When the pancreas is inflamed, digestive juice does not enter the duodenum. If juice is not supplied, this means that the foods that a person eats are not broken down and absorbed. Therefore, for this disease, not only drug therapy is prescribed, but also dietary meals - a diet.
Recommendations from Elena Malysheva in the special issue “Live Healthy!” on how to overcome pacreatitis using the healing effects of natural remedies.
Importance of Enzymes in Digesting Food
For normal digestion of food, pancreatic juice is required, which is produced by the pancreas. In addition, the juice protects against the harmful effects of hydrochloric acid. It contains enzymes that break down carbohydrates, proteins and fats. If this does not happen, then most of the food received does not provide any benefit to the body.
The juice contains 4 enzymes. They are secreted in 3 stages, the activation of which occurs approximately in the first 30-60 minutes after food intake. Then there is a gradual decrease in activity and literally after 3-4 hours everything returns to the initial level. If there are problems with the pancreas, then the activation of enzymes occurs too early, resulting in an inflammatory process or pancreatitis.
Fatty foods, consequences of abuse
Fats are found in all foods, even fruits, although in minimal quantities. But bacon and lard contain the most fat. For example, 70 g of lard covers the daily dose of fat that the body requires per day. It is clear that not a single person will limit himself to just a couple of pieces of lard a day.
Some products have hidden surprises. For example, Doctor’s sausage contains 40% fat, although it is considered dietary. Such products include popcorn, sauces, yoghurts, and semi-finished products.
Nutritionists advise consuming no more than 1 g of fat per 1 kg of a person’s weight. If the norm is not met, then obesity begins, which has a detrimental effect on absolutely all human organs, including the pancreas. Scientists have also been able to establish that fatty foods excite the pleasure center in the brain, as a result, even if a person stops consuming fat, he cannot get enough of ordinary food.
What herbs can you drink?
Here are several recipes for drinks that help alleviate the condition of a chronic disease. It is advisable to drink these drinks 1-2 glasses per day.
Herbal mixture No. 213
These include horsetail, St. John's wort, string, wormwood, burdock root, calendula, sage, elecampane and chamomile. Pour two tablespoons of the crushed mixture of these herbs into 500 ml of boiling water, simmer for 15 minutes in a water bath and then strain.
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Yelan
A long-known effective folk remedy. What you need to prepare it: mint, plantain, agrimony, St. John's wort, chamomile. Chop all the herbs and take 1 tablespoon of the mixture. Pour 120 ml of boiling water, put on low heat for a quarter of an hour, then strain. This decoction is not stored for a long time; it must be drunk within 24 hours.
Parsley
A simple garden plant is also a good helper in the fight against the manifestations of the disease, activating the work of the pancreas. Grind 300 grams of fresh parsley in a blender, mix with the same amount of chopped garlic and 1 kilogram of pitted lemons, but with zest.
Place everything listed in a container (not made of metal), close the lid tightly and store for 2 weeks in a cool, dark place. Eat 1 teaspoon of this mixture three times a day before meals. In this case, the lemon acid is neutralized by the other components, becoming less aggressive.
Ways to get rid of pain
Pancreatitis is accompanied by pain in the hypochondrium area. It starts after eating. This may be accompanied by weakness, belching, nausea, and even bowel dysfunction. The first step if an attack begins is to take antispasmodic medications, if you know which ones. If the attack is severe, then it is better to call doctors.
After this, it is best to adhere to bed rest for 2 days. Ice can be applied to the hypochondrium area. Until the attack passes, you should not eat, only drink water, which should be warm.
If vomiting is present, it is better to vomit, it will immediately become much easier. It is best to breathe shallowly and periodically hold your breath.
Vegetable recipes
Let's look at several recipes for dishes that can be prepared for pancreatitis.
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Vegetable pudding
You will need: pumpkin, zucchini, semolina, about 2 tbsp. spoons, milk, egg and a little olive oil.
For cooking, use only those vegetables that are allowed in the diet for pancreatitis.
Wash and peel the vegetables, cut into small pieces, add water and cook over low heat for 15-20 minutes. You need to cook until they become soft.
Add milk and semolina to the container and cook for another 10 minutes. Once the dish has cooled a little, add the egg to it. Place everything in molds and brush with oil. Bake the dish in a slow cooker.
Cauliflower soup
You will need: carrots, cauliflower, potatoes.
Rinse everything and boil. Grate to form a puree-like mass. The puree soup is ready. The finished dish can be served with wheat croutons.
The puree soup complies with the basic principles of the diet for pancreatitis, therefore its use is permitted both during periods of exacerbation (2 weeks from the onset of the attack) and during remission.
There are a lot of recipes; if you can’t choose the right dish on your own, you can consult a nutritionist.
Authorized Products
In order not to harm the pancreas and “help” it to fully perform its functions faster, the following foods should be present in the diet:
- soups with noodles and vegetables;
- yesterday's bread;
- baked or boiled fish;
- steamed meat, in the form of rolls, purees, pates and cutlets;
- crackers;
- stewed and baked vegetables;
- dairy and fermented milk products, but with a low percentage of fat content;
- cereals;
- omelette;
- pasta;
- a small amount of butter and vegetable oil;
- baked unsweetened fruits;
- jelly;
- jelly and compotes.
However, such a limited set of products will not always be in the diet; gradually, as you improve, the number of products expands.
Fully or partially limited products
Alas, the list of prohibited foods for this type of disease is quite impressive. Consumption is unacceptable:
- cabbage soup;
- okroshka;
- jam;
- broths based on meat, fish and mushrooms;
- beetroot;
- margarine;
- canned foods;
- fatty meats and fish;
- offal;
- sausages;
- any fried foods;
- lard;
- apples;
- boiled eggs;
- caviar;
- legumes;
- barley, corn and millet porridge;
- vegetables that cause flatulence and contain large dietary fibers, for example, radishes and cabbage, are prohibited;
- chocolate;
- fresh pastries and bread;
- spicy dishes;
- citrus fruits.
You cannot drink coffee, cocoa, or strong tea. It is not advisable to drink juices. Carbonated drinks are strictly prohibited
Diet for chronic pancreatitis
The goal of dietary nutrition in the presence of pancreatitis is to relieve the inflammatory process and restore normal functioning of the gland. In the chronic form, food should be supplied to the body every 2-3 hours. You need to drink a lot of water, up to 3 liters. Before eating, it is recommended to drink a glass of warm, clean, still water about 20 minutes before eating.
Consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited. You will have to reduce the amount of sugar and salt in your diet to a minimum. You cannot overeat and wash down your food. It is best to thoroughly grind all products. Dishes should be at room temperature.
Diet for acute pancreatitis
After 2-3 days of fasting, you should adhere to a gentle diet. The menu can be composed as follows:
- 3 days after the symptoms of the attack are relieved, weak tea, without sugar, is introduced;
- on day 5 you can already eat carrot or potato puree;
- from the 7th day it is allowed to introduce fish, but not fried or sea fish;
- from day 10 milk and curd puddings are introduced.
It is permissible to consume light soups and beef from 7-10 days. However, they are administered carefully, depending on the health condition. If unpleasant symptoms appear after consuming them, they are immediately removed from the diet.
Many doctors advise drinking oatmeal jelly every 3 or 4 days. It is low in calories, but at the same time it is very filling. The drink allows you to normalize stool and remove toxins.
Beneficial properties of a natural drink
Smoothies are a great find for people who need a gentle mechanical mode of eating. It is much easier for the body to process and absorb grated foods than their pieces. This is especially important for diseases of the digestive tract.
The benefit of the drink, first of all, is that it:
- Saturates the body with nutrients, vitamins and minerals.
- Unlike fresh drinks, in addition to juice, this drink contains the pulp of the products from which it is prepared. Therefore, the energy value of smoothies is much higher.
- This drink is perfect as a snack between breakfast and lunch or lunch and dinner.
- The great advantage of the product is that vegetables, berries and fruits cannot be heat treated, but are used fresh. This allows you to preserve the vitamin and mineral composition of the products.
In addition, smoothies:
- quickly satisfy hunger;
- replenish energy reserves;
- improve metabolism and metabolism;
- strengthen the immune system, blood vessels, improve their tone and elasticity;
- activate mental and physical performance;
- improve mood;
- increase stress resistance.
Such drinks also have pronounced antioxidant properties, cleanse the body of toxins and waste, neutralize the destructive effects of free radicals, and accelerate their elimination. Including such a drink in your diet is also beneficial for the health of your skin, hair, and nail plate.
Drinking fruits and vegetables has a beneficial effect on the kidneys and digestive organs. The drink helps remove salts and toxins from the kidneys, normalizes microflora, intestinal motility, and enzyme activity of the pancreas.
The specific benefits of the drink depend on the products included in its composition. For a richer composition, it is recommended to prepare a drink from several types of vegetables, fruits or berries. It is important that the products fit together and are not mutually exclusive.
| Type of drink | Characteristic |
| Potato smoothie | Has an enveloping, anti-inflammatory effect. |
| carrot drink | Improves vision, accelerates wound healing, has anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer effects, improves metabolic and digestive processes. |
| Pumpkin smoothie | It has a pronounced anti-inflammatory, wound-healing effect, reduces the acidity of gastric juice, promotes the healing of the mucous membranes of the digestive organs, ulcers, activates intestinal motility, improves the condition of blood vessels, skin and hair. |
| Cabbage smoothie | Cabbage composition is incredibly useful for the digestive system. It promotes the healing of ulcers and has pronounced anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties. |
| Apple and pear smoothies | Useful for diseases of the digestive system and for improving blood composition. They activate metabolic and digestive processes, improve intestinal motility and microflora, strengthen the immune system, blood vessels, normalize heart function, and stabilize blood pressure. Apple pulp is enriched with iron, and pear helps relieve constipation. |
| Apricot, peach drinks | They improve vision, strengthen the immune system, have an enveloping, antispasmodic effect, and improve brain performance. |
| Strawberry smoothie | It is a powerful antioxidant, improves fat metabolism, and is good for the heart and blood vessels. |
| Blueberries and currants | Adding these berries to the drink makes it an effective natural immunostimulant and helps improve vision. |
| Banana smoothies | They are enriched with vitamins and minerals, normalize the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, improve intestinal microflora, and have anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, wound-healing, and enveloping effects. |
Carrots can be combined with potatoes. The carrot-pumpkin-apple drink has a wide range of beneficial properties. Banana can be combined with strawberries and black currants. Apples with pear, grapes. It is recommended to combine sour fruits and berries with sweet strawberries, bananas, and melon.
Diet for pancreatitis in children
In fact, the diagnosis of pancreatitis is extremely rare in childhood. But more often you can encounter “reactive pancreatitis”. These are temporary problems with the pancreas associated with poor diet.
The problem can usually be resolved in just a couple of weeks. However, during this period you will have to keep the child on a strict diet.
Any products that contain chemical additives, flavors, or dyes are definitely removed. No trips to McDonald's or similar food establishments.
However, pickled and salted foods, broths, natural sausages, pates, cakes and even ice cream are allowed. But they should not be familiar to the child and can be used after the symptoms of “reactive pancreatitis” have been relieved.
Sample menu for one week
Before following the menu options described below, you should consult your doctor.
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Monday
You can have a steamed omelet for breakfast, wash it down with rosehip tea. For second breakfast, prepare a baked pear, and for an afternoon snack, drink milk and crunch with breadcrumbs. In the evening you can cook boiled breast and porridge in water.
Tuesday
The next morning, prepare manna, you can add some raisins, and for second breakfast, boiled rice and cabbage. For lunch, prepare soup, such as a vegetarian and meat dish. Drink compote or low-fat milk. In the evening, buckwheat or oatmeal porridge and tea, or a vegetable casserole.
Wednesday
In the morning, rosehip tea, some cheese and cheesecakes. For second breakfast, you can have buckwheat porridge and drink apple juice. Beef cutlets and pumpkin puree are available for lunch. Rice pudding and juice are ideal for an afternoon snack, and a vegetable casserole for the evening.
Thursday
You can relax a little, prepare an omelet and tomato for the morning, a vinaigrette for the second breakfast, but just do not use sauerkraut and salty foods. For lunch you can enjoy boiled cod and rice soup, and milk and boiled meat for an afternoon snack. In the evening you can have semolina porridge and tea with milk.
Friday
On this day you can eat the same way as Monday. But, for the evening, you are allowed to prepare a croup of cottage cheese and buckwheat.
Saturday
Morning: cottage cheese pudding, carrot puree for the 2nd breakfast, if desired, you can add a little jam. For lunch, vegetarian borscht and a meat dish. An afternoon snack is just a drink, for example berry jelly, and for the evening a low-fat fermented baked milk.
Sunday
You can eat similarly to the environment, but for lunch you are allowed to prepare zucchini soup and baked rabbit in sour cream.
This option for weekly nutrition can be used not only during illness, but also as a preventive measure for gastrointestinal diseases. The main thing to remember is to immediately consult a doctor if symptoms worsen to prevent serious complications.
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Therapeutic diet Table No. 5 p list of products
This diet is recommended for chronic pancreatitis, gout, cholecystitis and a number of other diseases. The main goal of diet No. 5p is to restore the normal functioning of the pancreas, liver and gall bladder.
Table No. 5p provides for a rational approach to the amount of protein and carbohydrates. However, fats are almost completely reduced to zero. The menu should not contain products that contain cholesterol, oxalic acid, purines, essential oils, or fat. Salt also decreases in quantity.
It is recommended to drink warm water on an empty stomach. Food should be thoroughly chopped and eaten in small portions. No alcohol. You need to eat on average 5 times throughout the day.
The energy value of the menu should not exceed 2800 kcal. During the diet, drug therapy cannot be stopped.
What is allowed and prohibited
Diet for chronic pancreatitis should contain a minimum of carbohydrates, a normal amount of fat and a lot of protein. At the same time, it is recommended to obtain fats and carbohydrates from various cereals. It is important that you should not eat baked goods, honey or sweets. But you are allowed to add a little salt to your food.
Boiled or pureed vegetables are allowed (potatoes, carrots, zucchini)
Numerical indicators:
- consume 2700 kcal/day;
- up to 400 g of carbohydrates, 1/8 of which are easily digestible;
- up to 100 g of fats, 1/2 of which are vegetable;
- up to 130 g of protein, 1/2 of which is of animal origin.
The treatment menu necessarily includes meat, namely rabbit, beef, turkey, chicken. The same applies to fish. But any fish and meat products should be chosen with low fat content.
Meat and fish should be lean and free of fat.
It is not recommended to include pure milk in the diet for chronic pancreatitis; it can only be used as an additive to other dishes (for example, porridge).
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Fermented milk products are encouraged, but watch their quality - it is better to take home-made cottage cheese, cheese - exclusively fresh and not spicy. Boiled eggs are prohibited when treating illness, although they can be included in some recipes in small quantities.
A diet high in carbohydrates is not recommended, since increased protein nutrition leads to increased activity of proteolytic enzymes, and acute pancreatitis develops more often after meat and fatty foods.
To get carbohydrates , a diet for chronic pancreatitis in adults may include foods such as:
- oatmeal;
- buckwheat;
- pasta;
- dairy-free rice;
- bread crumbs.
What you can eat to get fats: a little butter or vegetable oil in dishes. Unacceptable options: cooking fats, margarine, animal fat (for example, pork or goose).
What else is prohibited to eat:
- Fruits with a high level of acidity.
- Broths (meat, fish, mushroom).
- Sorrel.
- Fruit juices.
- Spicy seasonings.
- Strong coffee and tea
It is also important to avoid overeating, as this always puts a strain on the entire digestive system as a whole, and the pancreas is no exception.
Recommendations from Elena Malysheva in the special issue “Live Healthy!” on how to overcome pacreatitis using the healing effects of natural remedies.
