Diet for pancreatitis

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

The enzymes first enter the stomach and then the duodenum, where they begin to activate. If the pancreas is inflamed, the enzymes begin to "work" at an early stage - that is, even before excretion. Damage occurs - the gland begins to digest, which provokes the death of some of the cells of the pancreas.

Pancreatitis can be caused by:

• infectious diseases that are not related to the digestive system - for example, seasonal ARVI;
• diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
• unhealthy diet;
• stress;
• alcohol abuse.

Pancreatitis can develop in several forms - acute, reactive and chronic. In acute pancreas it can be completely or partially inflamed, the reagent develops against the background of diseases of the digestive system - gastric and duodenal ulcers, gallbladder or liver.

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

The nature of the diet in pancreatic pancreatitis plays a huge role - it is impossible to prevent exacerbation without following a special diet. What are these diets and what are the principles of the menu for pancreatitis?

Principles of nutrition in inflammation of the pancreas

The main principle that is laid down in the preparation of a diet in which the work of the pancreas is normalized is to minimize the load on the digestive tract.

For adults during exacerbations, doctors give the following recommendations - "hunger, cold and rest. "If the patient is in hospital and pancreatitis is in an acute stage, then it is recommended to refuse food for 2-3 days, and the useful substances - salts and fluids - enter the body in drops. If you are starving at home, then it is impossible to fully ensure the speed of water and electrolyte balance. You should and can drink, but only in small portions.

Even adults need to replenish their nutrient stores. Specially developed diets come to the rescue. The most "proven" of them is table number 5.

Principles of this diet:

• to create the most gentle conditions for the stomach and intestines - using mechanical and chemical unloading;
• elimination of pancreatic dysfunction;
• to prevent negative changes in the 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 its introduction into remission.

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

• In the daily daily menu you should limit the number of products that contain substances with extractive effect - stimulating the production of pancreatic enzymes:
1. refractory fats;
2. purines;
essential oils;
3. cholesterol;
4. coarse fibers;
5. glucose.
• Diet - foods high in protein, reduce the amount of carbohydrates and fats.
• Cooking technology - cooking, steaming, foil baking, stewing.
• Food fractional - 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 exacerbation, you can only eat pureed foods.
• Spices - including salt - will have to be temporarily abandoned;
• You should not eat hot or cold food, the food should be heated to a body temperature of about 36 ° C.

Restricted drinking regime. You can drink as much as you want, only when the urge to vomit completely disappears.

Do not be afraid of dietary restrictions in the first days after an attack - fasting during treatment is useful only.

Diet menu for pancreatitis

When compiling a menu for a few days with exacerbation of pancreatitis, you should immediately take into account its characteristics - the products should be rubbed. For example, if the meat - then souffle or meatballs, potatoes - mashed potatoes, etc. . . .

The menus consist of the following products - an approximate list of them:

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

The proportions of nutrients in the daily menu - fat - 50-70 g, protein - 130-150 g, carbohydrates - 300-320 g.

Approximately 2-4 days after the exacerbation, the nausea disappears and the amount of fluid in the body must be restored. You should drink about 1, 5 liters of water a day, in small sips, a glass every 6 hours. More "heavy" meals are introduced into the diet gradually, after eliminating the pain, one name for each meal.

From now on - around day 4 - the menu includes the following dishes and products:

• kefir - only low-fat;
• chicken breast broth;
• protein omelet;
• non-acidic fruit juices diluted with half water;
• rosehip decoction;
• up to about 30 g of honey per day;
• dry wholemeal bread;
• unsweetened biscuits or biscuits;
• cooked pasta - you can not use pasta or curls, preference should be given to small noodles;
• porridge is rubbed through a sieve, with pancreatitis, you can cook them from buckwheat, oatmeal (some nutritionists allow you to eat semolina, but it must be cooked completely so as not to swell in the stomach).

You can eat the following foods:

• lean meat - chicken breast, beef, rabbit meat;
• fish - boiled, but you can use only meat, fish soup and other soups in fish broth;
• fruits - roasted or blanched;
• meat broth - secondary;
• mashed vegetables - broccoli, cauliflower, pumpkin.

The nature of the diet in pancreatitis depends on the general condition of the patient.

How dietary patterns change in pancreatitis

Approximate diet menu in the first days after exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis looks like this:

1 day:

• breakfast - half a portion of slimy oatmeal soup and half a glass of still mineral water;
• breakfast - baked apple without peel and sugar;
• lunch - mashed potatoes - also half a serving - with milk, without any spices;
• afternoon breakfast - jelly and rusk flour;
• dinner - buckwheat porridge with weak tea, bleached milk;
• bedtime - a little milk diluted with water.

Day 2:

• breakfast - steamed protein omelet, chamomile broth;
• breakfast - baked pear;
• lunch - barley soup, grated in water, croutons with compote;
• afternoon tea - milk souffle;
• dinner - semolina porridge, dried fruit puree, weak tea;
• going to bed - half a cup of rosehip broth.

In addition, the diet may be slightly weakened - if the condition has returned to normal:

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

Diet for chronic pancreatitis, when the condition normalizes, may look like this - an example of a daily menu:

• breakfast - vegetable puree, a piece of meat souffle, juice diluted with water, weak tea;
• snack - protein omelet, steamed chicken breast cutlet, 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 tea - biscuits with sweet berry jelly, maybe a little honey;
• dinner - steamed meatballs, rice porridge (or mashed potatoes), stewed vegetables, tea.

If you feel hungry before bed, you can eat biscuits, sweet fruits, 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 one year after the last exacerbation.