What you can eat if you have gastritis. Answered by the doctor

MD, pediatrician, nutritionist, co-founder of UniProf Academy of Physicians

What can you eat if you have gastritis?

Gastritis is an inflammatory disease that affects the mucous membrane of the stomach. It provokes failures in its work, accompanied by digestive disorders, severe aching pain. Lack of treatment leads to the fact that the mucosa is gradually thinning, ulcers appear. In total, there are more than 10 varieties of this disease.

General principles of nutrition in gastritis, regardless of the type of disease involves mandatory compliance with the regime: portions should be small, up to 4-5 meals a day. It is important to avoid snacks, they provoke excessive secretion of gastric juice, and also reduce its amount during the main meals.

We tell you what you can eat with gastritis.

Porridge on water

The ideal option is oatmeal in the form of flakes, it is relatively easy to digest. Permitted are also buckwheat, rice and barley, pumpkin and pea porridge. The most gentle porridge is considered semolina, as the amount of dietary fiber in it is minimal. It envelops the gastric mucosa, protecting it from inflammation, relieving pain.

Chicken

Replenish the reserves of useful substances in diseases of the GI tract can be problematic. Chicken in this case – an indispensable source of animal protein, a building component for all tissues in the body. Porous fibers of chicken meat absorb excess hydrochloric acid. If the work of enzymes in the stomach is disturbed, chicken should be replaced by chicken broth.

Dried bread

And from the highest grade of flour. Fresh can be dried, but it is better to give preference to yesterday. In addition, you should not eat puffed, muffin and pastries made of rye flour.

Vegetables

The list of allowed vegetables is determined individually depending on the type of gastritis. If the acidity is reduced, it is better to include asparagus, green leafy vegetables, yellow bell peppers, zucchini, heat-treated. They help to increase the level of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.

In gastritis with high acidity are allowed pumpkin, zucchini, beets, carrots, cauliflower. They should be cooked on steam, boiled or made from them mashed potatoes and souffles.

Apples

They are rich in fruit acids, pectins, which help normalize digestion, improve peristalsis, accelerate the cleansing of the body. With gastritis in acute form, apples are forbidden, as they can traumatize the gastric mucosa. Add them to the diet should be added not earlier than the fifth day.

The ideal option for gastritis in remission is baked apples, which retain the useful properties of fresh fruit. Preliminary with them you need to remove the peel – the fiber in it is not destroyed even after heat treatment.

Fish

This is an indispensable component of dietary nutrition. It is rich in protein, unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and minerals. The list of allowed in gastritis includes cutlets and dishes from fish (pollock, hake, flounder, cod, pike-perch, saffron cod, sea bass, sea bass). Fish is cooked without skin, preferably steamed.

In gastritis in remission can also be included in the diet:

• steamed eggs (no more than one piece a day);
• compotes, sours;
• fruit puree;
• loose tea with milk or cream;
• low-fat cottage cheese, low-fat milk.