Diet for pancreatic pancreatitis: a sample menu

The diet for pancreatic pancreatitis as such begins no earlier than 4 days (before that, only complete starvation).

According to the generally accepted classification of diets, which is used in hospitals, good nutrition for pancreatitis is Diet No. 5 Penza. Food should be taken in small portions 5-6 times a day, excluding snacks between main meals.

The essence of the diet is the rejection of all foods that increase the production of acid in the stomach and cause the active work of pancreatic enzymes. After an exacerbation of the disease, doctors strongly recommend dieting for a long time - at least 8 months.

General recommendations

The correct diet for pancreatitis each day is important for preventing pain attacks, or at least reducing their severity.

1. In case of acute pancreatitis or exacerbation of a chronic form, all food should be crushed, boiled or steamed, which ensures maximum economy of the stomach.
2. It is better to steam food - so that it retains nutrients and does not harm the body. Food should be taken in small portions about 5 to 6 times a day.
3. It is forbidden to overeat, as this creates not only an increased load on the pancreas, but also on the entire digestive tract as a whole.
4. Do not eat cold or hot food, the food must be hot. The optimum temperature is 20 to 50 °.

Foods for pancreatic pancreatitis should be nutritious, contain an increased amount of protein, but a reduced amount of fats and carbohydrates (especially sugar) to prevent the liver from degenerating into fatty hepatosis and the development of diabetes mellitus.

Prohibited foods

It is necessary to exclude from your diet or even to give up forever:

• fat;
• fried;
• pickles;
• sour juices;
• canned food;
• sausages;
• smoked meats;
• Chocolate;
• confectionery;
• alcohol;
• hot spices and seasonings.

Make sure the diet is varied and includes both plant foods and animal protein.

Recommended foods and meals

You should pay attention to these products:

1. Non-acidic cottage cheese, hard cheese varieties.
2. Vegetarian cereal and vegetable soups, mashed, with potatoes, zucchini, pumpkin, carrots, noodles, semolina, buckwheat, oatmeal. Add 5 g of butter or 10 g of sour cream to the soup.
3. Steamed, baked, lean meats and poultry, meatballs, meatballs and meat stews.
4. Unsweetened baked apples, jelly or fruit compote.
5. Dry white bread or croutons, dry cookies.
6. Boiled porridge (buckwheat, oatmeal, semolina, rice) or mashed, boiled in water or milk in half with water, boiled noodles.
7. Weakly infused tea with milk or rosehip in a broth, slightly sweetened.

It is also important not to overeat, reducing the daily amount of food to 2. 5 kilograms, taking into account the liquid drunk. Food is taken frequently and in small portions. Following all the nutrition rules for pancreatitis can significantly increase the effectiveness of treatment in general.

Nutrition for exacerbation of pancreatitis

With an exacerbation of the chronic form of pancreatitis, the first 1-2 days - a starving diet, the patient is only allowed to drink 1-2 glasses of rosehip decoction 0, 8-1 liters of alkaline mineral watersuch as Borjomi (1 glass 4 -5 times a day). In total, the liquid is given 200 ml 6 times a day. In severe cases, it is also forbidden to drink, food is only intravenous drip.

Two days later, for the next week, a special diet for pancreatitis is introduced - diet No. 5p, which includes several options. Its purpose is to reduce the formation of stomach acid and allow the pancreas to concentrate all of its strength on the process of struggling for survival.

Sample menu for a week with pancreatitis

So that it is not so difficult to get used to a new way of eating, we have prepared an approximate menu for you for a week with pancreatic pancreatitis.

Example 1

• Breakfast. Steamed meat (chicken or beef). Rosehip tea or broth.
• Breakfast. Oatmeal with milk. Rosehip broth or infusion.
• Having dinner. Carrot soup and pumpkin puree. Steamed fish. Tea.
• Afternoon tea. 1 jar of baby food.
• Having dinner. Vegetable stew made with zucchini and carrots. A piece of boiled chicken. Dried fruit compote.
• The night. A glass of kefir

Example n ° 2

• Breakfast. Steamed meat patties or scrambled eggs from the proteins of two eggs. You can also have your breakfast with curd pudding or boiled fish.
• Breakfast. Homemade cottage cheese - 150 grams. Cup of tea with milk
• Having dinner. Mashed potato vegetarian soup with a little sour cream. Steamed meat patties.
• Afternoon tea. Protein omelet 2 eggs or 30 grams of cheese. A glass of rosehip broth.
• Having dinner. Meatloaf stuffed with omelet, consisting of 100 g of meat and 10 g of bread; steamed meatballs; boiled chicken - about 80-90 grams. Cup of tea with milk
• The night. Low-fat, sugar-free cottage cheese - 100 grams. A glass of fruit jelly.

Example n ° 3

• Breakfast: cheese cookies.
• Second breakfast: steamed omelet, bread and tea.
• Lunch: buckwheat porridge, boiled zucchini, cottage cheese.
• Afternoon snack: grated apple.
• Dinner: oatmeal, beet salad, baked apple.

Example n ° 4

• Breakfast: boiled beef, oatmeal in milk, tea.
• Second breakfast: scrambled eggs, baked apple, rosehip broth.
• Lunch: vegetable soup, beef soufflé, pasta, sweet berry jelly, compote.
• Afternoon snack: cottage cheese and tea.
• Dinner: fish soufflé, tea.

Example n ° 5

• Breakfast: 200 g of oatmeal, a slice of white bread, still mineral water.
• Second breakfast: 100 g of curd pudding, 100 g of applesauce, tea.
• Lunch: 400 ml of vegetable puree soup, 200 g of pumpkin porridge, 200 g of cottage cheese.
• Dinner: 100 g of meatloaf, 100 g of cottage cheese gratin, 200 ml of jelly.

Example n ° 6

• Breakfast. Mashed potatoes (200 g) with meatballs (105 g), grated rice pudding (200 g), tea.
• Breakfast. Cottage cheese (100g).
• Having dinner. Potato and carrot soup (250 g), croutons, 110 g of steamed meat soufflé, buckwheat porridge (200 g), compote.
• Afternoon tea. 110 g of steamed protein omelet.
• Having dinner. Steamed fish roll (250 g), tea.
• The night. A glass of yogurt.

Example n ° 7

• Breakfast. Oatmeal (300 g), meat soufflé (110 g), tea.
• Breakfast. Cottage cheese (100g).
• Having dinner. Grated oat soup (250 g), steamed meat cutlets (110 g) with mashed carrots and potatoes (200 g) and milk sauce, baked apple.
• Afternoon tea. Protein omelet.
• Having dinner. Meatballs (110 g) with milk sauce with mashed carrots (150 g), tea.
• The night. A glass of kefir.

For convenience, authorized products can be combined or interchanged. Then your menu for the week will become more varied.