Wrong diet, stress and bad habits can provoke inflammation of the pancreas. This is a serious disease that requires not only complex treatment, but also the correct correction of nutrition. A strict diet for pancreatitis is an integral part of the fight against the disease.
General principles of diet for pancreatitis
Pancreatitis can manifest itself spontaneously and bring great discomfort to a person (acute form) or have a latent and slow character (chronic stage). Leaks differ not only in clinical symptoms, but also in the characteristics of nutrition.
In acute pancreatitis, it is recommended to fast for several days. This is necessary to provide the body with a state of rest and to reduce the focus of inflammation in the tissues.
You can start eating on the 4th day after the acute symptoms of the disease have subsided (severe pain, nausea, vomiting and profuse diarrhea). In chronic pancreatitis it is important to stick to a diet. This will help prevent exacerbations and achieve long-term remission.
In addition, you must follow the general principles of nutrition:
- Steam heat treatment of food. It will help preserve all the useful components of food.
- Fractional nutrition (up to 5 times a day in small doses) - reduces the load on the weakened digestive system.
- It is important to eat the food hot.
- Before eating, the food must be crushed to a liquid consistency.
It is important to avoid eating throughout the day. Enough of the main meal. It is better to drink hot tea or water. This helps to remove toxins from the body and reduce discomfort in the stomach.
What can you eat with pancreatitis?
With inflammation of the pancreas, doctors attribute the patients' nutrition according to the generally accepted classification of diets - table 5. The patients eat only healthy food and completely refuse foods that provoke the production of acid in the gastric juice and an increase inStimulate work. of enzymes in a weakened organ.
Table "Useful products for pancreatitis"
| Category | grocery list |
|---|---|
| Boiled vegetables (boiled, cooked) | Beets, cauliflower, broccoli, potatoes, zucchini, carrots, pumpkins, tomatoes can be, but in small doses |
| Fruit and berries (jelly-like decoctions, compote, fruit and berry puree) | Apricots, melons and watermelons (2-3 pieces per day), apples, pears, dried grapes (raisins), bananas. Avocado is allowed 2 months after the exacerbation |
| Meat (chops, steamed meatballs, meatballs) | Rabbit, turkey, beef (beef tongue, beef liver), veal, chicken |
| Fish (boiled or steam cutlets, fillets) and seafood | Cod liver, pike, flounder, pollock, pike perch. 17-21 days after the exacerbation subsides, you can eat shrimp |
| grain | Buckwheat porridge, oatmeal (muesli), rice, semolina. Sometimes you can eat barley or corn porridge |
| Broths and soups | Only vegetables (without cooked onions and garlic) or dairy products with cereals. If there are no exacerbations, you can remove the soup on the second meatloaf. |
| Macaroni (cooked) | Vermicelli, pasta |
| Bakery products | Wheat bread slices (baked 1-2 days before consumption) |
| Low-fat milk and milk products | Cottage cheese Steam casserole, cheese (not spicy), cottage cheese (not sour) Kefir, curdled milk, fermented baked milk, butter, sour cream (no more than 1 tablespoon per day) |
| Chicken eggs | Steam omelette, sometimes you can eat boiled soft-boiled eggs |
| fats | Butter, vegetables (sunflowers, olives) |
| Drinks | A decoction of wheat bran, wild rose, drink a weak tea |
| Sweets (in small doses) | Honey, jam, jelly (homemade), non-bread cookies, marshmallows, mousse, marshmallow |
| Nuts (grind well before eating or chew thoroughly) | Pistachios, nuts, peanuts |
| Legumes (ground) | Beans (decoction for enlargement), soy meat, green peas |
Allowed foods contain many water- and fat-soluble vitamins, rich in carbohydrates, proteins and lipids. And, most importantly, they practically do not irritate the pancreas mucosa.
What not to eat with pancreatitis
Many products are able to cause an increased secretion of acid and enzymes, which strongly irritate the pancreatic mucosa.
Therefore, it is better to remove all harmful foods from the diet:
- spicy, sour, fried foods, preserves and pickles, fatty meat broths (especially aspic);
- Spices, condiments, sauces, mayonnaise, ketchup;
- Meat and its by-products - pork (pig's tongue), lamb, also fat, sausage, smoked meat, sausage, balyk, fat;
- fatty fish (salmon, catfish, carp, mackerel, herring) and seafood (mussels, squid, crab, lobster);
- rich pastries, rye bread, chocolate products, cakes, sweets (lollipops, caramel), halva, ice cream, glazed pumpkin;
- Oranges, figs, sunflowers, radishes, radishes, all kinds of mushrooms.
It is contraindicated to drink coffee, strong black and green tea, milk, drinks with gas. The following prohibited foods should be excluded from daily use forever: fast food (burgers, fries, shawarma, hot dogs, sushi, rolls), chips, salted nuts, spicy spices, alcohol, nicotine.
Sample menu for the week
Strict adherence to the principles of proper nutrition is very helpful in the treatment of pancreatitis. The diet should not be interrupted or junk food added to the diet, as this can provoke an acute attack of the disease.
Table "Menu for every day"
| Days | Menu |
|---|---|
| 1st day | Breakfast: milk oatmeal, veal pieces, tea or compote |
| Breakfast: eggs (omelet or boiled), wheat broth (from bran), baked fruit (apple, pear, banana - to choose) | |
| Lunch: vegetable soup, pasta, chicken soufflé, jelly, tea | |
| Snack: cottage cheese, kefir, fermented baked milk (optional), tea | |
| Dinner: boiled pike, bread, tea | |
| 2nd day | Breakfast: boiled potatoes (potatoes), a piece of fish, some crackers, tea |
| 2. Breakfast: eggs, turkey cutlets, bread, compote | |
| Lunch: soup with chicken fillet, fish cutlet, bread, boiled milk | |
| Afternoon snack: homemade berry jelly, jelly-like fruit decoction, still water | |
| Dinner: carrot puree, meatballs, muesli, drink tea | |
| 3rd day | Breakfast: baked vegetables with rice slices, beef liver, tea, steamed raisins |
| 2. Breakfast: vermicelli, beef soufflé, apricot puree, mineral water | |
| Lunch: broth (on vegetables), cod liver, bread, biscuits, tea with honey | |
| Afternoon snack: berry jelly dishes, 2-3 slices of watermelon or melon, compote | |
| Dinner: muesli, baked cottage cheese, jam, tea | |
| 4th day | Breakfast: liquid semolina, vegetable casserole, bread, fermented baked milk |
| 2. Breakfast: beef tongue, vegetable puree (broccoli, carrot), some marshmallows, tea | |
| Lunch: rabbit broth, steamer meatballs, shrimp, biscuits, jelly | |
| Snack: mousse or jelly, baked apple (pears, bananas) | |
| Dinner: oatmeal, chicken breast, mineral water | |
| 5th day | Breakfast: soft-boiled eggs, beef liver, apricot puree, tea with honey |
| 2. Breakfast: vegetable casserole, pasta, tomato juice, mineral water | |
| Lunch: rabbit soup, rabbit or turkey cutlets, baked zucchini, compote | |
| Snack: jelly, cookies, banana puree | |
| Dinner: mashed potatoes, boiled pollock, kefir | |
| 6th day | Breakfast: rice, chicken cutlets, cod, tomato juice |
| 2. Breakfast: muesli, beef tongue, baked pumpkin, rose broth | |
| Lunch: vegetable soup, boiled fish, apples, mineral water | |
| Snack: biscuits, jam, fermented baked milk, walnuts | |
| Dinner: Chicken soufflé, oatmeal, bread, compote | |
| 7th day | Breakfast: vegetable stew, beef cutlets, bread, tea, honey |
| 2. Breakfast: rice, cod liver, tomato juice, peanuts | |
| Lunch: vegetable soup, fish pancakes, biscuits, bran decoction | |
| Snack: cottage cheese, honey, tea | |
| Dinner: boiled milk, crackers, muesli, beef tongue |
Important!
The size of the portions depends on the well-being of the patient. A person can increase or decrease its volume, as well as change some ingredients. The main thing is exclusively useful and allowed to use products for pancreatitis.
Recipes for inflammation of the pancreas
To make the daily menu not so boring, you can diversify it with the following recipes.
Vegetable ragout
Grate potatoes and pumpkin (0. 5 kg each), grate 1 carrot. Put the vegetables in a pot (greased with olive oil) in layers, starting with the potatoes. Pour half the volume with water, salt and cook for 25-30 minutes. At the end sprinkle with parsley and dill.
baked zander
To cook, you need to take ½ kg of fish fillet, cut it into medium slices and put it on a baking sheet covered with foil. Sprinkle everything on top with carrots (1 piece). Take 10 g of butter, salt and wrap in foil. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for half an hour.
fish cakes (quenelles)
Grind 400 g of fish pulp, add a quarter of a bread softened in milk, and 2 eggs. Salt and stir. Make spherical cutlets and put them in boiling water for 3-5 minutes.
Steamed meat pudding
Ingredients:
- Rabbit meat (130 g);
- butter (25 g);
- one;
- Semolina (3 tsp);
- half a glass of water.
Thoroughly grind the meat to a homogeneous consistency, add semolina, beaten protein, then raw egg yolk and mix everything, gently knead the dough into a mold and steam.
Curd souffle
Grind apples (250 g) on a fine grater, add cottage cheese (300 g). Separately, beat melted butter (50 g) with sugar (3 tablespoons) and egg yolks (4 pieces), add the whites to the whipped foam (4 pieces). Pour the prepared mass into apples and cottage cheese, mix. Pour the finished creamy dough into a greased form and bake at 180 degrees for 25-40 minutes.
All recipes are allowed in the chronic stage of pancreatitis. They are not only healthy, but also very tasty, which allows you to escape from thoughts about junk food and enjoy a healthy diet.
A strict diet for pancreatitis is the main component in the treatment of a dangerous pathology. Allowed foods are rich in vitamins and minerals, which makes the diet complete and healthy. It is important to give up junk food, addictions and strictly follow the doctor's instructions. This will help prevent exacerbations of the disease and achieve long-term remissions.