In what diseases you can not eat vegetables. Let’s find out with a gastroenterologist

We cannot group vegetables into one group, because they are completely different in composition and properties (both useful and harmful). In addition, the benefits and harms of one vegetable may differ depending on the way it is prepared, so to say directly: you can not cabbage, onions and garlic – will not work.

Doctor of nutritionist, gastroenterologist, candidate of medical sciences, clinical pharmacologist

Tells you in what diseases and which vegetables can cause harm.

Diabetes mellitus

A disease that not only causes different symptomatology in different people, but also implies special norms of sugars consumption for each patient. However, there is a category of products that are not recommended to consume in this syndrome.

Blood sugar control should be carried out in different directions. One of the main ones, of course, nutrition. About what foods will help to regulate blood sugar levels, told in the link below.

For example, vegetables that contain too much starch and sugars. They are determined by the glycemic index. It is not recommended to consume products with a glycemic index above 50-70%. Such vegetables include potatoes, beets, carrots, pumpkin. Some doctors also recommend excluding tomatoes from the diet, but this is quite individual.

Gastritis and reflux

Many vegetables contain a large amount of vitamin C, which, when entering an empty stomach, irritates the mucosa. Accordingly, with gastritis, ulcer, reflux is not recommended to eat raw vegetables on an empty stomach: cabbage, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions and garlic, horseradish.

A similar restriction applies to patients with ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel syndrome.

SIBR and CIGR

Although bacterial overgrowth syndrome and fungal overgrowth syndrome are not always considered official diagnoses, people who suffer from them know that it’s best not to indulge in prebiotic foods and vegetables with a lot of sugars (potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, beets, bell peppers).

Gallbladder Diseases

In the formation of gallstones and pathologies of the gallbladder ducts, one should be careful with the consumption of bitters: garlic, onions, sorrel, green leafy vegetables, mustard, many herbs contain bitters.

Thrombosis and increased blood clotting

It is not recommended to consume those foods that increase clotting – leafy vegetables, cruciferous vegetables (cabbage white cabbage, Peking cabbage, broccoli).

For each specific case and pathology can be contraindications, and they depend not only on the disease, but also on the individual indicators of the individual patient.

It is worth noting that from many diseases, for example, from the formation of blood clots, even professional athletes are not immune. Where they arise from and how to avoid it, told in the link below.