Diet For Chronic Pancreatitis

Proper nutrition is the main component of chronic pancreatitis treatment. What can you eat and what should you avoid with this disease?

Proper nutrition is the main component of chronic pancreatitis treatment. What can you eat and what should you avoid with this disease?

Compliance with dietary recommendations will allow patients with chronic pancreatitis to minimize the risk of exacerbation of the disease. The principle of medical nutrition consists in chemical sparing of the digestive tract.

For this, doctors recommend excluding from the diet products and dishes that stimulate gastric and pancreatic secretion. These include fatty, smoked, fried foods; pickles; canned food; sour juices; sausages; confectionery and chocolate; hot spices and seasonings; alcohol.

The diet for chronic pancreatitis includes restrictions on the use of certain products, as well as the following recommendations for cooking and eating:

1. You need to eat 4-5 times a day, in small portions. Do not overeat so as not to overload the pancreas.
2. It is necessary to take food at the same hours. Food should not be too hot or cold.
3. Products for cooking must be fresh, of natural origin, in boiled, baked, rarely - in dried form.
4. The most common cause of exacerbations of chronic pancreatitis is alcohol, including alcohol tinctures. Therefore, it is better to stay away from these drinks.
5. Fatty, especially fried foods should be limited. Excessive fat load provokes exacerbation of the disease. Up to 80 g of fat per day can be added to meals (butter, refined vegetable oil). If for any reason fat consumption increases, additional intake of drugs containing high doses of lipase will be required.
6. There should be enough protein in the diet (up to 110-115 g daily, of which up to 60% is animal protein). Protein is found in lean meat, fish, egg white, it improves the processes of recovery of the pancreas and prevents the progression of chronic pancreatitis.
7. It is advisable to eat a variety of foods to provide the body with the necessary nutrients.
8. You can't abuse sweets. An excess of carbohydrates, especially easily digestible ones, exhausts the insular apparatus of the pancreas and increases the risk of developing diabetes.

Recommended products and dishes:

• low-fat varieties of sea and river fish in boiled or steamed form. It is necessary to limit the use of herring, canned fish, fish roe;
• low-fat varieties of meat (poultry, beef, rabbit). Limit sausage products, sausages, sausages;
• eggs can be used to prepare an omelet, various dishes;
• soups based on vegetable broth or low-fat light chicken broth. It is recommended to limit milk soups, okroshka in the diet;
• dairy products: low-fat non-acidic cheese, fermented milk products. Limit sour cream, cream, hard varieties of cheese;
• rice, buckwheat, oat, millet cereals. Reduce the consumption of instant cereal breakfasts, as well as wheat and pearl barley;
• flour products: yesterday's wheat bread, wheat crackers, small vermicelli. Limit wheat-rye and rye bread, homemade pastries with fillings, cookies, pasta;
• vegetables: potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, pumpkin, zucchini, zucchini, cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, sweet pepper, salad. It is recommended to limit white and red cabbage, radish, radish, turnip, beet;
• fruits: bananas, ripe pear, kiwi, oranges, lemons, tangerines, watermelon, pomegranate, strawberries, strawberries, cherries, dried blueberries. It is worth limiting the use of apples, currants, raspberries, apricots, peaches, gooseberries, cherries, plums, grapes, blackberries, prunes, raisins, dried apricots;
• marshmallows, milk caramel, pastilles are allowed as sweets. Limit sugar, honey, jam, marmalade, chocolate and chocolate candies, jelly, fruit ice cream;
• it is allowed to add butter, sour cream, vegetable oil to ready meals in a small amount;
• drinks: black tea, green tea, herbal teas, compotes, rosehip broth, table mineral water. Limit the consumption of coffee with milk or cream, jelly, fruit juices, fruit and vegetable juices.

Not recommended products and dishes:

• batter-fried fish, smoked fish;
• fatty types of meat (duck, goose, pork, lamb);
• raw and fried eggs;
• soups based on fatty broths;
• fatty cheese and curd masses, fatty yogurts;
• coarsely ground corn grits;
• very fresh bread, butter and puff pastry products;
• peas, beans, beans. Green peas, young green beans are allowed in small quantities;
• confectionery and baked goods with fat oil creams, margarine;
• margarine and cooking fat;
• strong alcoholic drinks, beer, cold fizzy drinks.

At the same time, diet alone is not enough to prevent exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis. It is necessary to visit a doctor regularly (at least once every six months), undergo the necessary examinations to prevent complications.