Pancreatitis is a pancreatic disease that can occur both acutely and in chronic form. Proper nutrition, adherence to a therapeutic diet for pancreatitis is of the utmost importance. The diet should provide a sparing regimen for the diseased organ and contribute to the normalization of pancreatic function.
The diet for pancreatitis is based on the treatment table number 5a. Basic principles of nutrition in pancreatitis:
- Food should be frequent and divided. Breaks between meals - no more than 3-4 hours, the amount of food at each reception should be small.
- Products should be eaten in a garbled form, so they do not mechanically irritate the mucous membrane of the stomach.
- It is necessary to increase the amount of proteins in the diet to 140-150 grams, with 80-85% should be animal proteins. But the consumption of fats and carbohydrates, on the contrary, should be reduced, respectively, to 70-80 and 300-350 grams per day.
When pancreatitis is necessary to exclude from the diet products that stimulate the secretion of the pancreas. These include high-fat meat, fish, chicken, mushroom soups and broths, fatty beef varieties, lamb, pork, goose and duck meat, mushrooms, cakes, cakes, pies, pancakes, biscuits, chocolate sweets. Also forbidden:
- alcoholic beverages;
- liver, brains, bacillus;
- beans, mushrooms, spinach, sorrel, onion;
- baking;
- fatty meats, fish;
- fried, sharp, smoked products;
- extractives of meat, fish;
- spices, vinegar, canned food;
- ice cream, cocoa, carbonated drinks, chocolate, creams.
Pay special attention to the inadmissibility of using alcohol in pancreatitis. Drinking alcohol, even sporadically and in small amounts, is one of the main factors that provoke an exacerbation of pancreatitis.
And the following foods and dishes are recommended for pancreatitis:
- vegetarian fruit, milk soups, cereal soups on vegetable broth;
- meat, poultry, fish of low-fat varieties in boiled form;
- milk, fresh yogurt, kefir, acidophilus milk, cottage cheese up to 200 g per day;
- porridge, flour dishes( except baking), white bread, black stale;
- ripe fruit, berries( except acid varieties) in raw, baked, cooked, vegetables and herbs cooked and raw( especially carrots, beets);
- jam, honey, sugar( up to 70 grams per day);
- vegetable, fruit juices, tea not strong with milk.
It is recommended that the diet should be observed when any symptoms of pancreatitis appear( severe pains in the upper abdomen, usually worse after eating, often accompanied by a worsening of appetite, including aversion to food, nausea and vomiting) and at least 6 months after all symptomswill disappear.