Beets for gastritis

Paradoxically, the same product can be both beneficial and harmful to health, depending on the diagnosis, the way it is prepared and the method of consumption. A clear example of this statement is beets in gastritis. In one case, it promotes healing of inflammation, erosions inside the organ, in another case it can harm and aggravate the condition. So when you can beet with gastritis and in what form?

Indications

Beets are baked, boiled, eaten raw, juiced. It can be a separate dish or included as an ingredient in others (hot red borscht and cold beet, salad). The concept of "gastritis" implies different conditions of the mucosa and different production of digestive juice. With what specific diagnosis is the vegetable indicated?

Beets for chronic gastritis

Chronic course of gastritis manifests itself by periodic outbreaks of symptoms such as heaviness and pain in the stomach after eating or on an empty stomach, bloating, belching, sometimes nausea. Such reactions most often occur after alcohol, stress, inappropriate food. Can beets cause such an exacerbation?

In gastritis with hyperacidity, raw vegetable or its juice is quite capable of causing harm, as its dietary fiber is very coarse, it contains caustic volatile substances, breaking down beet releases hydrochloric acid, which is so in excess.

The opposite effect will have a baked or boiled. After heat treatment beets retain their useful substances, favorably affecting the walls of the organ: relieves inflammation, tightens the damage, destroys pathogenic microflora. A reasonable single dose -100g, repeated several times a week.

Exactly the same rules of its use and in the erosive form of the disease. Raw beets irritate the mucosa, it is too aggressive environment for superficial erosions. But baking it in the oven, grating it and dressing it with olive oil is not only tasty, but also useful.

Beets for atrophic gastritis

Atrophic gastritis is characterized by thinning of the mucous membrane, insufficient secretion of gastric juice, gradual atrophy of excretory glands. The process of digestion is sluggish, the motility of the organ is weakened. In this case, in this case in the very time products that stimulate the production of hydrochloric acid. At the same time, the food should be crushed, delicate in relation to the mucosa.

The best that can be offered from the beet menu in the absence of exacerbation is juice, half with cabbage juice. Drinking in the morning 30-40 minutes before meals and adhering to a special diet, you can return stomach function, restore microflora, get rid of dysbacteriosis.

Beets in exacerbation of gastritis

Acute manifestation of symptoms of gastritis makes very responsible approach to nutrition and adhere to all the recommendations of doctors. Is there a place for beets in them? The first day of the acute period is generally hungry, followed by a diet of pureed soups, viscous porridge with gradual inclusion in the diet of boiled vegetables, including beets (therapeutic dietary table number 2).

Its frequent inclusion in the menu can cause loose stools, so from time to time you can eat a small portion of grated and splashed with vegetable oil.

Benefits

Beets are not only a tasty vegetable, but also useful. Its main value lies in its low calorie content and high content of nutrients that are not lost during cooking. These are vitamins C, group B; minerals: silicon, zinc, manganese, iron, copper, molybdenum, potassium, calcium, magnesium; amino acids: betaine, arginine, histidine.

Beets are a rich source of phytochemical compounds that includes ascorbic acid, carotenoids, phenolic acids and flavonoids. [1] Beets are also one of the few vegetables that contain a group of bioactive pigments known as betalains. [2] A number of studies have shown that betalains have high antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties in vitro and in various animal models in vivo. [3], [4] This has sparked interest in the possible role of beets in clinical pathologies characterized by oxidative stress and chronic inflammation, such as liver disease, [5] arthritis and even cancer [6], [7]

Antioxidants in it prevents cell aging, iron - the development of anemia, a large amount of fiber removes toxins and toxins from the intestines, fights constipation, promotes digestion.

Contraindications

Beet reduces the ability to absorb calcium, so in its deficiency, the root vegetable is contraindicated. Due to the high content of sugars, it should be carefully consumed by diabetics, controlling the glycemic index. It is not desirable with urolithiasis, as well as loose stools.

Complications

Complications are possible on the part of the organs, in the disease of which beets in one or another form are not recommended. The stomach is also able to react negatively to the product, which is a reason to exclude it from the diet.

Recipes

Many recipes include boiled or baked beets, so you need to know how to prepare them. First, the fruit is well washed, but not cleaned, put in a pot, pour water and put to boil. Depending on its size, it will take 40-60 minutes until it is fully cooked. You can remove from the fire earlier, drain the liquid, pour cold water, cover with a lid and leave it for a while until it comes to the end.

For baking, beets are peeled, cut a large beet in half, wrapped in foil and placed in the oven. Dishes made of it are the most delicious, and it can be used in these recipes:

• grate on a lignon grater, dress with vegetable oil (can be a garnish for meat or salad);
• Dice beets and soft cheese (e.g. Mozzarella), sprinkle with pine nuts, dress with butter;
• boil the beet peeled, remove it from the water, grate it on a coarse grater and bring it back, adding lemon juice. Everyone portion the composition into a deep plate: cubes of cucumber, boiled egg, boiled meat, chopped greens and pour beet broth, put sour cream. This okroshka is great in the summer in the heat.

Patients with low acidity can drink beet juice: grate the raw vegetable on a fine grater, squeeze the juice through gauze, put in the refrigerator for an hour. Used raw beets and for salads, it stimulates the release of gastric juice, digestive enzymes. Here is one of them - vitamin: cut white cabbage, salt and slightly squeeze, rub the same beet, apple and carrot (raw), dress with oil.