The diet for pancreatitis depends on whether the disease is acute or chronic. Remember that inflammation of the pancreas is not a trifle, because it plays an important role in digestion, metabolism and assimilation of substances (proteins, carbohydrates and fats). Therefore, significant dietary changes should be made immediately after diagnosis. Otherwise, even the latest generation of drugs will be powerless.
Acute (reactive) pancreatitis
As the name suggests, the disease occurs suddenly (usually immediately after taking an irritating food). Symptoms: burning abdominal pain, fever, nausea, vomiting. Risk factors: lack of protein in the diet, overeating, alcohol abuse, smoking, fatty, spicy, fried, too cold or too hot food, sweet soda water. Sometimes the disease is a consequence of gallstones and chronic cholecystitis.
Diet for pancreatitis in acute (reactive) form in adults and children is aimed at ensuring maximum rest of the long-term pancreas, while reducing pancreatic and gastric secretions. And here's what the patient's procedure should be:
- The first 2-4 days after exacerbation.It is recommended not to eat at all, but to use only medicinal mineral waters in small sips and in small quantities.
- Starting on day 5.Gradually and very carefully expand your diet menu for pancreatitis. Therefore, adherence to the 5P treatment table is recommended.
- 6-7 days.The diet includes jellies, slimy soups, kefir, liquid cereals (except millet), steamed chicken, beef and fish, cutlets, purees and other vegetables in cooked and stewed form, weak tea, baked or mashed apples, soupof the rod.
Nutrition Features and Sample Menu
No matter where the patient is sent for pancreatitis treatment - to a sanatorium or home, a child number 5 should be adhered to based on the following principles:
- Daily norm of vegetable proteins - 30 g, animal proteins - 50 g, vegetable fats - 15 g, animal fats - 45 g and carbohydrates - 200 g. The total caloric intake for pancreatitis should not exceed 2500-2700 kcal per day. The norm of drinking liquid - 1, 5 liters, salt - 10 g.
- The first two weeks we cook dishes without salt.
- We eat at least 5-6 times a day in small meals to eliminate the risk of overeating.
- The temperature of cooked food should be between 45 and 60 degrees.
- The consistency of dishes is liquid, semi-liquid, ie only pureed food.
Diet for acute pancreatitis implies complete exclusion from the menu for a long time (almost a year) of smoked meat, fried foods, pickles and pickles, sour cream, lard, canned food, bakery products and fresh bread, cream, alcohol. Adherence to all the above recommendations can prevent the development of the disease in a chronic form! An example of a menu for that day might look like this:
- Breakfast:steamed omelette, mashed herculean porridge on water, weak tea.
- Second breakfast:cheese with milk.
- Lunch:buckwheat soup, cooked meat stew, apple jelly.
- Dinner:steamed fish cutlets, carrot puree, pomegranate soup.
- For the night:kefir.
Chronic pancreatitis
This disease has another extremely unattractive name - prediabetes. In fact, if you have already gone through the acute phase unfavorably (in the absence of proper treatment), diabetes mellitus can become the next step. This disease is characterized by two alternating stages - exacerbation and remission. Therefore, the diet with pancreatitis is aimed at alleviating the inflammatory process and, consequently, translating the disease into a remission phase.
So from now on your diet will be a lifelong eating system. And there's nothing you can do about it. You can still take diet number 5 as a basis, whose basic principles are still strictly followed. A diet with exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis is again a return to the first three steps (fasting on mineral water is still on the top list).
Allowed products:
- milk, yogurt, kefir, non-sour cream cheese, mild cheese;
- porridge (buckwheat, oats, rice), pasta;
- vegetables (potatoes, carrots, pumpkins, zucchini, beets, etc. );
- wheat crackers or stale white bread;
- meat (veal, chicken, rabbit, turkey), lean fish;
- baked apples, fruit jellies, berries;
- oatmeal soup, fruit drink, non-acidic fruit juices, chamomile tea;
- vegetable soups and puree soups, celery juice.
Prohibited Products:
- sauerkraut, fresh cabbage, legumes;
- spinach, sorrel, radish, radish;
- hot spices and herbs;
- fresh bread, pastries, sweets;
- sausages, smoked meats, canned food, eggs;
- meat, fish soups, cabbage soup, borscht;
- alcohol, sweet drinks with gas;
- confectionery, ice cream, sour cream, cream;
- fried food.