Diet for exacerbation of gastritis

The diet for exacerbation of gastritis is not much different from the principles of nutrition for acute gastritis, because in both cases we are dealing with acute inflammation of the mucous tissues of the gastric cavity.

What is the essence of such a diet? What should you eat, and what should you limit yourself to? How to correctly compose a menu so that it is at the same time varied, tasty and healthy during an exacerbation of gastritis?

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What is the diet during an exacerbation of gastritis?

It is difficult for the stomach to work with inflamed walls, therefore, during an exacerbation of gastritis, it is necessary to refrain from eating food on the first day. It is recommended to drink only warm liquids in the form of tea, non-carbonated mineral water, rosehip decoction, about 2 liters per day. In the following days, the patient is allowed to eat steamed and boiled mashed foods, without salt and spices. The main principle of such a diet is that food should in no case irritate the mucous tissues of the stomach, and therefore be:

• pureed (without coarse pieces that are difficult to digest);
• not cold and not hot (only warm, approximately 35-40°C);
• without substances that are aggressive to the mucous membrane (salt, pepper, acids, spices, etc.);
• not fried (but only boiled or steamed);
• not greasy;
• without hard-to-digest inclusions (chocolate, nuts, seeds, etc.).

In medicine, the diet for exacerbation of gastritis is designated as diet No. 5a, which is prescribed for gastritis, enteritis, colitis in the acute stage and during relapses.

Food is taken approximately 5 times a day, avoiding overeating and hunger. A strict diet is usually followed for 1-2 weeks.

Diet menu for exacerbation of gastritis

We offer you an example of a seven-day diet menu for an exacerbation of gastritis.

Day 1

• Breakfast: Steamed rice cutlets, a cup of tea with milk, a rusk.
• Lunch: Cream of potato soup, boiled meat with pasta, a cup of tea.
• Dinner: Zucchini stuffed with boiled meat, fruit jelly.

Day 2

• Breakfast: Cottage cheese with low-fat sour cream, green tea.
• Lunch: Chicken soup, buckwheat cutlets with meat, apple compote.
• Dinner: Fish fillet with steamed potatoes, a cup of tea.

Day 3

• Breakfast: Semolina pudding, rosehip infusion.
• Lunch: Vermicelli soup, steamed skinless chicken leg, rice, cup of tea.
• Dinner: Carrot casserole with cottage cheese and sour cream, a cup of tea.

IV day

• Breakfast: Oatmeal with butter, chamomile tea.
• Lunch: Rice soup, steamed meat with barley garnish, a cup of tea with milk.
• Dinner: A portion of dumplings with cottage cheese and low-fat sour cream, jelly.

Day 5

• Breakfast: Cottage cheese casserole with strawberry jam, green tea.
• Lunch: Cream of broccoli soup, steamed potato cutlets with meat, compote.
• Dinner: Vegetable stew, cup of tea.

Day 6

• Breakfast: Steamed egg white omelette, crouton, compote.
• Lunch: Fishball soup, chicken pilaf, cup of tea.
• Dinner: Buckwheat porridge with steamed cutlet, berry compote.

Day 7

• Breakfast: Cottage cheese casserole with honey, green tea.
• Lunch: Oatmeal soup, stuffed potatoes with meat, a cup of tea.
• Dinner: Dumplings with potatoes, vegetables, herbal tea.

In addition to the main meals, it is recommended to have 2 snacks during the day. Such snacks are made to prevent the development of a feeling of hunger between meals. The snack should be light and consist of, for example, the following dishes:

• baked apples;
• cottage cheese;
• fruit jelly;
• soufflés and puddings;
• tea with a rusk or biscuit;
• plain yogurt;
• banana or pear pulp.

Every night it is recommended to drink 100-200 ml of fresh kefir or natural yogurt. During the day, you should drink herbal teas with the addition of rowan, wild strawberry, nettle, rose hips, currants, chamomile, mint, yarrow.

Diet recipes for exacerbation of gastritis

When planning your menu, you can use the following simple and healthy recipes.

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Rice and corn soup

Ingredients: water 2 l, potatoes 350 g, rice 80 g, a can of corn, 250 g chicken (fillet), herbs, a little salt.

Add diced meat to boiling water, boil for 15 minutes on low heat. Boil rice for about 20 minutes.

Cut the potatoes into cubes and add them to the broth. When the potatoes are cooked, add the cooked rice, corn (without liquid), a little salt and greens to the pan. Turn off the heat. Let the soup sit for about 5 minutes, and pour into bowls.

Carrot and cottage cheese casserole

Ingredients: 0.5 kg cottage cheese, 3 carrots, 3 chicken eggs, 100 g sugar, 1 tbsp potato starch, 1 tbsp butter, 150 ml milk, 3 tbsp honey, 3 tbsp semolina, a little salt, vanillin.

Grate the peeled carrots and put them in a saucepan. Add butter, honey, milk and simmer until done over low heat. Add semolina and keep on the heat for another 3-4 minutes. Turn off the heat, add some vanilla and set aside.

Mix the cottage cheese with salt, eggs, sugar and starch. Add the carrots stewed with semolina and mix. Place in a greased form and bake in the oven at 180°C for 35-45 minutes.

This casserole will be even more delicious if you top it with sour cream, honey or syrup when serving.

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Cream of Zucchini and Cauliflower Soup

We will need: a small head of cauliflower, 1 zucchini (small), 2 small tomatoes, onion, herbs, 50 ml of vegetable oil.

Wash the vegetables, divide the cabbage into florets, peel the zucchini. Cut the zucchini and cabbage into cubes, put into a saucepan with boiling water (about 250 ml). Boil until done.

Peel the onion, chop it and sauté it in vegetable oil. Add finely chopped tomatoes without skin and simmer.

Combine the prepared vegetables and tomatoes stewed with onions and puree using a blender. Pour into plates, sprinkle with herbs. If desired, you can add a little sour cream or butter.

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Rice porridge with pumpkin

We will need: pumpkin pulp ½ kg, rice 10 tbsp, sugar to taste (up to 100 g), butter 50 g.

Cut the pumpkin into cubes and cook it together with sugar, adding water. Cook the rice separately until done.

We make pumpkin puree, add cooked rice and butter. The finished porridge can be eaten immediately, or it can be put into clay pots and baked in the oven for about 10 minutes. Enjoy your meal.

What can you eat during an exacerbation of gastritis?

In addition to the first day, when digestive unloading is recommended, the following are allowed for consumption on subsequent days of the diet:

• white dried bread (yesterday's), unsweetened baked goods (can be filled with cottage cheese, eggs, rice, ground boiled meat);
• first courses based on vegetable broths (or weak meat or fish broths, without fat), with the addition of cereals, vermicelli, boiled vegetables;
• lean meat (preferably white), fish, dairy products and baby sausages made from natural meat;
• boiled vegetables without skin;
• cereal porridges with water or with the addition of 1/3 low-fat milk;
• boiled pasta, puddings;
• apple or pear puree, jelly, non-acidic compote, jelly, non-acidic jam;
• steamed omelette, soft-boiled egg;
• fermented milk products (fresh);
• tea, herbal infusions.

What should you not eat during an exacerbation of gastritis?

• fresh baked goods, pastries and puff pastry;
• whole milk, okroshka, sour kefir;
• animal fat in the form of lard, fatty meat;
• smoked and canned products;
• eggs, fried or hard-boiled;
• spices, horseradish, mustard, etc.;
• raw vegetables, garlic, onions, radishes;
• mushrooms and mushroom broth;
• beans (beans, peas, etc.), millet and pearl barley;
• chocolate, cakes, pastries, ice cream;
• sour juices, carbonated drinks, store-bought packaged juices;
• rendered fat, cooking fat.

Reviews of diet for exacerbation of gastritis

As a rule, gastritis exacerbation occurs suddenly, and at first the patient loses his appetite completely. This can be used: the vast majority of specialists recommend going without food for the first, and often the second day of exacerbation, drinking only liquids. By doing so, we allow the inflamed stomach to rest a little and recover.

But, fasting is fasting, and without further changes in nutrition it will not work. The therapeutic diet should be followed for 1-2 weeks, until the stomach function is completely normalized. During this diet, fasting is categorically not recommended, however, as well as overeating. It is necessary to make a convenient meal plan for yourself in order to eat a little, but every 2-3 hours. These can be light snacks, tea with a cracker, cottage cheese, etc.

It is worth reminding that alcoholic drinks, nicotine and other bad habits are in no way compatible with the treatment of gastritis. Moreover, all food should be as fresh as possible, vegetables and fruits - thoroughly washed and peeled.

The diet during exacerbation of gastritis should continue as long as possible: do not rush to return to the previous diet, otherwise the symptoms may quickly return. Long-term adherence to the diet often helps to forget about relapses for a long time and feel great under any circumstances.