Diet for pancreatitis

Pancreatitis is a disease in which the pancreas becomes inflamed.It plays a major role in the digestive system - it regulates energy metabolism, synthesizes digestive juices and is responsible for breaking down carbohydrates.

Enzymes first enter the stomach and then the duodenum, where they begin to be activated.If the pancreas is inflamed, enzymes begin to "work" at an early stage - that is, even before secretion.Damage occurs - the gland begins to dissolve itself, which provokes the death of some cells of the pancreas.

The causes of pancreatitis can be:

• infectious diseases not related to the digestive system - for example, acute seasonal respiratory viral infections;
• diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
• poor nutrition;
• stress;
• alcohol abuse.

Pancreatitis can develop in several forms - acute, reactive and chronic.In acute cases, the pancreas can be completely or partially inflamed;reactive develops against the background of diseases of the digestive system - peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, gall bladder or liver.

The chronic form can be in remission for a long time and more often the disease progresses slowly.In most cases, the inflammation recurs when the diet is stopped.

The nature of nutrition in pancreatitis of the pancreas plays a big role - it is impossible to prevent an aggravation without adhering to a special diet.What types of diets are these and what principles are used to create a menu for pancreatitis?

Principles of nutrition for pancreatic inflammation

The basic principle of creating a diet that normalizes the functioning of the pancreas is to minimize the load on the digestive organ.

During an exacerbation, doctors give the following recommendations for adults: "hunger, cold and rest".If the patient is in the hospital and pancreatitis is in the acute stage, then he is advised to refuse food for 2-3 days, and useful substances - salts and fluids - enter the body in drops.If you fast at home, it is impossible to completely ensure the normal water and electrolyte balance.You should and can drink, but only in small portions.

Even adults need to replenish their nutrient reserves.Specially designed diets come to the rescue.The most "tested" of them is table no. 5.

Principles of this diet:

• create the most gentle conditions for the stomach and intestines - using mechanical and chemical discharge;
• elimination of pancreatic dysfunction;
• prevention of negative changes in liver tissue - fatty infiltration;
• reduce the excitability of the gallbladder.

The diet should be followed not only during the treatment of the disease, but also for another year after bringing it into remission.

The main features of the diet in the treatment of pancreatitis:

• In the daily menu, you should limit the number of products containing substances that have an extractive effect - stimulating the production of pancreatic enzymes:
1. refractory fats;
2. purines;
3. essential oils;
4. cholesterol;
5. coarse fiber;
6. glucose.
• The nature of the diet - foods with a high protein content, reduce the amount of carbohydrates and fats.
• Cooking technology - boiling, steaming, baking in noodles, stewing.
• Meals are partial - up to 6 times a day, in small portions.You should get up from the table with a slight feeling of malnutrition, so as not to overload the pancreas.
• For the first time after an irritation, you can eat only pureed foods.
• You will have to temporarily give up spices, including salt;
• You can not eat hot or cold food;containers should be warmed to body temperature of approximately -36°C.

The drinking regime is limited.You can drink as much as you want only when the urge to vomit is completely gone.

There is no need to be afraid of dietary restrictions in the first days after an attack - fasting during treatment is only useful.

Diet menu for pancreatitis

When compiling a menu for several days during an exacerbation of pancreatitis, you should immediately take into account its features - the products must be ground.For example, if there is meat - then souffle or meatballs, potatoes - mashed potatoes, and so on...

The menu consists of the following products - a sample list of them:

• baby food - you can use both what is packaged in jars and in powder, which is later diluted with liquid;
• mashed potatoes, cauliflower or white cabbage;
• cottage cheese puree.

Percentages of nutrients in the daily menu - fats - 50-70 g, proteins - 130-150 g, carbohydrates - 300-320 g.

Approximately 2-4 days after the aggravation, the nausea disappears and it is necessary to restore the amount of fluids in the body.You should drink about 1.5 liters of water a day, in small sips, a glass every 6 hours.Heavier dishes are introduced into the diet gradually, after the elimination of pain, one item for each meal.

From this time - approximately on day 4 - the menu includes the following dishes and products:

• kefir - only low fat;
• chicken breast juices;
• egg white omelet;
• juice from non-acidic berries, diluted half with water;
• rose decoction;
• up to approximately 30 g of honey per day;
• dried wholemeal bread;
• sugar-free crackers or cookies;
• boiled pasta - you can not use pasta or curls, preference should be given to small noodles;
• the porridge is rubbed through a sieve;for pancreatitis, you can cook it from buckwheat or oats (some nutritionists allow you to eat oatmeal, but it must be cooked completely so that it does not swell in the stomach).

You can eat the following foods:

• lean meat - chicken breast, beef, rabbit;
• fish – boiled, only meat can be used;fish soup and other soups made with fish juice cannot be eaten;
• fruit - ripe or blanched;
• meat soup - secondary;
• mashed vegetables - broccoli, cauliflower, pumpkin.

The nature of nutrition during pancreatitis depends on the general condition of the patient.

How does the eating pattern change with pancreatitis?

An approximate diet menu in the first days after an exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis looks approximately as follows:

1 day:

• breakfast - half a portion of liquid oatmeal soup and half a glass of non-carbonated mineral water;
• snack – baked apple without peel and sugar;
• lunch - mashed potatoes - also half a portion - with milk, without spices;
• afternoon snack - jelly and bread flour;
• dinner - buckwheat porridge with weak tea, whitened milk;
• go to bed - some watery milk.

Day 2:

• breakfast - steamed protein omelet, chamomile stew;
• snack – ripe pear;
• lunch - pearl barley soup, ground, in water, crackers with compote;
• afternoon snack - milk souffle;
• dinner - oatmeal, dried fruit puree, weak tea;
• going to bed - half a glass of rose decoction.

Then, you can relax the diet a little - if the condition has returned to normal:

• breakfast - oatmeal with dried fruits, preferably with raisins, rose stew;
• snack – raw banana;
• lunch – steamed fish with carrot puree, dried fruit compote;
• afternoon snack - cottage cheese seasoned with honey;
• dinner - rice porridge with milk and weak tea;
• going to bed - half a glass of diluted milk.

The diet for chronic pancreatitis, when the condition has returned to normal, may look like this - an approximate version of the daily menu:

• breakfast - vegetable puree, a piece of meat souffle, watery juice, weak tea;
• snack - a protein omelet, a cutlet with steamed chicken breast, a piece of dry bread, kefir;
• lunch - small noodles in chicken breast broth, boiled vegetables with a piece of steamed fish, bread, dried fruit compote;
• afternoon snack - crackers with sweet berry jelly, maybe a little honey;
• dinner - steamed meatballs, rice porridge (or mashed potatoes), boiled vegetables, tea.

If you want to eat before going to bed, you can eat a cracker, sweet fruit or drink a glass of kefir.

A well-designed menu for the treatment of pancreatitis will help to quickly bring the disease into remission.The diet should be followed for one year after the last flare-up.