The fact that they have to follow a strict diet is usually very frustrating for mypatients with stomach ulcers, because they associate the diet with tasteless, unappetizing food, “like in a hospital” – in short, nothing pleasant, nothing edible.
I suggest they don't get upset so quickly.
Following a diet doesn't mean you have to forget about tasty and mouth-watering foods. To diversify your table, you just need to have a responsible and creative approach.
In this article, I set out to present some of the dishes that people with ulcers or gastritis can indulge. Moreover, I have put together some complete menus, so that you can see how varied and appetizing a diet can be.
But before moving on to the menus, I would like you to familiarize yourself with the products that are recommended and prohibited for stomach ulcers.
What foods should not be eaten by an ulcer patient under any circumstances?
At the top of the list are fried, fatty, spicy dishes, as well as red meat, sausages, smoked meats and other semi-finished products. Raw or fried vegetables are also harmful to ulcers. Fruit must be selected strictly: oranges, lemons, grapefruit, pineapple, kiwi, grapes, sour berries, as well as natural juices with their participation are excluded from the diet, just like high-calorie sweets: cookies, chocolates, candies and cakes full of trans fats. The same fate befell nuts, seeds and chips. Coffee is also strictly prohibited.
What is allowed to eat with peptic ulcer disease?
Protein foods are useful: rabbit, turkey, chicken, veal, beef, seafood, soft-boiled eggs or scrambled eggs. It is necessary to enrich the diet with fats in the form of unsalted butter, and add vegetable oils only to ready-made dishes, not using them in the heat treatment process. From carbohydrate foods, some vegetables are recommended: potatoes, beets, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, pumpkin, zucchini; well-boiled cereals: oatmeal, rice, buckwheat; as well as various pasta, dried white bread, crackers, biscuits. From dairy products, it is useful to eat low-fat cottage cheese in the form of casseroles, natural yogurt, cream, unleavened cheese. From desserts, the diet includes mashed fruits, mousses, jellies from soft, sweet berries and fruits, baked fruits, natural marshmallows, marmalade, jams. Honey is recommended, because it soothes pain and inflammation and helps neutralize acid. Recommended drinking – decoctions of chamomile, rose hips, mint, weak tea, compotes, fruit drinks, diluted sweet juices, as well as water at room temperature.
The role of salt in diet deserves special mention. The maximum allowable amount of salt is 6 grams per day.
Now that you are aware of what is forbidden and what is allowed, making a diet menu has become easier. Here are some options of healthy and tasty menus:
Option 1
- Breakfast: steam omelet, herbal tea.
- Snack: baked apple.
- Lunch: cauliflower soup with croutons, fish cakes and mashed potatoes.
- Afternoon snack: cheesecake.
- Dinner: vegetable puree and boiled chicken breast, boiled beetroot salad with prunes.
Option 2
- Breakfast: mashed rice porridge in milk, tea with milk.
- Snack: carrot pudding.
- Lunch: soup with white beans, carrots and spinach, baked beef with pumpkin slices, jelly.
- Afternoon snack: crackers and rosehip broth.
- Dinner: rice zrazy with chopped lean beef, stewed zucchini.
Option 3
- Breakfast: wheat porridge in milk with berry jam, weak tea.
- Snack: banana and peach.
- Lunch: milk soup with baked pumpkin, buckwheat porridge with stewed carrots and steamed meatballs.
- Afternoon snack: cottage cheese pudding with apples.
- Dinner: noodles casserole with cottage cheese
As you can see, the menus are quite varied. Of course, these are just a few of the many options. In fact, I wanted to emphasize that foods can be varied, and the right combination will make you forget that you are dieting.
At the same time, these dishes can be part of the diet of a person who does not have stomach problems, but who wants to eat healthy. I am one of those people. You can try it yourself and see that many of these meals are really delicious.