Dietary Nutrition For Gastritis

2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29

Gastritis is an inflammation of the gastric mucosa, which can be caused by various reasons - fast food, ingestion of difficult to digest and irritating foods, some spices, salty canned foods such as pickles or hot peppers, medicines, carbonated beverages and more.

A person in the modern rhythm of life rarely thinks about proper nutrition. He often eats only when it is possible to take a minute or if his stomach starts to hurt, demanding a dose of food.

The stomach is the most vulnerable organ of the digestive system, because it itself performs three important stages of digestion: mechanical mixing of food, its chemical decomposition, absorption of nutrients.

There are many options for dietary nutrition.

In case of stomach problems and in gastritis there are several principles.

- To clean the stomach of irritating food by rinsing or giving a cleanser;

- To give complete rest to the diseased organ, leaving the stomach empty for a day or two;

- To take foods that do not irritate the stomach in a chemical or mechanical way, for 2-3 weeks;

- Eating foods rich in vitamins - fruit or vegetable juices.

Allowed and recommended foods and beverages for gastritis

Fruit purees, apple juice, chamomile decoction, milk, milk creams, citrus fruits, grapes, meat broths, lean fish, noodles, pasta and more.

Foods that are not recommended for gastritis

Carbonated drinks, sour foods, onions, fried foods, canned meat, salted fish, concentrated confectionery, fresh soft bread and more.

The patient with gastritis you should eat less, but often drink slightly warmed mineral water and take soups, jellies and juices.

The food must be either cooked or stewed, in no case fried. In addition, it should be pureed and stewed, and dishes should be served in a warm form, not higher than 40 ℃.

The course of therapeutic diet for gastritis not only normalizes the digestive process, but also helps to deal with excess weight. Furthermore diet food for gastritis helps to overcome allergic reactions and well strengthens the immune system.

Sample menu for gastritis for 7 days

Portions should not exceed 250 g.

One day

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Fruit jelly;

Milk oatmeal soup;

Meat pudding, green pea puree, apple jelly;

Pasta with meat puree, raspberry decoction;

Skim cream.

2 days

Tea, butter, cottage cheese, biscuit;

Milk with semolina, fruit juice;

Chicken soup with rice, mashed potatoes, rusks or toast, fruit juice;

Apple puree, fresh milk;

Steamed cutlets, buckwheat porridge, raspberry syrup.

3 days

Fresh milk, soft-boiled egg, butter, biscuit;

Malebi with raspberry syrup;

Beef broth with semolina, beef with bechamel sauce, white bread, jelly;

Semolina porridge, tea with milk;

Boiled potatoes with butter, fresh milk, fruit juice.

4 days

Milk rice porridge, cocoa;

Apple puree, soft-boiled egg;

Steamed fish meatballs, mashed potatoes and carrots, oatmeal with milk, tea;

Lazy dumplings, tea;

Buckwheat pudding with grated cottage cheese, raspberry broth.

5 days

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Fresh milk, butter, honey, biscuits;

Strawberry sour;

Milk oatmeal soup, meat pudding, green pea puree;

Milk with rice, fruit juice;

Chicken broth, noodles with cheese, fruit juice.

6 days

Lime blossom tea, fresh cheese, soft-boiled egg, rusk;

Milk pie, fruit juice;

Vegetable cream soup, grilled beef or fish, boiled potatoes;

Milk cream, fruit juice;

Boiled potatoes with butter, fresh milk, fruit juice.

7 days

Oatmeal, omelet, tea;

Raspberry malebi;

Milk rice soup, meat pudding, roaring, white bread, fruit juice;

Pate, white bread, fresh milk;

Chicken broth, rice, pilaf, white meat, fruit juice.