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Diet for pancreatitis and cholecystitis

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Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Diet in pancreatitis and cholecystitis is a very important time in the treatment of these diseases.

Any, even the most expensive and newest therapeutic means will not work if the patient ignores the observance of dietary advice. Why is the diet so important for recovery? How can I change my diet? What can and can not be eaten with pancreatitis and cholecystitis? All this you will learn from this material.

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What is the diet for pancreatitis and cholecystitis?

The pancreas and gallbladder are the organs that provide the basic processes of digestion in the body. For this reason, it is impossible to count on the success of therapeutic procedures without making changes in nutrition. In addition, the inflammatory process from one organ can go to others, negatively affecting the digestive system as a whole.

Typically, a set of therapeutic measures consists of compliance with the regime, dietary table number 5, and with accompanying pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract - diet number 5a.

What is the essence of diet number 5?

  • First of all, this is a regular meal, consisting of three full meals and two or three snacks. Fasting and overeating is excluded.
  • Secondly, there should be small portions sufficient to not feel hunger, but not too high in calories.
  • Thirdly, it is necessary to monitor the temperature of the food consumed. Do not eat too cold and hot food. Ideally, the products should have a temperature of about 40-45 ° C.
  • Products should not be rude and create additional stress on the digestive system. It is necessary to avoid the use of fibrous food containing a large amount of fiber. When preparing dishes, it is best to grind and grind food to facilitate the work of the digestive tract.
  • It is recommended to cook food in a double boiler, cook or bake, but, in any case, do not fry.
  • The consumption of chicken eggs should be reduced to 2 or 3 per week, and it is preferable to eat only protein.
  • Limit the use of coffee and strong tea, exclude alcohol.
  • When compiling the menu, it is necessary to take into account the daily balance of BJU: the amount of protein foods should be increased, and fats and fast carbohydrates should be reduced.

In the acute stage of cholecystitis and pancreatitis, the first 2-3 days are advised to give up food altogether, and drink only pure non-carbonated water or an extract of rose hips (up to 1 l / day).

For the next 2-3 days, unsweetened warm drink is allowed: tea with dried bread, mashed soup or milk porridge (diluted with water), egg white egg whites cooked in a double boiler.

After a week, the food can be supplemented with fat-free and non-acidic cottage cheese, vegetable soups or side dishes (from carrots, potatoes, beets and other vegetables, except cabbage).

For about 8-9 days, it is allowed to add fish or white meat that was cooked in a double boiler, as well as steam meatballs and cutlets.

Gentle diet for pancreatitis and cholecystitis should be observed by the patient for 6-12 months, until a stable period of remission and stable results of the study.

Diet in chronic cholecystitis and pancreatitis

A special diet for chronic cholecystitis and pancreatitis is designed to restore the normal functioning of damaged organs, in this case it is the gallbladder and pancreas. Patients are forbidden to eat foods that cause an increase in the secretion of bile and digestive enzymes. These products include salted, fried, smoked, fatty foods, carbonated and alcoholic drinks. Completely exclude the use of food from fast food restaurants, as well as eating on dry land and on the run.

When treating the chronic course of the disease, it is important to observe the measure of food: overeating increases the burden on organs affected by the inflammatory process. The quality of the food is also important: all foods must be fresh and the dishes freshly prepared.

The menu excludes those products that are difficult to digest in the stomach, increase the secretory activity of the digestive system, cause the appearance of excess gases in the intestine.

The menu for each patient should be selected individually, taking into account the severity of the disease and allergic sensitivity of the body. The food should be full, rational and sufficiently high-calorie.

Below in this article, we list the permitted and prohibited products for cholecystitis and pancreatitis.

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Diet in pancreatitis, cholecystitis and gastritis

Dietitian, appointing this or that type of food, always should consider other accompanying diseases, proceeding against a background of the basic pathology. Gastritis, taking place against the background of inflammation of the gallbladder and pancreas, requires a revision of dietary nutrition with an emphasis on the degree of acidity of gastric juice.

Features of the diet for pancreatitis, cholecystitis and gastritis may be applicable to other diseases of the digestive tract. This is a fractional and moderate diet, the absence of long intervals between meals, the observance of daily diet. It is important not to allow overeating, eating on the run and dry, not taking alcohol or smoking, because tobacco smoke and tar swallowed with saliva also have a negative effect on the composition of gastric juice and irritate the walls of the stomach.

Simultaneous course of inflammatory processes in the pancreas, stomach and gallbladder is a forced signal of your organism, indicating great problems and disorders in nutrition, which can not be ignored. If you do not start to monitor what and how you eat, there can be no hope of recovery.

Recommendations for dietary nutrition should always be observed against the background of drug therapy, appointed by the therapist. Only complex treatment will allow to speed up the restoration of damaged organs as much as possible and prevent the re-development of the inflammatory process. By the way, for the prevention of relapse follow the rules of proper nutrition you will have as long as possible.

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Menu diet for pancreatitis and cholecystitis

An approximate version of the diet menu for pancreatitis and cholecystitis for a week:

Monday.

  • Breakfast. A portion of oatmeal porridge, a cup of tea with milk, a cracker.
  • Snack. Apples baked with cottage cheese, a spoonful of sour cream.
  • Dinner. Portion of vegetable soup, boiled chicken breast with beetroot salad, beverage made from rose hips.
  • Snack. Pear.
  • Dinner. Portion of boiled vermicelli, sprinkled with cheese, compote.
  • Just before sleep. A cup of yogurt.

Tuesday.

  • Breakfast. Soft-boiled egg, a cup of green tea with a biscuit.
  • Snack. Sweet apple.
  • Dinner. Celery soup, fish from a double boiler, tomato cucumber salad, jelly.
  • Snack. Banana.
  • Dinner. Portion of rice casserole, compote.
  • Before bedtime. A cup of milk.

Wednesday.

  • Breakfast. Cheesecakes with honey sauce, a cup of coffee drink with milk.
  • Snack. Kissel with biscuits.
  • Dinner. Rice-carrot soup, steam cutlets with stewed carrots, fruit compote.
  • Snack. Fruit jelly with a cracker.
  • Dinner. Vegetable stew, milk sausage, green tea.
  • Before bedtime. A cup of yogurt.

Thursday.

  • Breakfast. Cottage cheese casserole with lean sour cream, green tea.
  • Snack. Oat pudding with biscuit.
  • Dinner. Soup with meatballs, buckwheat porridge with steamed meat, compote.
  • Snack. A few sweet sips.
  • Dinner. Potato side dish with milk sausage, tea.
  • Before bedtime. A cup of fermented baked milk.

Friday.

  • Breakfast. Macaroni with cheese, a cup of tea with milk.
  • Snack. Cottage cheese with sour cream.
  • Dinner. Pumpkin soup, boiled meat with noodles, berry compote.
  • Snack. Banana.
  • Dinner. Fish casserole, a portion of stewed vegetables, tea.
  • Before bedtime. A cup of yogurt.

Saturday.

  • Omelette for steam, coffee with milk, cracker.
  • Snack. Soup with jam, tea.
  • Dinner. Lapshevnik, fish cutlets with stewed carrots, compote.
  • Snack. Kissel, cheese crackers.
  • Dinner. Portion of rice with dried fruits, jelly.
  • Before bedtime. A cup of milk.

Sunday.

  • Breakfast. Rice pudding with pieces of fruit or berries, green tea.
  • Snack. Portion of fruit salad with yoghurt.
  • Dinner. Potato-carrot soup, pasta in the Navy (with boiled meat), compote.
  • Snack. A cup of tea with milk, biscuits.
  • Dinner. Potato cutlets with a piece of fish, tea.
  • Before bedtime. A cup of yogurt.

As you can see, the menu for pancreatitis and cholecystitis can be quite diverse. Without limiting yourself to eating, you simply remove the prohibited foods from the diet, replacing them with other, more suitable for good digestion.

Next, we will tell you about some simple recipes that you can use to make delicious dishes while observing this diet.

Diet recipes for pancreatitis and cholecystitis

Before those who are forced to follow a diet for cholecystitis and pancreatitis, the question often arises: what can be prepared from the set of products that are allowed for this pathology? Believe me, there are many such dishes, just turn on your culinary fantasy and act!

We bring to your attention examples of some of these dishes.

  • Vegetable soup with meatballs from cheese

You will need: 2 ½ liters of water (or vegetable broth), one Bulgarian pepper, carrot, medium bulb, 5 potatoes, 100 grams of light cheese (it can be Dutch), one egg, 100 grams of flour, greens, a little butter and salt.

Cheese is rubbed, add a little softened butter, flour, egg, a little greens and salt. Stir and place in the refrigerator for half an hour.

In the meantime, rub large carrots, chop the Bulgarian cut into strips, onions and potatoes - cubes. All put in boiling water and boil for about 15 minutes.

While the soup is brewed, roll small balls (the size of peanuts) from the cheese mass, add them to the pan with soup, stir and cook for another 15 minutes. Soup the salt and add spices at will. When serving, sprinkle with herbs.

  • Potato cutlets with sausage

You will need: about seven medium potatoes, one onion, greens, 200 grams of hard cheese, 250 g of milk sausage, 3 eggs, 3 tablespoons of flour, sour cream.

Boil the potatoes, chill and rub it on the grater. We add finely chopped sausage and grated cheese. Add raw eggs, sliced greens and onions, 2 spoons of flour, salt. We form cutlets, paniruem in flour and cook in a double boiler. Serve with sour cream.

  • Potato omelet from a double boiler

We will need: 200 g of boiled potatoes, four eggs, 100 ml of milk, spices and herbs. You can add 50 grams of hard cheese.

We rub potatoes on a grater. Separately, whisk eggs, milk, salt and spices.

We cover the cup in the double boiler with a food film and put the first layer of potatoes, from above we pour the egg whipped with milk. Omelette can be sprinkled with grated cheese and herbs. Cooking time from 20 to 30 minutes.

  • Dessert of pumpkin

We need: pieces of pumpkin, cinnamon and sugar.

Sliced squares pumpkin is placed in a steamer and sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon. Cooking time 20 minutes.

  • Pilaf Vegetable

You will need: a glass of rice, a bulb, a zucchini, two medium carrots, an eggplant, a tomato, spices and greens.

Vegetables cut into small cubes (pre-cut the eggplant with aubergine), grate the carrots. Let it sit in a saucepan with a little vegetable oil. Pour the raw rice, mix everything and pour salted water. The liquid should cover the rice for 2-3 cm. Close the lid, bring to a boil and cook, opening the lid frequently and not stirring until the rice is ready. Serve, sprinkled with herbs.

Experts recommend that people who have suffered inflammatory diseases of the digestive system, try to adhere to this diet. Even if you have recovered and returned to a normal diet, do not abuse those foods that were banned, especially smoked foods and marinades, alcoholic beverages and over-fatty foods. If you ignore these recommendations, again, an overload of the gallbladder and pancreas can occur, and the disease will resume.

If the inflammatory process has acquired a chronic course, a diet with pancreatitis and cholecystitis should be observed for as long as possible, and preferably all of life.

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What can you eat with pancreatitis and cholecystitis?

  • Bakery products: dried pieces of rye and wheat bread, inconvenient pies with non-acidic and low-fat stuffing (boiled meat, fresh cottage cheese, vegetables - except cabbage), biscuit biscuits, unsalted crackers.
  • The first dishes: porridges on diluted milk, vegetable broth, vegetarian soup, can be added with cereals or pasta.
  • Cooked in a double boiler or baked in foil slices of fish, steamed fish patties and casseroles.
  • Cleaned from fat and hard fibers meat: beef, chicken, rabbit, turkey. Pieces of meat can be steamed or boiled, you can cook pilaf or steamed meatballs from minced meat.
  • Whole and dairy products: fresh yogurt and fermented milk, skimmed non-acid curd, hard cheeses of mild varieties, curd casseroles, vareniki and uneaten cakes with cottage cheese.
  • Oils: sunflower, corn and olive, creamy - up to 10-15 g per day.
  • Cereals: oatmeal and buckwheat porridge, vegetable and fat-free meat pilaf, boiled vermicelli, cereal casseroles.
  • Chicken and quail eggs (first time after exacerbation it is desirable to use only protein).
  • A variety of boiled, stewed, or raw vegetables, vegetable garnish, casseroles, stews and salads.
  • Sausage products are undesirable, but sometimes it is allowed to use quality boiled doctor's (or milk, children's) sausage.
  • Non-acid berries, fruits (preferably cooked in a double boiler or in an oven, or in the form of kissels, compotes, jellies and mousses).
  • freshly squeezed juices, weak natural coffee with milk or coffee drink, oatmeal jelly, rosehip drink, herbal and green teas.
  • Spicy spices, greens.

Food should be as easily digestible, slices of food should be chewed well, supper - no later than 3 hours before bedtime. To quench the hunger before going to bed, you can drink a cup of fresh yogurt, milk or compote.

What can not be eaten with pancreatitis or cholecystitis?

  • Fresh buns or bread, fried cakes, buns and puff pastry.
  • Mushroom soups, strong rich meat broth, fish soup, borsch with cabbage or with sorrel, cold soups.
  • Canned fish, ram, smoked and fried fish, caviar.
  • Fatty meat, offal, smoked, pickled, fried and canned meat.
  • Fatty milk products, salted and sharp sorts of cheese.
  • Beans, peas, lentils.
  • Fried scrambled eggs and omelets.
  • Vegetables, irritating the walls of the digestive tract and causing gassing: radish, cabbage, onions, horseradish, sorrel.
  • Animal fat and lard.
  • Sweets, chocolate sweets, ice cream, cakes and pastries, an acidic variety of berries and fruits.
  • Carbonated drinks, hard-boiled tea and coffee, spirits.
  • Salt is allowed in moderation, maximum 10 g per day.

It is inadmissible to eat fast food, half-finished products, sandwiches. Each meal should take place slowly, all components of the dish should be chewed well, to facilitate the work of the gastrointestinal tract as much as possible. You can not overeat. Medical starvation can be practiced only with the permission and under the supervision of a doctor.

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