Improper diet, stress and bad habits can cause inflammation of the pancreas. This is a serious disease that requires not only complex treatment, but also the correct correction of the diet. A strict diet for pancreatitis is an integral part of the fight against the disease.
General principles of diet for pancreatitis.
Pancreatitis can manifest spontaneously and bring great discomfort to a person (acute form) or have a latent and slow character (chronic stage). Leaks differ from each other not only in clinical symptoms, but also in the features of the diet.
In acute pancreatitis, fasting for several days is recommended. This is necessary to provide the body with a state of rest and reduce the focus of inflammation in the tissues.
You can start eating on the 4th day after the acute symptoms of the disease (severe pain, nausea, vomiting and profuse diarrhea) disappear. In chronic pancreatitis, it is important to follow a diet. This will help prevent flare-ups and achieve long-term remission.
In addition, you must adhere to 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 hot food.
- Before eating, food should be ground to a liquid consistency.
It is important to avoid snacks throughout the day. Enough of the main meal. It is better to drink more tea or hot water. This will help remove toxins from the body and reduce discomfort in the abdomen.
What can you eat with pancreatitis?
With inflammation of the pancreas, doctors attribute nutrition to the patient according to the generally accepted classification of diets - table 5. Patients eat only healthy foods and completely reject foods that provoke the production of acid in gastric juice and stimulate an increase in work. of enzymes in a weakened organ.
Table "Useful products for pancreatic pancreatitis"
| Category | Shopping list |
| Cooked vegetables (stewed, boiled) | Beets, cauliflower, broccoli, potatoes, zucchini, carrots, pumpkin, tomatoes can be, but in small doses. |
| Fruits and berries (jelly decoctions, compotes, fruit and berry purees) | Apricots, melons and watermelons (2-3 pieces per day), apples, pears, raisins (raisins), bananas. Avocado is allowed 2 months after the exacerbation. |
| Meat (cutlets, steamed dumplings, dumplings) | Rabbit, turkey, beef (beef tongue, beef liver), veal, chicken |
| Fish (boiled or steamed in cutlets, fillets) and shellfish | Cod liver, pike, sole, pollock, pike perch. 17-21 days after the exacerbation subsides, you can eat shrimp |
| cereals | Buckwheat porridge, oatmeal (muesli), rice, semolina. Sometimes you can eat barley or corn porridge |
| broths and soups | Only vegetables (no boiled onions or garlic) or dairy with cereals. If there are no exacerbations, you can cook the soup in the second meat broth. |
| Macaroni (boiled) | noodles, noodles |
| Bakery products | Durum wheat bread (baked 1-2 days before consumption) |
| Dairy and low-fat dairy products | Steamed stews from cottage cheese, cheese (not spicy), cottage cheese kefir (not acidic), curdled milk, fermented baked milk, butter, sour cream (no more than 1 tablespoon per day) |
| chicken eggs | Steamed omelette, from time to time you can eat soft-boiled eggs |
| fats | Butter, vegetables (sunflower, olive) |
| Drinks | A decoction of wheat bran, wild rose, a weak tea drink |
| Sweets (in small doses) | Honey, jam, jelly (homemade), cookies without bread, marshmallows, mousse, marshmallow |
| Nuts (grind well before eating or chew well) | pistachio, walnut, peanut |
| Legumes (ground) | Beans (cooking for exacerbation), soy meat, green peas |
The permitted foods contain many water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins, rich in carbohydrates, proteins and lipids. And, most importantly, they practically do not irritate the pancreatic mucosa.
What not to eat with pancreatitis
Many products are capable of causing an increase in the secretion of acid and enzymes, which greatly irritate the pancreatic mucosa.
Therefore, it is better to eliminate all harmful foods from the diet:
- spicy, sour, fried foods, preserves and pickles, fatty meat broths (in particular, jelly);
- condiments, spices, sauces, mayonnaise, ketchup;
- meat and its derivatives: pork (pork tongue), lamb, including fat, sausages, smoked meats, sausages, balyks, lard;
- fatty fish (salmon, catfish, carp, mackerel, herring) and shellfish (mussels, squid, crabs, lobsters);
- rich pastries, rye bread, chocolate products, cakes, sweets (lollipops, caramel), halva, ice cream, glazed curd;
- oranges, figs, sunflower seeds, radishes, radishes, all kinds of mushrooms.
It is contraindicated to drink coffee, strong black and green tea, milk, carbonated drinks. The following prohibited foods must be permanently excluded from daily use: fast food (hamburgers, French fries, shawarma, hot dogs, sushi, rolls), chips, salted nuts, hot 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: oatmeal with milk, pieces of beef, tea or compote |
| 2nd breakfast: eggs (omelet or boiled), wheat broth (from bran), baked fruits (apple, pear, banana - to choose) | |
| Lunch: vegetable soup, noodles, chicken soufflé, jam, tea | |
| Snack: cottage cheese, kefir, fermented baked milk (optional), tea | |
| Dinner: boiled pike, bread, tea. | |
| 2nd day | Breakfast: boiled potatoes (mashed potatoes), a piece of fish, some crackers, tea |
| 2nd breakfast: eggs, turkey cutlets, bread, compote | |
| Lunch: soup with chicken fillet, fish cutlet, bread, curdled milk | |
| Snack: homemade berry jelly, gelatinous fruit decoction, still water | |
| Dinner: carrot puree, meatballs, muesli, tea drink | |
| 3rd day | Breakfast: baked vegetables with sliced rice, beef liver, tea, steamed raisins |
| 2nd breakfast: noodles, beef soufflé, apricot purée, mineral water Lunch: broth (over vegetables), cod liver, bread, biscuits, tea with honey |
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| 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 |
| 2nd breakfast: beef tongue, mashed vegetables (broccoli, carrot), some marshmallows, tea | |
| Lunch: rabbit broth, steamed meatballs, prawns, biscuits, jam | |
| Snack: mousse or jelly, baked apple (pear, banana) | |
| Dinner: oatmeal, chicken breast, mineral water | |
| 5th day | Breakfast: soft-boiled eggs, beef liver, apricot puree, tea with honey |
| 2nd breakfast: vegetable casserole, pasta, tomato juice, mineral water | |
| Lunch: rabbit soup, rabbit or turkey cutlets, baked zucchini, compote | |
| Snack: jelly, cookies, mashed banana | |
| Dinner: mashed potatoes, boiled pollock, kefir. | |
| 6th day | Breakfast: rice, chicken cutlets, cod liver, tomato juice |
| 2nd breakfast: muesli, beef tongue, baked pumpkin, rosehip broth | |
| Lunch: vegetable soup, boiled fish, applesauce, mineral water. | |
| Snack cookies, jam, fermented baked milk, nuts | |
| Dinner: chicken soufflé, oatmeal, bread, compote | |
| 7th day | Breakfast: vegetable stew, veal cutlets, bread, tea, honey. |
| 2nd breakfast: rice, cod liver, tomato juice, peanuts | |
| Lunch: vegetable soup, fish cakes, crackers, bran decoction | |
| Snack: cottage cheese, honey, tea. | |
| Dinner: curdled 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 to use exclusively useful and permitted products for pancreatitis.
Recipes for inflammation of the pancreas.
So that the daily menu does not seem so boring, you can diversify it with the following recipes.
vegetable ragout
Grind potatoes and pumpkin (0. 5 kg each), grate 1 carrot. Put the vegetables in a saucepan (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 pike perch
For cooking, 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 pc. ), Put 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 bread softened in milk and 2 egg whites. Salt and stir. Make cutlets in the shape of a ball and place them in boiling water for 3-5 minutes.
Steamed meat pudding 3
Ingredients:
- rabbit meat (130 g);
- butter (25g);
- egg;
- semolina (3 teaspoons);
- half a glass of water.
Grind the meat thoroughly to a homogeneous consistency, add semolina, whipped protein, then raw yolk and mix everything, gently knead the dough in a mold and steam.
curd soufflé
Grind apples (250 g) on a fine grater, add cottage cheese (300 g). Separately, beat the melted butter (50 g) with sugar (3 tablespoons) and yolks (4 pieces), add the whipped whites to the 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, allowing you to escape 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. The permitted 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 flare-ups of the disease and achieve long-term remissions.