this case you can:
- Cook soups in soaked meat and fish broths;
- Eat acidic vegetables and fruits;
- Include canned and salty foods in the diet;
- Give preference to fermented dairy products;
- Drink acidic juices: orange, grapefruit, tomato, grape;
- Drink still mineral water
What not to eat with gastritis
With high acidity
- Soups cooked in meat and fish broth, mushroom soups, cabbage soup, borscht, okroshka;
- Fresh bread, pastries, pastries, puff pastry, rye bread and rye flour products;
- Fat meats, poultry, smoked products from them;
- Fatty and salty fish, canned fish;
- Sour dairy products, spicy cheese;
- Fried and hard boiled eggs;
- Millet, barley, pearl barley, corn porridge;
- Pasta, except noodles;
- Legumes, cabbage, kohlrabi, turnips, sorrel, cucumbers, spinach, onions; any vegetables in the form of pickles, pickled, pickled, canned; mushrooms;
- Acidic fruits: melon, pomegranate, grapes, peaches, citrus fruits, kiwi. The tiny berry seeds irritate the intestinal walls, which is why they are consumed only in a processed form. Nuts are not recommended;
- Chocolate, ice cream;
- Sauces, mustard, pepper, horseradish. Limited to vanillin, cinnamon, dill, parsley, garlic;
- Walnuts - peanuts, hazelnuts;
- Drink carbonated drinks, strong coffee, kvass bread.
Low acidity
Foods that cause fermentation in the stomach are prohibited:
- milk, cream, sour cream;
- confectionery, buns;
- chocolate;
- radish, garlic.
The opinion on the use of watermelon is controversial: a ripe sweet watermelon will not do any harm, but you should not abuse it, since the kidneys are also overloaded, the risk of exacerbation of urolithiasis increases.
Daily menu for gastritis
Despite strict prohibitions, it is possible (and necessary! ) to eat healthy and tasty even during an exacerbation of gastritis. The recipes are varied, the main thing is to show your imagination.
Sample menu of the day:
- Breakfast. Buckwheat milk porridge (puree), scrambled eggs, tea with milk;
- Second breakfast. Kissel, yeast-free cookies;
- Lunch. Fish soup with vegetables (in the second broth), beet caviar, steamed chicken meatballs, tea with milk;
- Afternoon snack. Cottage cheese casserole with sour cream.
- Dinner. Noodles with fish cake, rosehip broth;
- Curdled milk for the night.
In case of gastritis with low acidity, the menu should be diversified with fruits, fermented dairy products.
Strict adherence to the diet (table number 1) is necessary during the exacerbation period and the first two weeks after stopping the attack.
Then you can gradually introduce additional foods into the diet, carefully monitoring your well-being.