Diet after hernia

The diet after a hernia - after the pathological protrusion has been eliminated surgically - does not involve such strict restrictions in the diet as, for example, after operations on the digestive organs and gastrointestinal tract.

The main goal of the diet after hernia removal is to minimize the pressure of the intestines on the surgical intervention area. This can be achieved through rational fractional nutrition and the exclusion of products that prolong the process of digestion, cause increased formation and accumulation of gases in the intestines, and also contribute to constipation.

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Diet after hernia removal: umbilical, inguinal and abdominal

The diet after removal of inguinal hernia, the diet after removal of umbilical hernia, and the diet after removal of abdominal hernia (abdominal hernia) are observed in the first days after surgery and during the entire rehabilitation period. These diets are no different from each other.

We have already talked about recommended and contraindicated products, and now a few words about the therapeutic diet No. 0b, which is also defined as diet 1b surgical. This is the diet that, from the point of view of doctors, is most suitable as a diet after hernia removal.

With this diet, you should eat up to 6 times a day; the total energy value should be about 2400 kcal. According to the daily chemical composition, the diet after a hernia looks like this: no more than 90 g of proteins, about 70 g of fats, 300-350 g of carbohydrates, table salt - up to 10 g, liquid (in the form of water) - at least 1.5 liters.

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Diet menu after hernia

Taking into account the recommended products and excluding contraindicated products, the diet menu after a hernia (umbilical, inguinal or abdominal) may look something like this:

• For breakfast: rice porridge with water mixed half and half with milk, weak tea with honey.
• For second breakfast: low-fat cottage cheese with sour cream.
• For lunch: chicken soup with noodles, steamed fish with mashed potatoes, compote.
• For an afternoon snack: berry jelly.
• For dinner: steamed cutlet with buckwheat porridge, carrot salad with olive oil.

Second menu option for the day:

• For breakfast: oatmeal porridge, coffee drink with chicory, croutons.
• For second breakfast: soft-boiled egg, tea, a slice of toasted bread.
• For lunch: vegetable soup, steamed veal with salad, green tea.
• For an afternoon snack: dried fruits steamed with boiling water.
• For dinner: potato casserole with boiled turkey, rosehip infusion.

Third menu option:

• For breakfast: buckwheat porridge with milk, tea, bread with fruit jam.
• For second breakfast: tea with biscuits.
• For lunch: mashed potato soup, boiled chicken fillet with vegetables, compote.

For an afternoon snack: kefir.

For dinner: macaroni and cheese, vegetable salad, rosehip infusion.

Post-hernia diet recipes

When preparing dishes using the recipes for a diet after a hernia, you should steam (or steam in a steamer), boil or stew. For seasoning soups, it is better not to use the traditional sautéing of onions with root vegetables.

Chicken Soup with Cheese

To prepare this soup you will need 300 g of chicken (per 1.2 liters of water), 2 potatoes, a small carrot, 100 g of cheese (or processed cheese), and a little parsley.

A weak chicken broth is cooked with whole carrots; at the end of its cooking, the meat and carrots are removed: the boiled chicken will be used for the second course, and the carrots are chopped and returned to the pan. Finely chopped potatoes are added, and cooking continues until the potatoes are ready. Cheese (or curd cheese) is grated and added to the broth, stirring constantly.

The soup will be ready when the cheese has completely melted, all that remains is to add finely chopped greens and cover the pan with a lid. After 10 minutes, the chicken soup with cheese can be poured into bowls.

Zucchini soup

For this soup, you need two small young zucchini, peeled and diced, and a small carrot grated on a fine grater, put into salted boiling water (about 1 liter) and cook for 10 minutes. Then pour half a glass of washed rice into the pan and cook until the rice is soft. At the end of cooking, put 60 g of butter and chopped dill (tablespoon) into the soup.

Diet soup with vermicelli

For 1-1.2 liters of weak broth or water you will need 2 potatoes, 1 carrot, 140 g of the thinnest vermicelli, 50 g of butter, a raw chicken egg and herbs.

Peeled and diced potatoes and grated carrots are added to boiling broth or salted water. The vegetables should be cooked for about 15 minutes, after which vermicelli is poured into the pan and butter is added. When the soup boils again, a beaten egg is added while stirring constantly, and the soup is cooked for another 2 minutes. When serving, you can add some greens and sour cream to the plate.

A diet after a hernia will help you to endure the recovery period after surgery more easily. Therefore, you should strictly follow all the doctor's instructions aimed at the fastest healing of the sutures and the prevention of negative consequences.

What should you not eat after a hernia?

What you can't eat after a hernia leads to either excessive gas formation or constipation. Such products include: all legumes; fatty meat and fish; smoked meats and marinades; mushrooms; rye bread, bran bread and yeast-based baked goods.

It is not recommended to include in the diet porridges made from pearl barley, corn grits and millet; hard-boiled eggs; whole milk, cream and ice cream. You cannot eat rich and fatty soups; seasonings and hot sauces; salted and pickled vegetables; sweets and confectionery, as well as raisins, prunes, dried apricots, nuts and seeds.

Of the vegetables, the diet after hernia removal does not recommend eating all varieties of cabbage, radish, tomatoes, eggplants, sweet peppers, sorrel, spinach, onions and garlic. Since carrots (like all root vegetables) have coarse fiber, they should not be eaten raw for a while either, since dietary fiber increases intestinal peristalsis. And this - if there are stitches after hernia removal - should be avoided by all means.

Of the fruits, pears, apples, grapes, bananas and peaches are contraindicated. After the removal of any hernia, you cannot drink carbonated drinks, strong tea and black coffee, cocoa and fresh milk, apple and grape juices, kvass, beer, alcoholic drinks. But you need to drink up to 1.5 liters of water per day - to avoid constipation.

What can you eat after a hernia?

After the operation, the doctor will definitely recommend what you can eat after a hernia. For several days after the surgery, until the stitches are removed, you should eat only liquid and semi-liquid food: low-fat broth, strained vegetable soups, semi-liquid porridges, kissels, cottage cheese, boiled and steamed dishes from lean meat, poultry and fish. You can eat up to 75 g of white crackers during the day and once a day - a soft-boiled egg or a steamed omelet.

However, when determining which diet after a hernia is suitable for a patient, it is necessary to take into account the individual characteristics of his body. Thus, if there are problems with timely bowel movements (a tendency to constipation), you should not prescribe only chopped food in the form of slimy soups and mashed cereals (primarily rice), since this type of food delays bowel movements.

By recommending a diet containing a significant amount of plant fiber after hernia removal, doctors ensure that the digestive system of the operated patient is not disrupted. But here too, it should be borne in mind that in all people, an excess of coarse fiber in food contributes to an increase in the volume of feces, and in many it causes bloating and increased gas formation.