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 fighting the disease.
General principles of diet for pancreatitis
Pancreatitis can occur spontaneously and bring great discomfort to a person (acute form) or have a latent and sluggish character (chronic stage). Losses differ from each other not only in clinical symptoms, but also in the characteristics of the diet.
In acute pancreatitis, it is recommended to fast for several days. 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 disappearance of acute symptoms of the disease (severe pain, nausea, vomiting and profuse diarrhea). In chronic pancreatitis, it is important to stick to a diet. This will help prevent exacerbations and achieve long-term remission.
In addition, it is necessary to 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, the food must be crushed to a liquid consistency.
It is important to avoid snacking during the day. Enough with the main meal. It is best to drink warmer tea or 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 the 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, squash, tomatoes can be, but in small doses |
| Fruit and berries (gelatinous decoctions, compote, fruit and berry puree) | Apricots, melons and watermelons (2-3 pieces per day), apples, pears, raisins (raisins), bananas. Avocado is allowed 2 months after exacerbation |
| Meat (cutlets, steamed meatballs, meatballs) | Rabbit, turkey, beef (beef tongue, beef liver), veal, chicken |
| Fish (boiled or steamed, fillets) and seafood | Cod liver, pike, flounder, cod, zander. 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 (without boiled onions and garlic) or dairy products with grains. If there are no exacerbations, you can cook the soup on the second meat broth. |
| Macaroni (boiled) | Vermicelli, noodles |
| Bakery products | Stale wheat bread (baked 1-2 days before consumption) |
| Dairy and low-fat dairy products | Cottage cheese steam casserole, cheese (not spicy), cottage cheese kefir (not sour), curdled milk, fermented cooked milk, butter, sour cream (no more than 1 tablespoon per day) |
| chicken eggs | Steamed omelette, occasionally you can eat hard-boiled eggs |
| Fat | Butter, vegetables (sunflower, olive) |
| Beverages | A decoction of wheat bran, rosehip, a weak tea drink |
| Sweets (in small doses) | Honey, jam, jelly (homemade), biscuits without bread, marshmallows, mousse, marshmallows |
| Nuts (grind well before eating or chewing well) | Pistachio, walnut, peanut |
| Legumes (ground) | Beans (decoction for exacerbation), soy meat, peas |
The allowed 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 acids and enzymes, which greatly irritate the pancreatic mucosa.
Therefore, it is better to remove all harmful foods from the diet:
- spicy, sour, fried, canned and pickled foods, broths from fatty meat (especially aspic);
- 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 seafood (mussels, squid, crab, lobster);
- 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, drinks with gas. The following prohibited foods should be excluded from daily use forever: fast food (burgers, 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 treating pancreatitis. The diet should not be interrupted or junk food added to the diet, as this can provoke an acute attack of the disease.
"Menu for all days" table
| days | Menu |
| 1st day | Breakfast: Milk oatmeal, veal chunks, tea or compote |
| 2nd breakfast: eggs (omelette or boiled), wheat broth (bran), baked fruit (apple, pear, banana - choice) | |
| Lunch: vegetable soup, noodles, chicken souffle, jelly, tea | |
| Snack: cottage cheese, kefir, fermented cooked milk (optional), tea | |
| Dinner: boiled pike, bread, tea | |
| 2nd day | Breakfast: boiled potatoes (mashed potatoes), a piece of fish, a few crackers, tea |
| 2nd breakfast: eggs, turkey cutlets, bread, compote | |
| Lunch: soup with chicken fillet, fish cutlet, bread, curdled milk | |
| Afternoon snack: homemade berry jelly, jelly fruit decoction, plain water | |
| Dinner: carrot puree, meatballs, muesli, tea drink | |
| 3rd day | Breakfast: Baked vegetables with rice slices, beef liver, tea, steamed raisins |
| 2nd breakfast: vermicelli, beef soufflé, apricot puree, mineral water Lunch: broth (on vegetables), cod liver, bread, biscuits, honey tea |
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| Afternoon snack: berry jelly dishes, 2-3 slices of watermelon or melon, compote | |
| Dinner: muesli, baked ricotta, jam, tea | |
| 4th day | Breakfast: liquid semolina, vegetable casserole, bread, fermented cooked milk |
| 2nd breakfast: Beef tongue, vegetable puree (broccoli, carrots), some marshmallows, tea | |
| Lunch: rabbit broth, steamed meatballs, shrimp, biscuits, jelly | |
| Snack: mousse or jelly, cooked apple (pear, banana) | |
| Dinner: oatmeal, chicken breast, mineral water | |
| 5th day | Breakfast: soft-boiled eggs, beef liver, apricot puree, honey tea |
| 2nd breakfast: vegetable casserole, pasta, tomato juice, mineral water | |
| Lunch: rabbit soup, rabbit or turkey cutlets, baked zucchini, compote | |
| Snack: jelly, biscuits, banana puree | |
| 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 biscuits, jam, fermented baked milk, nuts | |
| Dinner: Chicken souffle, oatmeal, bread, compote | |
| 7th day | Breakfast: vegetable stew, beef cutlets, bread, tea, honey |
| 2nd breakfast: rice, cod liver, tomato juice, peanuts | |
| Lunch: vegetable soup, fish fritters, biscuits, bran decoction | |
| Snack: cottage cheese, honey, tea | |
| Dinner: curdled milk, crackers, muesli, beef tongue |
Important! Portion size depends on the patient's well-being. A person can increase or decrease their volume, as well as change some ingredients. The main thing is to use only useful and permissible products for pancreatitis.
Recipes for inflammation of the pancreas
To make sure that the menu of the day doesn't seem so boring, you can diversify it with the following recipes.
Vegetable Ragu
Grind potatoes and pumpkin (0. 5 kg each), grate 1 carrot. Place 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. Finally, sprinkle with parsley and dill.
baked zander
For cooking, you need to take ½ kg of fish fillet, cut it into medium slices and place it on a baking sheet covered with aluminum foil. Sprinkle everything 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 (quenelle)
Grind 400 g of fish pulp, add a quarter of a loaf softened in milk and 2 egg whites. Salt and mix. Make ball-shaped cutlets and put them in boiling water for 3-5 minutes.
Steamed meat pudding 3
Ingrediants:
- rabbit meat (130 g);
- butter (25 g);
- egg;
- semolina (3 tsp);
- half a glass of water.
Grind the meat well until you get a homogeneous consistency, add the semolina, the whipped proteins, then the raw yolk and mix everything, mix gently in a mold and steam.
Ricotta soufflé
Grind apples (250 g) on a fine grater, add cottage cheese (300 g). Separately, beat the melted butter (50 g) with the sugar (3 tablespoons) and the egg yolks (4 pieces), add the whipped egg whites (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, which allows you to escape from 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 allowed 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 exacerbations of the disease and achieve long-term remissions.