Diet for Helicobacter pylori infection

A diet for Helicobacter pylori infection involves the elimination of products that irritate the gastric mucosa.

To begin with, let’s see what is this Helicobacter pylori infection? So: pylori is just a bacterium. But it is usually found in people suffering from stomach diseases. And in duodenal diseases, this bacterium is often the “culprit”. The microbe, getting into the stomach causes inflammation of its delicate mucous membrane, and becomes the source of the origin of gastric ulcers, gastritis (both acute and chronic), duodenal ulcers, and sometimes even cancer. And what unpleasant symptoms in patients with Helicobacter pylori infection are headaches, which often torment patients with such a diagnosis, and bloating, feeling of heaviness in the stomach, stomach hard, stony, sometimes it hurts even to bend over. Often, Helicobacter pylori infection is accompanied by either constipation or diarrhea, belching, bad breath, not caused by caries. Many have allergic reactions in the stomach inflamed by a bacterium. Pleasant little, the patient simply suffers. Doctors insist that the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection should be carried out only under the supervision of a doctor and only by medical methods. But they do not mind, and even approve of combining the effects of antibiotics and adherence to a diet that helps the gastric mucosa recover. There are several recommendations, observing that the patient can recover faster and experience less stomach problems during treatment.

Diet and nutrition - the key to success in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection. Doctors recommend that you strictly follow the diet for at least two weeks. The diet for Helicobacter pylori infection with such - often in small portions, after eating, the patient should not experience a feeling of fullness and heaviness in the stomach. Food is recommended to eat every three hours. Food should be warm, it is warm, not hot and not cold. The consistency of food is desirable rather puree - ground vegetables, thick soups.

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What is the diet for Helicobacter pylori infection?

Food is eaten which slightly stimulates the secretion of the stomach, is quickly digested, and irritates the mucosa a little. Such nutrition, which is taken in parallel with medical treatment, significantly shortens the recovery period. Diets in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection are sparing, from wiped products (with severe pain). Below we give an approximate diet and recipes.

Diet menu for Helicobacter pylori infection

Let us give an example of a diet for Helicobacter pylori infection. We pay special attention to the fact that about the diet the patient must consult with your doctor.

On the first day of the diet the patient can get this menu:

• Breakfast - an egg or two, a small slice of bread, a bit of fruit jelly
• The second breakfast - veal - one hundred grams, for a side dish - buckwheat porridge - one hundred grams, a slice of bread, a glass of tea without sugar
• Lunch - okroshka - 250 ml. Or a small piece of boiled fish with a side dish of boiled potatoes (no more than 250 grams together), a slice of white bread, fruit compote.
• Safe, - sandwich from white bread with butter, yogurt - 100 g
• Dinner - steamed vegetables with a piece of boiled beef (or chicken) - total weight 250 gr., A slice of white bread, fruit souffle - 100 gr., A glass of warm milk.

On the second day the menu may be as follows:

• Breakfast is the same; replace jelly with fruit jelly - 100g.
• The second breakfast - rice porridge, or steam beef patty - 100 g., A slice of white bread, coffee with milk.
• Lunch - milk soup - 250 ml, cutlet - steam - 100g., For mashed potatoes - 100 g, baked pear or apple (without peel) or yogurt - 100 g.
• Snack - dried apricots (soft) - 5 pcs., Fruit jelly - 200 ml.
• Dinner - rice porridge - 150g., Stewed or steamed fish (veal) - 100 g., A slice of bread, milk - 200 ml.

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Diet recipes for Helicobacter pylori infection

Meat products - we suggest stewing meat, either boiling it, or making steam cutlets or meatballs. You can also offer steam meat soufflé of beef, turkey, chicken.

Dairy products - milk is heated, you can offer cheese and yogurt zero fat or fat content up to 2.5%.

Eggs - boiled soft-boiled eggs, steam omelets are recommended. The original omelet in the bag - the eggs are whipped with a tablespoon of milk, add a little butter, pour the beaten eggs into the bag, tie the bag and boil for three minutes under the lid. It turns out a tender egg souffle.

Butter is desirable for a little bit to add to ready meals.

Chicken - low-fat broth, steam chicken cutlets, stewed with vegetables

Groats - in the form of milk frayed porridges

Vegetables - potatoes, beets, zucchini, pumpkin - served in the form of mashed potatoes, stewed or baked and mashed.

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What can you eat with Helicobacter pylori infection?

• A patient with Helicobacter pylori infection should eat only white (!) Preferably not fresh bread, crackers and donuts;
• Eggs;
• Soups (soup with non-fat broth, all varieties of milk soups);
• Milk and dairy products;
• Meat;
• A fish;
• Vegetables (carrot, potato, beet, zucchini, pumpkin);
• Cereals;
• Pasta;
• Fat;
• Berries (raspberries, strawberries, strawberries);

During treatment of a Helicobacter pylori infection, the patient must consume a sufficient amount of fluids during the day — non-carbonated water, decoctions, non-acidic juices — vegetable and berry).

What can not eat with Helicobacter pylori infection?

A patient with Helicobacter infection is forbidden to eat anything that mechanically affects the mucous membrane of the stomach or duodenum, is digested for a long time. So, in the process of treating Helicobacter pylori infection, we exclude from food:

• Fatty meats, fried meat;
• Fatty fish, fried fish;
• Mushrooms;
• Pickles, spicy dishes;
• Sausages, especially smoked sausage;
• Any canned food - meat or fish;
• Muffin, black bread;
• Alcohol;
• Beer and soda;
• Smoked and processed cheese;
• Ice cream, sweets, pies.

Products that irritate the shell of the stomach - vegetables (radish, legumes, asparagus), fruits in their skins (peaches, cherries, grapes, dates).