Diet for myocardial infarction

After a heart attack, it is recommended to reduce the caloric content of food (eat less fat, salt, and liquid).

A diet for myocardial infarction is necessary to restore the functioning of the heart muscle, improve blood circulation and metabolism, and normalize digestive function.

Depending on the stage of the disease, the doctor prescribes one of three diets:

• In the acute period (first week), the first diet is prescribed - pureed food, fractional meals (up to 6 times a day). Salt is completely excluded at this stage.
• after 1-2 weeks (subacute period) fractional meals and pureed food up to 6 times a day are also prescribed, but a small amount of salt is already introduced (up to 3 g per day). You can drink no more than 1 liter of liquid per day.
• at the scarring stage (4th week) you can eat chopped food or food cut into small pieces, the amount of salt can be increased to 5-6 g, liquid - up to 1.1 l, it is also allowed to increase the amount of proteins and fats.

In case of a heart attack, the temperature of food is important – it should not be hot or cold, the optimal temperature is considered to be from 15 to 500C.

You need to eat small portions at short intervals, which will reduce the load on the cardiovascular system and digestive organs, the last meal should be no later than 3 pm.

In case of a heart attack, you should consume more vitamins A, C, D, which are found in some vegetables and fruits (carrots, pumpkin, spinach, apples, peaches, apricots).

After an illness, you should significantly reduce the amount of salt you consume, as it promotes fluid retention in the body, thickens the blood, causes swelling, and impairs blood circulation.

Also, all patients after a heart attack are strictly prohibited from drinking any alcoholic beverages.

Alcohol has a stimulating effect on the nervous system and increases the load on the cardiovascular system, which can lead to a deterioration in the condition and delay the recovery process.

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Diet after myocardial infarction

After a heart attack, it is forbidden to eat sausages, fatty pork, goose, duck and other types of fatty meat, lard, smoked meats, hot sauces, seasonings, pickles, alcoholic beverages, egg yolks, and offal.

If the patient suffers from obesity, then baked goods and sweets are completely excluded from the diet.

After a heart attack, it is allowed to eat various vegetables, fruits (especially cauliflower), up to 150 g of fish per day (hake, pollock, blue whiting and other low-fat varieties), chicken, lean veal, milk and fermented milk products.

You can also include the following in your diet:

• juices from fruits, vegetables, berries
• pasta
• jelly, mousse, jelly, compote
• cereal porridges (it is better to give preference to buckwheat and oatmeal)
• greens (parsley, dill, spinach)
• nuts, dried fruits (raisins, figs, dried apricots, prunes)
• bran decoction (you can add honey or lemon to taste)

After a myocardial infarction, it is necessary to create favorable conditions for the heart and blood vessels. Special nutrition will help strengthen the heart muscle and improve the processes of removing harmful metabolic products.

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Diet 10 for myocardial infarction

Diet table No. 10 for a heart attack is necessary to improve recovery processes in the heart, blood circulation, metabolism, reduce the load on the heart, blood vessels, and improve intestinal motility.

The distinctive feature of this diet is a significant reduction in caloric content due to a reduction in nutrients, especially fats. In addition, the volume of food consumed and the use of salt and liquid are significantly reduced.

When you have a heart attack, you should not eat foods that take a long time to digest, that promote fermentation and gas formation, that contain a lot of animal fat, sugar, and cholesterol.

The diet should contain foods containing amino acids, vitamins, especially C, potassium (rice, green leafy vegetables, wheat bran, milk, cottage cheese, beets, etc.).

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Diet recipes

Milk oatmeal: water 100g, milk 150g, oatmeal flakes - 50g, sugar - 9g, butter - 9g.

Mix water with milk, add flakes after boiling. Cook for 10-15 minutes. Rub the finished dish through a sieve, add butter and heat in a water bath.

Applesauce: apples 0.5 kg, water – 0.5 cup, cream, sugar to taste

Wash the apples, peel and core them, cut into pieces, add water and simmer until soft over low heat. Add sugar, cream, chop with a blender or rub through a sieve.

Semolina soup: diet chicken broth – 1l, onion – 1pc, carrot – 1pc, egg – 1pc, semolina – 1 tbsp, butter – 1 tbsp.

Finely chop the lek, grate the carrots, sauté in oil, add to the hot broth.

Beat the egg, add semolina, mix well, slowly add to the boiling broth, mix well, remove from heat, let sit for 10-15 minutes.

Ground fish balls:

Lean fish fillet – 0.5 kg, onion – 3-4 pcs, semolina – 4-5 tbsp, egg – 2 pcs, dill

Mince the fish fillet (or use a blender), finely chop the onion, add semolina and eggs. Let the mince sit for about 10 minutes so that the semolina swells. Then form small balls, if desired, roll in breadcrumbs. Steam (or stew) for 20-25 minutes.

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Diet menu

Sample menu during the acute period (first week):

• Breakfast: cottage cheese (mashed), mashed oatmeal, tea with milk

Before lunch you can have a snack of apple puree

• Lunch: semolina soup (with vegetable broth), lean meat soufflé, fruit jelly, carrot puree.

Before dinner, you can have a snack of cottage cheese and wash it down with rosehip infusion.

• Dinner: fish balls, buckwheat porridge (boiled), tea with lemon.

Before going to bed, you can drink a decoction of prunes (especially for constipation).

In the second or third week after the illness, you can include in the menu:

• Breakfast: egg white omelette, semolina porridge, tea with milk (before lunch you can also have a snack of cottage cheese paste, washed down with rosehip infusion)
• Lunch: borscht with vegetable broth, boiled meat, mashed potatoes, fruit jelly (you can have a snack of baked apples before dinner).
• Dinner: boiled fish, mashed carrots, tea with lemon (you can drink low-fat kefir before bed).

Sample menu 3-4 weeks after a heart attack:

• Breakfast: unsalted cheese, buckwheat porridge with butter, tea with milk (you can have a snack of cottage cheese before lunch).
• Lunch: oatmeal soup, boiled chicken, stewed beets, fresh apple.
• Dinner: boiled fish, mashed potatoes, tea with lemon (you can drink low-fat kefir before bed).

In case of a heart attack, you should eat five times a day (breakfast, second breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack and dinner), portions should be small, the temperature of the food should not be too hot or cold.

A diet for myocardial infarction is necessary to normalize the impaired functions of the body and strengthen the heart muscle.

Myocardial infarction leads to the death of the heart muscle, which results in the disruption of the entire cardiovascular system. In this regard, special attention should be paid to nutrition, completely eliminating salt, large amounts of liquid, alcohol, so as not to overload the body and help it recover.