Therapeutic nutrition for patients with gastritis

Features of food intake

Prepare for frequent fractional meals. Eat warm food, as too hot (cold) food will injure the irritated gastric mucosa.

On the first day of pain attacks, fast, drinking chamomile tea and clean still water, the next day add jelly, liquid porridge, soft-boiled egg.

If your acid production is normal or increased, eat mashed boiled vegetables (potatoes, cauliflower, carrots), thin porridge, white bread (necessarily fresh), lean boiled meat and fish, drink milk.

Products for people with low acidity: weak tea with milk, water with lemon juice without added sugar, homemade crackers without spices, cottage cheese, steamed egg omelets, boiled fish and meat, steamed cutlets, vegetable and fruit soups, porridges, pasta, greens, fruits, sweet juices, a little butter, mild low-fat cheeses.

Try to drink and eat separately with an interval of one and a half to two hours. This way the digestive system will not have an extra load. Do not combine carbohydrates with foods high in protein.

Exclude coarse fiber (bran bread, currants, apple peels, grapes, white cabbage, etc.). It is difficult to digest.

Exacerbation of gastritis in pregnant women

Many diseases, especially chronic ones, become worse during pregnancy.

During this “interesting” period, gastritis is most often a consequence of severe toxicosis. Also, nervous breakdowns and stress, the use of a number of pharmaceutical drugs, poor nutrition, and the Helicobacter Pylori bacteria can be provocateurs.

Since drug treatment of gastritis is complicated by the prohibition of many drugs, gastroenterologists prescribe a gentle diet, or, in extreme cases, drotaverine to relieve spasms.

If you are an expectant mother with a problematic stomach, try to eat 5-6 times a day, excluding fried, fatty foods, hot spices, fast food, pickles and smoked foods, limiting flour, chocolate, coffee and sugar. Steamed dishes, as well as milk soups and porridges, will be an excellent replacement.

Herbal medicine

Infusions of medicinal plants will be a good addition to the dietary table. They are prepared in an elementary way. Herbal collection (4 tbsp.) is poured into a thermos, poured with a liter of boiling water and left overnight. The herbal infusion should be taken 4-5 times a day, a third of a glass 0.5 hours before meals. The course of treatment is six to eight weeks.

With elevated and normal pH levels, drink yarrow, chamomile and flax seed or celandine, yarrow and St. John's wort. With a reduced pH - calamus rhizome, chicory or elecampane, lingonberry leaves, wormwood, centaury. It is better to entrust the selection of medicinal plants to a phytotherapist.

To prepare a medicinal composition that increases stomach acidity, mix a glass of Kalanchoe juice (squeeze from ground leaves or buy ready-made at the pharmacy), vodka and honey. Leave it in a cool dark place for a month. Take the potion daily on an empty stomach, one tablespoon at a time.