Gastritis is one of the most common diseases of our time. Frequent snacks and meals on the go, a wide variety of fast food, poor quality food poisoning - all this can cause gastritis. Maybe that's why many people are suffering from stomach problems now. But how to deal with them?
To do this, it is not at all necessary to constantly take drugs, the main thing in the treatment is the correct and well-chosen diet, which will 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 for eating
- Try to eat 5-6 small meals a day. You should not feel hungry. Let it be 3 complete meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as small snacks.
- The basis of your diet should be liquid or grated food.
- Choose foods that will bring you the most benefit: cereals, soups, fish, meat, eggs, cottage cheese, milk and dairy products, whole grain or rye bread, fruits, vegetables and berries.
- Pay attention to expiration dates. Prefer natural food that has undergone minimal processing. It is better to choose yogurt with a shelf life of one week than one that has a shelf life of six months.
- Eat the required number of calories, 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 yolk, nuts), carbohydrates (cereals, pasta, fruits, dried fruits) should be present in your diet every day.
- Steam, cook in a slow cooker or bake in the oven. Another cooking option is grilling without oil.
important!Drink 1-2 liters of clean water per day. This is the main nutritional recommendation 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 food that irritates the walls of the stomach. It is also worth minimizing the consumption of foods that cause abundant production of gastric juice. Such products include:
- fried and smoked foods;
- chips and crackers;
- food cooked in large quantities of oil;
- purchased sweets;
- ice cream;
- wheat flour products;
- lemonade and soda;
- Packaged juices;
- mayonnaise, ketchup and purchased sauces;
- alcohol;
- fast food;
- sour fruits and berries;
- sour cottage cheese;
- strong coffee and tea;
- pickled and pickled vegetables;
- low-fat dairy products;
- spicy foods;
- leaven;
- canned foods;
- meat or fish in its own juice.
Although this list looks quite impressive, eating healthy and delicious is very easy. Remember that many products are interchangeable. For example, instead of unhealthy mayonnaise, you can make homemade sauce from natural yogurt, eggs and sunflower oil. Shop-bought sweets are easily replaced with cheesecakes, honey, fruit and dried fruit, jams without sugar or nuts. So there is always a replacement option.
Prohibited dietary supplements
It is important to understand that the same product from different manufacturers can have a completely different composition. But it depends on the composition whether you can eat this or that food. So always pay attention to it. Pay special attention to these ingredients:
- E-104, E-102 - contribute to the occurrence of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
- E-122, E-123 - negatively affect digestion;
- E-150, E-151 - interfere with the normal process of food digestion;
- E-220 - E-226 - cause stomach pain;
- E-322 - irritates the walls of the stomach.
Of course, these are not all supplements that negatively affect our health. Therefore, try to always choose natural products without unnecessary preservatives.
List of permitted foods
After reading the list of prohibited foods, it may strike you that there is almost no variety in food. In fact, this is far from the case. You can eat deliciously and healthily by focusing on these foods:
- liquid cereals cooked in water or milk;
- vegetable soups with the addition of cereals;
- pureed soup;
- milk or cream with medium or high fat content;
- scrambled eggs, boiled egg or soft-boiled eggs;
- vegetable and fruit purees;
- boiled, baked or stewed fish or meat;
- honey, marshmallow, marshmallow, natural marmalade;
- a small amount of sugar in tea or coffee;
- vegetables and butter;
- pasta and rice;
- greenery;
- fresh vegetables, fruits and berries;
- cottage cheese with medium fat content;
- steamed dried fruit;
- sweet or sweet;
- jelly;
- weakly brewed tea or coffee;
- cheese;
- mineral water from which gas has previously been separated;
- freshly squeezed juice diluted in half with water;
- cream or homemade sauce.
A variant of a diet for a week with a chronic course of the disease
This menu option is given as an example in the normal course of the disease, without complications and exacerbations. The amount of food in grams is not written, as it is different for each person and depends primarily on your gender, age, weight and height, as well as physical activity. Try to eat small portions and do not starve.
| breakfast | Light breakfast | Dinner | Light breakfast | Dinner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Milk boiled rice porridge, whole grain bread and cheese sandwich, green tea | An 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, marshmallow, weak coffee with milk | banana | Vegetable and rice soup, puree + steamed chicken cutlet | A small portion of almonds | Seasonal vegetable salad + boiled fish |
| Wednesday | Omelet, banana, coffee with milk | Sirniki | Pumpkin puree soup, roasted chicken breast | Pine nuts + natural yogurt | Steamed fish + fresh vegetable salad |
| Thursday | Buckwheat porridge with milk, apple, tea | Cottage cheese 5% | Soup with macaroni, boiled chicken + cucumber and green salad | Kefir | Rice + steamed fish |
| Friday | Omelet, sandwich, coffee with milk | Cheesecakes + natural jam | Vegetable broth, grilled fish + buckwheat | banana | Boiled potatoes + vegetable salad |
| Saturday | Rice porridge, nuts, a spoonful of jam, coffee with milk | Peaches, nectarines or berries | Macaroni + grilled chicken fillet + cheese | Lozenges + tea | Stewed cabbage with carrots + steamed fish |
| Sunday | Corn porridge, marshmallows, tea | An apple | Vegetable soup, rye bread, baked fish | Forest fruits | Omelet + vegetable salad |
attention!Gastritis also has several different types. And when making the menu, you should not forget them.
The diet of a person with gastritis with low acidity
Reduced acidity means that the production of hydrochloric acid in the body is difficult. So your diet should support it. Emphasize mashed potatoes, liquid cereals, pasta, cooked meat and fish. Do not forget to include in your diet boiled eggs, vegetable salads, freshly squeezed juice, baked and fresh fruits, slightly stale bread or homemade biscuits. Your diet should be based on a variety of vegetable dishes. It is better to start feeding them. You can add small amounts of spices like cinnamon, turmeric or coriander to your meals.
But fatty meat, legumes, beans, yeast, unripe fruits, carbonated drinks and fresh bread will have to be abandoned.
Diet for gastritis with increased acidity
The main purpose of such a diet is exactly the opposite of the previous one. You need to stimulate the production of hydrochloric acid in any way possible. To do this, eat more cereals, soups, fresh vegetables, sweet fruits and their compotes, legumes, beans, zucchini, fresh bread. Give up spicy and fried foods, spices, seasonings, pickled and canned vegetables, sour fruits.
What diet should you follow during an exacerbation of gastritis?
If you have a sudden flare-up, let your stomach rest. The first day it is better not to eat at all, but drink a lot of water. For this purpose, not only water is ideal, but also decoctions of wild rose, chamomile, weak tea with a small amount of sugar.
In the following days, stick to a stricter diet. The basis of your diet should be soups from cereals and vegetables, soups from vegetable purees. Add to this liquid porridge boiled in milk and cooked fish or chicken. Ideally, pass all dishes through a meat grinder or blender. You can also eat soft-boiled eggs and non-sour cottage cheese.
But fruits, vegetables, dairy products, cheese, cottage cheese, bread and sweets will have to be abandoned during an exacerbation.
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 nutrition will positively affect your figure, skin and overall well-being. And the disease will soon go away because you eat properly and balanced.