What vegetables can you eat with pancreatitis?
Pancreatitis is a disease characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes of the pancreas. This organ is responsible for the production of digestive enzymes. It turns out that with inflammation of the pancreas, the functioning of the entire digestive system worsens. The main treatment for the disease is the observance of a special diet.
List of permitted vegetables
Different stages of the disease imply different therapeutic diets. In the acute period, which usually lasts from 1 to 3 days, it is worth excluding any vegetables, whether fresh or heat-treated, from the patient's menu containing acids and fiber - they will become too much of a burden for digestion, will have an irritating effect on the already inflamed pancreatic mucosa.
As the attack subsides, on about 4-6 days, boiled carrots and potatoes, mashed in puree, can be included in the diet. They will have an enveloping and healing effect, relieve inflammation.
It is also easily digested and heals mucous membranes. cauliflower. It is recommended to boil it first, and then turn it into a puree using a blender.
Another vegetable allowed at the initial stage of rehabilitation is pumpkin. It is rich in vitamins, including the unique vitamin T (not found in any other vegetable). Pumpkin puree also promotes the healing of mucous membranes, is easily digestible, and also saturates the body, depleted by the disease, with vitamins and minerals.An orange vegetable should be boiled or baked in the oven in foil, then mashed.
In the first days of remission, you can also include in the patient's diet beets. It is boiled and rubbed on a fine grater; it is forbidden to eat the root vegetable raw. Beets are useful because they contain betaine - a substance that normalizes metabolic processes.
Useful in pancreatitis and milk marrow. These ripen in early summer, have a delicate, translucent skin. Zucchini puree fights inflammation, has an enveloping effect, is easily digested without burdening the digestive system.
In the early stages of recovery, the patient is given only vegetable purees, and they are prepared without salt and spices. From about 10-12 days of rehabilitation, you can give the patient vegetable broths with a small amount of spices for taste.
After 14 days of stable remission, you can expand the list of allowed foods, and after another 5-7 days, try adding fresh vegetables to this list. Can be entered in the menu stewed broccoli and cauliflower, celery, legumes.
In chronic pancreatitis, it is useful to keep a food diary - it will allow you to identify which vegetables are allowed and which are contraindicated for you.
During a stable remission, you can also use freshly squeezed carrot and pumpkin juices. Before use, they are diluted in half with water. Within 20 minutes after preparation, the drink loses some of its nutrients, so you need to drink it immediately after preparation.
No less useful for the pancreatic mucosa potato juice. However, it does not have a pleasant taste, so it can be combined with carrot or pumpkin. cabbage juice also allowed for pancreatitis in the stage of stable remission, especially if it is combined with low acidity of gastric juice.
Drinking cabbage juice half an hour before meals in this case will help improve digestion.
What can't be eaten?
With pancreatitis, vegetables are prohibited, irritating the mucous membranes of the pancreas and provoking the separation of a large amount of bile. These are primarily vegetables with a high content of fruit acids and esters. Those vegetables that have pronounced bitterness or acidity are best cooked before consumption.
With pancreatitis, spicy and spicy vegetables, as well as those that contain an increased amount of fiber, are prohibited. Preference should be given to more starchy options.
Exclude from the diet, especially during the recovery period, should be tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, garlic, sorrel, radishes, turnips, radishes, horseradish, rhubarb. Tomatoes also provoke a strong separation of bile, so they are excluded in the initial period, and in the chronic form of the disease they are consumed with caution. Bulgarian pepper requires the production of a large number of enzymes for digestion, and the glandular tissue for a long time after the attack is not capable of this without compromising health.
With caution, you should eat vegetables that contain a large amount of hard dietary fiber and contribute to the occurrence of flatulence - white cabbage, legumes. During the rehabilitation period, it is also better to refuse corn, cucumbers, dill, parsley, celery, nightshade crops.
Seaweed not recommended because in its chemical properties this product is close to mushrooms. And the use of the latter is a big burden on all digestive organs.
Canned and pickled vegetables should be excluded from the diet for cholecystitis. They contain a lot of salt, vinegar and spices that will harm the pancreas. Despite the benefits of vegetable broths, which are talked about almost everywhere, this dish is not desirable for pancreatitis. Broths provoke an increased production of enzymes, which loads the pancreas.
Vegetables are best subjected to heat treatment, excluding their frying, baking to a crust. Before use, vegetables should be peeled (they contain too much coarse fiber) and seeds. All vegetables consumed must be ripe. Unripe or overripe fruits are prohibited in the diet, as they can provoke eating disorders.
Healthy Recipes
With pancreatitis during the recovery period, preference should be given to boiled, baked and steamed vegetables. To preserve the maximum useful composition, vegetables, if possible, must be boiled wholewithout peeling the skin, or coarsely chopped pieces. Place vegetables in boiling water. Frozen pieces are not pre-thawed, but simply dipped into a boiling liquid. As already mentioned, a decoction after vegetables should not be eaten, as well as cook soups for the patient on it.
In the first days of remission, vegetables are boiled without salt. After 5-7 days of successful recovery, butter can be added to the vegetable puree for taste, after another 5 days - spices without pronounced bitterness or pungency, a pinch of salt. Yogurt, cream, milk, and an egg will help make the puree more tender. It is recommended to introduce them into the patient's diet no earlier than after 3-4 weeks of successful remission.
You need to stew vegetables in a cauldron, frying pan or pan with a thick bottom, always under a closed lid. The bottom of the dishes must be greased with oil or fat, pour in a small amount of liquid (water, broth, milk) and only after that lay the vegetables.
Another useful option for cooking vegetables - baking. At the same time, it is important not to overexpose them in the oven, otherwise they will lose their juiciness and taste. Root crops are pre-washed and blotted with dry napkins, after which they are baked, laid on the middle grill.
When baking vegetables, it is better not to add salt, otherwise they will give juice and will not turn out tasty. But before stewing, they can just be salted so that they release the juice and the dish turns out fragrant, in its own juice.
The variety of taste and nutritional value at the stage of recovery after an illness will please vegetable pudding. To prepare it, you need 1/2 kg of allowed vegetables. It can be cauliflower, pumpkin, zucchini, green peas. Vegetables can be taken in equal proportions or at your discretion. Also, for the pudding, you will need 2 tablespoons of semolina, 50 ml of milk and water (mix in one container) and 1 chicken egg, vegetable oil for lubricating the mold.
Vegetables should be washed and, if necessary, peeled, then finely chopped or grated. Then the mixture is stewed with a small amount of water for 20 minutes. The finished mass can be additionally rubbed with a crush, then add semolina and a mixture of water and milk, continue to simmer for another 10 minutes.
Remove the composition from the fire, cool and add the beaten egg to the peaks. Stir, put in a greased baking dish and send to the oven for 15-20 minutes until a golden crust forms on the surface of the pudding. It can be served both hot and chilled.
As a hot dish or side dish, you can cook vegetable and potato casserole. The list of ingredients for this dish is 500 g potatoes (if the season allows, use early young potatoes), 2 carrots, an egg and 20 g butter. Root crops should be boiled in their skins and skins until cooked, peeled and grated. The egg should also be boiled, then peeled and finely chopped.
Grease a baking dish with oil, you can sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Put the casserole in layers: potato-egg, carrots and potatoes again. Arrange pieces of butter on top and send the form to the oven. Cook until an appetizing crust appears.
In chronic pancreatitis and prolonged remission allowed vegetable soup. A light diet dish based on cauliflower will come in handy. It will take 1/2 kg of cauliflower, a couple of potatoes and carrots, a tablespoon of olive oil.
Potatoes should be cut into a pot of water and boiled over low heat. At this time, peel and grate the carrots coarsely, lightly fry them in vegetable oil (there should not be frying), disassemble the cabbage into inflorescences.
After boiling the potato broth, cabbage inflorescences are added to the pan, after another 5-7 minutes, carrots are laid. The soup is prepared for 10-15 minutes, after which it is recommended to let it brew under the lid for another quarter of an hour.
The dietary first course, which is allowed for problems with the pancreas, can be prepared differently. As ingredients, we select 2 carrots, 4 potatoes, 2 eggs, a bunch of parsley, 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
Vegetables need to be cut in any convenient way and put to boil, when they are almost completely ready, pour in olive oil. Break the eggs, beat with a fork with a pinch of salt and, constantly stirring the broth, add the egg mixture into it in a thin stream.Chop the greens, add to the soup, cover the pan with a lid and simmer the dish over low heat for another 5 minutes.
Norms of use
The norms for the use of permitted vegetables are determined by the condition of the patient. During the first days of remission 2-3 tablespoons of mashed potatoes or squash will be sufficient. In the absence of a negative reaction from the body it is permissible to increase this volume by 1-2 tablespoons per day, gradually bringing it up to 80-100 grams.
During the period of stable remission, you can consume up to 100-150 g of vegetable purees and stews and the same amount of fresh vegetables.
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