Gastritis is one of the most common diseases of our time. Frequent snacks and meals on the run, a wide choice of fast food, poor-quality food poisoning - all this can cause gastritis. Perhaps that is why many people today suffer from stomach problems. But how do you deal with them?
For this it is not at all necessary to constantly take medicines, the main thing in the treatment is proper and well-chosen nutrition, which does not cause irritation of the mucous membrane and exacerbation of the disease, but at the same time saturates the body with all the necessary macronutrients and vitamins.
General rules of nutrition
- Try to eat 5-6 small meals a day. You shouldn't feel hungry. Make it 3 full meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and small snacks.
- The basis of your diet should be liquid or grated foods.
- Choose foods that give you the most benefit: grains, soups, fish, meat, eggs, cottage cheese, milk and dairy products, whole wheat or rye bread, fruits, vegetables, and berries.
- Watch out for expiration dates. Prefer natural foods that have been minimally processed. It's better to choose yogurt with a weekly shelf life than one that has a six-month shelf life.
- Eat the number of calories you need, which is easy to calculate using special programs on the Internet.
- Proteins (meat and fish, cottage cheese, cheese, milk, eggs), fats (vegetables and butter, cheese, egg yolks, nuts), carbohydrates (cereals, pasta, fruits, dried fruits) should be included in your diet every day.
- Steam, cook in the slow cooker or bake in the oven. Another cooking option is on the grill without oil.
Important!Drink 1-2 liters of pure water daily. This is the main recommendation for nutrition not only for a person with gastritis, but also for a healthy person.
List of prohibited products
With this disease, it is contraindicated to eat foods that irritate the walls of the stomach. It is also worth minimizing the consumption of foods that cause abundant production of gastric juice. These products include:
- fried and smoked food;
- chips and crackers;
- foods cooked in large amounts of oil;
- purchased sweets;
- Ice;
- wheat flour products;
- lemonade and soda;
- packaged juices;
- mayonnaise, ketchup, and store-bought sauces;
- Alcohol;
- Fast food;
- sour berries and fruits;
- sour cottage cheese;
- strong coffee and tea;
- pickled and pickled vegetables;
- low fat dairy products;
- spicy food;
- kvass;
- canned food;
- Meat or fish in its own juice.
While this list may seem pretty impressive, eating healthy and tasty is very easy. Remember that many products are interchangeable. For example, instead of unhealthy mayonnaise, you can make homemade sauce from plain yogurt, eggs, and sunflower oil. Store-bought sweets are easily replaced with cheesecake, honey, fruits and dried fruits, sugar-free jams or nuts. So there is always a replacement option.
Prohibited food additives
It is important to understand that the same product from different manufacturers can have completely different compositions. But it depends on the composition whether you can eat this or that food. So always pay attention. Pay special attention to these ingredients:
- E-104, E-102 - contribute to the occurrence of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
- E-122, E-123 - have a negative effect on digestion;
- E-150, E-151 - disrupt the normal process of digestion of food;
- E-220 - E-226 - cause stomach pain;
- E-322 - irritating to the walls of the stomach.
Of course, these are not all additives that have a negative effect on our health. So try to always choose natural products without unnecessary preservatives.
List of allowed foods
After reading the list of forbidden foods, you can get the impression that there is almost no variety when it comes to foods. In fact, this is far from the case. You can eat delicious and healthy by focusing on these foods:
- Liquid cereals cooked in water or milk;
- vegetable soups with added cereals;
- puree soup;
- Medium or high fat milk or cream;
- scrambled, boiled or soft-boiled eggs;
- vegetable and fruit purees;
- boiled, baked or stewed fish or meat;
- honey, marshmallow, marshmallow, natural jam;
- a small amount of sugar in tea or coffee;
- vegetables and butter;
- noodles and rice;
- greens;
- fresh vegetables, fruits and berries;
- cottage cheese with an average fat content;
- steamed dried fruits;
- jam or marmalade;
- Jelly;
- weakly brewed tea or coffee;
- Cheese;
- mineral water from which gas was previously released;
- freshly squeezed juice diluted in half with water;
- sour cream or homemade sauce.
Diet option for a week in chronic disease progression
This menu item is given as an example in the normal course of the disease without complications and exacerbations. The amount of food in grams is not given because it is different for each person and depends primarily on your gender, age, weight and height, and physical activity. Try to eat small meals and not starve yourself.
| breakfast | snack | dinner | snack | dinner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Rice porridge cooked with milk, whole grain bread and cheese sandwich, green tea | Apple | Baked cod + pasta | Fresh cabbage and carrot salad | Cottage cheese casserole, tomato and cucumber salad, tea |
| Tuesday | Oatmeal boiled in milk, soft-boiled egg, marshmallows, weak coffee with milk | banana | Vegetable and rice soup, puree + steamed chicken cutlet | Small portion of almonds | Seasonal vegetable salad + boiled fish |
| Wednesday | Omelet, banana, coffee with milk | Syrniki | Pumpkin puree soup, baked chicken breast | Pine nuts + natural yoghurt | Steamed fish + fresh vegetable salad |
| Thursday | Buckwheat porridge with milk, apple, tea | cottage cheese 5% | Soup with noodles, boiled chicken + cucumber and green salad | kefir | Rice + steamed fish |
| Friday | Omelet, marshmallow, coffee with milk | Cheesecake + natural jam | Vegetable broth, grilled fish + buckwheat | banana | Boiled potatoes + vegetable salad |
| Saturday | Rice porridge, nuts, a spoonful of jam, coffee with milk | peach, nectarine or berries | Macaroni + baked chicken fillet + cheese | Pastila + tea | Braised cabbage with carrots + stewed fish |
| Sunday | Corn porridge, marshmallows, tea | Apple | Vegetable soup, rye bread, baked fish | Berry | Omelet + vegetable salad |
Attention!Gastritis also has several different types. And when composing the menu, don't forget them.
The diet of a person with low-acid gastritis
A reduced acidity means that the body's own production of hydrochloric acid is made more difficult. So your diet should support it. Focus on mashed potatoes, liquid cereals, pasta, cooked meats and fish. Be sure to include boiled eggs, vegetable salads, freshly squeezed juice, baked and fresh fruit, slightly stale bread, or homemade crackers in your diet. Your diet should be based on a variety of vegetable dishes. It's better to eat with them. You can add small amounts of spices like cinnamon, turmeric, or coriander to your meals.
But fatty meat, legumes, beans, kvass, unripe fruits, carbonated drinks and fresh bread will have to be abandoned.
Diet for gastritis with high acidity
The main goal of such a diet is directly opposite to the previous one. You need to stimulate the production of hydrochloric acid in any way you can. Eat more muesli, soups, fresh vegetables, sweet fruits and compotes from them, legumes, beans, zucchini and fresh bread. Refuse spicy and fried foods, spices, seasonings, pickled and canned vegetables, sour fruits.
What kind of diet to follow with exacerbation of gastritis?
If you suddenly have an exacerbation of the disease, then let your stomach rest. On the first day it is better not to eat anything at all, but to drink plenty of water. Not only water is perfect for this purpose, but also decoctions of wild rose, chamomile, weak tea with a small amount of sugar.
Stick to a stricter diet in the following days. The basis of your diet should be soups made from cereals and vegetables, as well as vegetable puree soups. Add to this liquid porridge cooked in milk and boiled fish or chicken. All dishes ideally pass through a meat grinder or blender. You can also eat soft-boiled eggs and cottage cheese casserole made from non-sour cottage cheese.
But fruits, vegetables, dairy products, cheese, cottage cheese, bread and sweets must be abandoned during the aggravation.
A diet for gastritis can be not only useful, but also tasty. The main thing is to show more imagination and come up with interesting recipes. In addition, such a diet will have a positive effect on your figure, skin and general well-being. And the disease will soon recede because of a proper and balanced diet.