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.

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 grind, 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, seasonal acute 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 become inflamed completely or in parts;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 most often the disease progresses slowly.In most cases, the inflammation reappears when the diet is disturbed.

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

Principles of nutrition in inflammation of the pancreas

The main principle for 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 to adults: "hunger, cold and rest."If the patient is in the hospital and pancreatitis is in an acute stage, then he is recommended to refuse food for 2-3 days, and useful substances - salts and liquids - enter the body drop by drop.If you are starving at home, it is impossible to completely ensure the normal water-electrolyte balance.You should and you can drink, but only in small portions.

Even adults need to replenish their nutrient stores.Specially developed diets come to the rescue.The most "tested" of them is table No. 5.

The principles of this diet:

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

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

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

• In the daily menu, you should limit the number of products that contain substances that have an extractive effect - they stimulate the production of pancreatic enzymes:
1. refractory fats;
2. purines;
3. essential oils;
4. cholesterol;
5. coarse fibers;
6. glucose.
• The nature of the diet - foods with a high protein content, reducing the amount of carbohydrates and fats.
• Cooking technology - boiling, stewing, baking in foil, stewing.
• Eating is 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 exacerbation, you can eat only pureed foods.
• You will have to temporarily give up spices, including salt;
• You cannot eat hot or cold food;the dishes should be warmed up to approximately body temperature - 36°C.

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

You do not 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 drawing up a menu for several days during an exacerbation of pancreatitis, you must immediately take into account its characteristics - the products must be ground.For example, if there is meat - then souffle or meatballs, potatoes - puree and so on...

The menu consists of the following products - an example list of them:

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

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

Approximately 2-4 days after the exacerbation, the nausea disappears and it is necessary to restore the amount of fluid 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 removing the pain, one item for each meal.

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

• kefir - only low-fat;
• chicken breast broths;
• egg white omelette;
• juices from non-acidic fruits, diluted by half with water;
• rosehip decoction;
• up to approximately 30 g of honey per day;
• dried whole wheat bread;
• unsweetened crackers or biscuits;
• boiled pasta - you can not use pasta or curls, preference should be given to small noodles;
• the oatmeal is rubbed through a sieve;with pancreatitis, you can prepare it from buckwheat or oatmeal (some nutritionists allow you to eat semolina, but it must be fully cooked 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 broth cannot be eaten;
• fruits - baked or blanched;
• meat broth - secondary;
• pureed vegetables - broccoli, cauliflower, pumpkin.

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

How does the eating pattern change in pancreatitis?

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

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 portion - with milk, without spices;
• afternoon snack - jelly and bread flour;
• dinner - buckwheat porridge with weak tea, white milk;
• bedtime - a little milk diluted with water.

Day 2:

• breakfast - steamed protein omelet, chamomile decoction;
• breakfast - baked pear;
• lunch - pearl barley soup, ground in water, biscuits with compote;
• afternoon snack - milk souffle;
• dinner - semolina porridge, dried fruit puree, weak tea;
• bedtime - half a cup of decoction of rose hips.

After that, you can relax the diet a little - if the condition normalizes:

• breakfast - oatmeal with dried fruits, preferably with raisins, decoction of rose hips;
• snack - raw banana;
• lunch - steamed fish with carrot puree, dried fruit compote;
• afternoon snack - cottage cheese seasoned with honey;
• dinner - milky rice porridge with weak tea;
• bedtime - half a glass of diluted milk.

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

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

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

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