Diet for pancreatitis for a week: what should be a diet for adults with a sick pancreas?

Which diet will facilitate well-being, help win pancreatitis and return you to health. We will try to answer these and other questions in the article.

Diet for pancreatitis( table number 5) was developed by nutritionists and doctors for many years. Its main goal is to alleviate the patient's condition( pain relief, diarrhea and digestion problems) by reducing the burden on organs belonging to the "risk group".Diet № 5 in combination with drug treatment is prescribed for pancreatic and liver problems. This food normalizes digestion, is a preventive agent and is often practiced by absolutely healthy people for the removal of intoxication or purification of the body.

For people with acute or chronic pancreatitis, the diet is always prescribed in complex treatment to restore the functions and work of the pancreas, digestive organs.

What is its special feature? It is prescribed for 4-5 days after fasting and has clear rules:

1. Dietary meals for pancreatitis are used only in a warm form( neither hot nor cold).
2. Food should be frequent( up to 7 times a day) in small portions. In no case should you allow the appearance of a feeling of hunger.
3. From the menu, you need to completely exclude dishes that enhance the increased secretion of gastric juice( acid production): pickles, spicy food, fatty broth and sauce, canned food, products made of rye flour, etc.)..
4. Do not eat fried foods( the food is prepared only in a steamy way, all products are wiped or crushed before consumption).
5. The diet for pancreatitis in adults is characterized by an increased protein content, with a limited amount of fats and carbohydrates.

Power pancreatitis and diabetes

Because the pancreas to secrete hormones( insulin) that regulate blood sugar levels, 20-30% of patients with chronic pancreatitis observed the development of diabetes. This is facilitated by a violation of the endocrine secretion of the gland and carbohydrate metabolism, after which there is a shortage of insulin( since there is sclerosis and inflammation of the apparatus responsible for the production of this hormone in diabetes mellitus).

A prerequisite for the treatment of chronic pancreatitis, with or without diabetes, is strict adherence to the diet. As the reason that causes the disease, is the same - a violation of the pancreas, the food is almost identical: it is easy to digest and absorb food, vegetables, herbs, fruits, sprouted grains, nuts, cereals, low-fat dishes of meat and fish. The most easily digestible food - a salad of raw, fresh vegetables, fruits, herbs, nuts, sprouted grains, etc.

strictly controlled

diet In the early days of the disease( pancreatitis after an attack, exacerbation) recommended fasting, can only drink..: Mineral water without gas or broth of dogrose, in small portions, in a warm form. The duration of fasting is determined by the doctor, usually it lasts up to 3 days.

In the next 2 days after fasting, it is allowed to inject into the diet croutons, wiped, unsalted, unflavored mucous decoctions. After that, you can add mashed porridge( from buckwheat or rice cereals, cooked in milk, half-diluted with water), steam omelet( from proteins), slimy soups.

After a day, cereals can be cooked on milk, eat stale white bread, and cottage cheese, rubbed with milk. On the sixth day, you can eat grated vegetable soups( without cabbage) and vegetable purees. Then, low-fat meat and fish, wiped and cooked( souffle, pudding) and steamed meatballs are added to the diet.

duration strictly sparing diet - about 14 days, the second week of gradually fruit( initially in the form of compotes, jellies, unconcentrated juice) are entered in the menu, then the non-acidic fresh fruits.

Gentle diet

Diet No. 5 was developed to reduce the load on the digestive organs and normalize the secretion of the pancreas. Therefore, all meals are prepared in crushed or wiped form, recommended protein nutrition, significantly reduced the fat and carbohydrates( especially easily digestible), and completely excluded from the menu substances that cause increased secretion of the digestive glands, dishes containing rough, untreated cellulose.

The diet for pancreatitis is 2 kinds of :

1. The diet is necessary for exacerbation of the disease( acute pancreatitis or attacks of its chronic form).It has a small energy value( up to 1700 kcal), protein content is within the limits of normal, and fats and carbohydrates are reduced to a minimum. All products are grinded or crushed during cooking and are cooked exclusively for a couple or cooked.
2. The second diet( protein) is practiced at remission after an attack by patients who have been diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis. The energy value of the diet is increased to 2,700 kcal, the protein content increases, but the content of carbohydrates( especially easily digested), fats, and salt remains reduced. Diet in pancreatitis in adults at any stage of the disease completely eliminates fried foods, as well as products that cause flatulence, bloating, fermentation processes.

Duration of the diet

The diet for pancreatitis number 5 in adults is prescribed for the duration individually, depending on the condition of patients with pancreatitis. Chronic pancreatitis provides that it should be adhered to quite a long time.

Immediately after an attack, an exacerbation of a chronic disease is recommended fasting for several days( up to 3).Then a strict diet number 5( a low-calorie, described in item 1) is prescribed and the patient with pancreatitis is on such a diet for 1 week, until the condition improves. The duration of the diet is determined by the doctor, so it can be extended up to a month and a half.

Chronic pancreatitis: compliance with the second type of diet number 5 can last from several months to 1-2 years. But again: how much to continue dietary food at a pancreatitis is defined by the doctor proceeding from results of inspection and analyzes of the patient.

Authorized products

As the first dish, vegetable soups are preferred, with the addition of cereals, secondary chicken broths. Vegetables can be slightly pre-fried, but not fried.

Meat dishes can be consumed only from the loin( chicken or turkey, after removing fat, bones and veins).The dishes are steamed or boiled. You can bake, but before that the meat should still be boiled. These same requirements apply to fish: only lean, in boiled or baked form, which is cooked before baking is needed.

Bread must be eaten only from 1 or 2 sort flour, dried. Protein omelets are prepared from eggs, and the yolk is limited to 0.5-1 per day.

From dairy products preference is given to cottage cheese and low-fat cheeses. You can consume whole milk or cook porridge or other dishes based on it.

Fruits should be consumed in the form of juices( not very concentrated), compotes, jelly and in raw form( unsweetened varieties).Vegetables are stewed, boiled or eaten raw.

From cereals to patients with diagnosis of pancreatitis, buckwheat, rice and oatmeal are recommended.

What to exclude from the diet

For inflammation of the pancreas are excluded:

1. Bread: products from rye flour, baking, fresh pastry.
2. Meat: all fatty meat varieties, sausage and smoked products, canned food, brains.
3. Fish: greasy, any smoked, salted, fried;caviar;Canned goods.
4. Cereals and cereals: millet, pearl barley, barley porridge, pasta and beans.
5. Dairy products: fatty and sour curd, cream, fatty and salty cheeses. Pickles and pickled vegetables, sour vegetables, radish, garlic, mushrooms. Onions before meals are scalded with boiling water, maximum 15 g per day.
6. Soups: rich broths, mushroom soup.
7. Drinks: strong coffee, carbonated drinks, cocoa. Fruit and desserts: sour, hard fruits, chocolate, confectionery with cream, halva, jam, ice cream, honey, sugar.

Delicious and healthy food

Observing the basic requirements and rules of nutrition( permitted products, regimen) with the help of culinary techniques, it is possible to easily diversify nutrition with pancreatic inflammation( pancreatitis of acute or chronic form), making it more tasty, refined and original.

For example, meat can be prepared not only steam cutlets and meatballs, but also pudding. For this, low-fat beef is needed( 120 g).Boil it, let it through the meat grinder. From the semolina( 10 g manki and 1/3 cup water) make a gruel and mix with minced meat, then add the yolk and whipped protein. Mix everything thoroughly, put the mixture in a greased with butter and pour on the steam until ready.

It does not matter what food is on the menu, but your attitude and attitude: if you wish, you will prepare a delicious curd or banana dessert, all kinds of casseroles from vegetables, cereals. And then the food will not only bring benefits, will improve the condition in the fight against pancreatitis, but also pleasure. Pancreatitis is not a serious, fatal disease, but if you follow all the recommendations, you can lead a full and rich life.

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