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Gruel at gastritis

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Last reviewed: 20.11.2021
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Gastritis makes itself felt with pain, nausea, heaviness in the stomach, eructation, heartburn. This condition forces you to give up fatty, spicy and rough food and go to a more sparing: liquid warm soups, slippery porridges and jelly. It is the porridge that forms the basis of dietary tables. They not only cover the walls of the stomach with a protective film, but also provide the body with plant proteins, vitamins and minerals. Therefore, the question of whether it is possible to eat porridge with gastritis, the answer is positive, but with a reservation on what kind of cereal it is made of.

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Indications for prescription

With inflamed gastric mucosa, it is very important that food does not cause mechanical or chemical damage to it, but has an enveloping, astringent effect. In addition, they contain all the necessary elements for the full functioning of the body. These properties are properly prepared porridge from a useful grain, which is indicated for gastritis:

  • with high acidity - there is excessive production of hydrochloric acid, leading to damage to the mucosa. Save the porridge position on water and milk, as side dishes and desserts with the addition of ripe and sweet fruits;
  • acute - most often it occurs with food intoxication, known as food poisoning, there are other reasons. After one or several days of abstinence from eating and drinking abundantly, start with viscous soups and liquid cereals;
  • erosive - a serious kind of disease that affects not only the surface of the mucosa, but also deep layers, down to the muscular. It is provoked by aggressive chemical substances, individual medicines, requires long-term treatment and a diet in which there are porridges on water and diluted with half-water milk;
  • an exacerbation of a gastritis - is expressed in occurrence of feeling of raspiranija, gravity in an epigastric zone, an eructation, heartburn. Requires a switch to diet, including cereals;
  • atrophic - it is characterized by the death of cells that produce a gastric secret. Gradually, the ability of the walls of the stomach to absorb food, which affects other internal organs, is lost. The main therapeutic burden is laid on a diet in which mashed, crushed products cooked on a steamed basis, including porridges cooked on water, prevail.

What kind of cereal can be eaten with gastritis?

In nature, there is a wide variety of cereals and legumes, from which you can make delicious cereals. Not all of them are suitable for people with digestive problems. Let's analyze, what porridges are useful at a gastritis, and what are capable to harm:

  • manna - envelops the inner walls of the stomach, neutralizes inflammation, reduces pain, absorbs and removes toxic elements and toxins from the body, promotes the healing of erosions and ulcers, therefore it is effective in erosive and ulcerative gastritis, its exacerbations. Get it from wheat grains. Prepare on water or milk. In the boiling liquid with stirring, croup is poured in, it is brought to the ready. You can add sugar, salt, a little oil, various fruits, if there are no contraindications. Every day and several times still do not recommend eating it, tk. It is able to remove calcium from the body;
  • oatmeal - many healthy people start the morning with oatmeal, and the sick gastritis and even more so you need to introduce this dish into your diet. Perfectly creates an enveloping film on the walls of the stomach, normalizes metabolism, removes slags, relieves pain, gives us the necessary vitamins and trace elements, accelerates the regeneration of cells. To all, its undoubted merit is that it satiates well and does not cause a feeling of heaviness in the stomach;
  • rice - as a result of its cooking, mucus is formed, which is well perceived by inflamed mucous membranes. Such porridge is recommended even in case of acute gastritis, the only thing - it needs to be rubbed. When gastritis with a low acidity, you need to drink rice decoction, increased - milk porridge, which first boil to half cooked in water, then poured milk and brought to readiness;
  • millet - millet is obtained from millet. It is rich in proteins, vitamins PP and group B, iron, magnesium, manganese, fluoride, etc., but still there are a lot of fiber - carbohydrates, which are not digested by the enzymes of the stomach, only the microflora of the intestine. Millet also increases acidity. For a sick stomach is heavy food, so the use of millet porridge is possible only in the remission stage with normal or decreased secretion;
  • corn - in the croup there is phosphorus, nicotinic acid, zinc, sodium, carotene - useful and necessary for health components, but it is enough and kletchaki. Therefore porridge is not shown in an acute condition, in case of erosive gastritis and is best suited for remission. It is best that its consistency is liquid;
  • buckwheat - in the post-Soviet space acquired a reputation unique in its useful properties of the product, but not recognized in Europe or America. Whatever it was, having a diagnosis of gastritis, you do not need to exclude it from the menu, on the contrary, it contains many proteins, vitamins and minerals, which means it can nourish the body and strengthen it, reduce acidity, without harming people with a hyperacid variant pathology. It is best to eat liquid milk porridge;
  • wheat - is produced, like mancha, from wheat grains, but has larger particles. Despite its nutritional value and usefulness, it is still too heavy for the sick stomach, therefore, during the period of exacerbation it is not used, but only after it;
  • barley - made from barley grain by crushing and is a valuable food. It contains potassium, magnesium, sodium, iron, zinc, phosphorus, thiamine, niacin, iodine, cobalt, manganese, vitamins B6, PP, C, A. Proteins of barley are superior to wheat in nutrition and fully absorbed by the body. In dietary tables, applicable for gastritis, there is a porridge, cooked both on water and on milk;
  • flaxseed - in flax seeds in abundance of various vitamins and minerals, but most valuable is the presence of omega-fatty acids, proteins and lignins. Len is famous for its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral effect. At the stage of exacerbation, linseed porridge is not recommended to eat, but only when it goes to the stage of remission;
  • oatmeal - is obtained from crushed grains of oats, it is very nutritious due to numerous amino acids and trace elements, delicate in relation to the gastric mucosa, envelops it with protective film, protects from damage, improves immunity;
  • pumpkin - baked and boiled pumpkin is well perceived by the stomach with increased acidity. It has a lot of carotene, as evidenced by its orange color. Pumpkin porridge relieves heartburn, unpleasant sensations in the stomach, is used in various diets. With reduced acidity should be limited to small portions and not abuse the berries;
  • pearl barley - in the composition of cereals the most valuable ingredient is gordecin - a natural antibiotic that promotes healing of the gastric mucosa. Pearl barley, like barley, is made from barley and has many useful properties. At the same time, porridge porridge does not boil down to a viscous state, it is rather coarse and hard for a sick stomach. Therefore, in acute periods, barley is used exclusively in dietary soups, giving them slipperiness, filling them with the necessary nutritional components;
  • Pea - among the herbaceous and cereal crops in terms of nutritional level, peas have no equal. It has a high percentage of protein, lots of vitamins, micro- and macro elements. Due to its composition, it quickly regenerates tissues, raises hemoglobin and immunity, improves peristalsis of the intestine, relieves the body of slagging, prevents the formation of cholesterol plaques. Pea porridge is prepared for a long time before obtaining a puree state, it is suitable for patients with gastritis. The optimal amount of consumption by these dishes is 2 times a week, because it causes flatulence.

Recipes of cereals for gastritis

There are various recipes for preparing porridges for gastritis. Depending on the specific diagnosis, acidity of the stomach and other characteristics of the pathology, milk porridges or friable, cooked on water, vegetable or meat broth may be shown. Some recipes for such cereals:

  • buckwheat porridge on milk - boil low-fat milk (fat is added to water), rinse the rump thoroughly, pour it into the milk, sprinkle a little, add sugar to taste, cook on low heat until croup is cooked (25-30 minutes). Finished buckwheat porridge will acquire a pleasant slightly pinkish color. Approximate ratio of ingredients - per liter of milk 200g cereals;
  • crumbly porridges are obtained from any whole or large crushing of grain, if the proportion of 1: 2 is observed. For a glass of cereals, say, you need 2 cups of water or broth. After boiling, make a light flame and burn until ready, then put a small pile of oil, if not used broth;
  • very quickly and easily prepared pumpkin - the brushed it is cut into cubes, cooked in water, after which it merges, and the pumpkin chokes to a homogeneous consistency, to bring to taste help the butter, salt, sugar. It is very tasty and useful to bake its slices in the oven. Pumpkin is prepared from porcini and in combination with rice, millet;
  • pea porridge is prepared from dry beans after 8-10 hours soaking. After boiling for a long time, it is kept, on a slow fire, in a dish with thick walls until a puree-like consistency is obtained. To achieve a uniform density, a blender or a crush will help. Supplement the composition with salt, vegetable or animal oil. You can cook and green fresh or frozen peas, it will take much less time.

The best porridges for gastritis are those that are useful, loved and do not cause any side effects.

What kind of porridge can not be eaten?

There are many quick-cooking porridges in the retail chains, which you can eat without cooking. They can not be used for gastritis. What porridge still can not be eaten? This list includes undercooked, too thick, cold or hot, as well as large portions. The best option is to eat breakfast cereal, alternating cereals.

Contraindications

Serious contraindications are allergies to cereals and celiac disease. This is possible if they contain gluten (mango, oatmeal, pearl barley). They contain gliadin - one of the constituents of gluten - a protein component present in cereals, which can cause the production of antibodies and lead to a violation of absorption of nutrients, a deficiency of vitamins. Other factors that prohibit the use of those or other cerebries, may be diabetes or thyroid disease.

Linseed porridge is contraindicated in endometriosis, polycystosis, uterine fibroids, pancreatitis, hepatitis, inflammation of the intestine.

Pea can cause stomach pain in patients with high acidity, so it should be eaten in moderation, and kidney stones are generally taboo for its use.

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Possible complications

As a rule, knowing about the contraindications of one or another cereal (it is best to get information from a doctor) the probability of encountering possible complications is minimal. Flatulence, heaviness in the stomach, constipation or diarrhea is a signal to give up this porridge and try another.

Reviews

The mild and delicate effect of cereal mucus does not cause complaints from patients and unwillingness to include them in their diet. Therefore, the reviews of patients with gastritis are unequivocal: porridge helps to cope with the problems, while saturating the body with nutrients necessary for a full-fledged vital activity.

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