Diet for pancreatic pancreatitis: a sample menu

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

According to the generally accepted classification of diets, which is used in hospitals, proper 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 provoke the active work of pancreatic enzymes. After an exacerbation of the disease, doctors strongly recommend following a diet for a long time - at least 8 months.

General recommendations

Proper pancreatitis diet every day is important to prevent pain attacks, or at least reduce their severity.

1. With acute pancreatitis or with an exacerbation of a chronic form, all food must be crushed, boiled or steamed, which guarantees maximum stomach savings.
2. It is better to steam food, so it conserves nutrients and does not harm the body. Food should be taken in small portions about 5-6 times a day.
3. It is not allowed to overeat, because 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 - 50 °.

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

Forbidden foods

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

• Fat;
• fried;
• pickles;
• acidic juices;
• canned food;
• sausages;
• smoked meats;
• chocolate;
• confectionery;
• alcohol;
• hot spices and seasonings.

Make sure your diet is varied and includes both plant foods and animal proteins.

Recommended foods and meals

You should pay attention to such products:

1. Non-sour cottage cheese, hard cheese variety.
2. Vegetarian soups of cereals and vegetables, puree, with potatoes, courgettes, squash, carrots, noodles, semolina, buckwheat, oats. Add 5g of butter or 10g of sour cream to the soup.
3. Lean meats and poultry steamed, baked, meatballs, meatballs and meat pies.
4. Unsweetened baked apples, jelly or fruit compote.
5. Dry white bread or croutons, dry biscuits.
6. Boiled porridge (buckwheat, oatmeal, semolina, rice) or mashed, boiled in water or milk in half with water, boiled noodles.
7. Lightly brewed tea with milk or rose hips in 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 nutritional rules for pancreatitis can significantly increase the effectiveness of therapy in general.

Nutrition for the exacerbation of pancreatitis

With an exacerbation of the chronic form of pancreatitis, the first 1-2 days - a starving diet, the patient is allowed to drink only 1-2 glasses of rosehip decoction 0, 8-1 liter of alkaline mineral water such as Borjomi (1 glass 4 -5 times a day). In total, the liquid is administered 200 ml 6 times a day. In severe cases, drinking is not allowed, food is only intravenous drip.

Two days later, for the following week, a special diet for pancreatitis is introduced - Diet No. 5p, which includes several options. Its goal is to reduce the formation of stomach acid and allow the pancreas to focus all its forces on the process of fighting for survival.

Sample menu for a week with pancreatitis

In order not to make it so difficult to get used to a new way of eating, we have prepared a rough menu for you for a week with pancreatic pancreatitis.

Example 1

• Breakfast. Steamed meat (chicken or beef). Rosehip tea or broth.
• The lunch. Oatmeal with milk. Broth or rosehip tea.
• Dinner. Cream of carrots and pumpkin. Steamed fish. You.
• Afternoon snack. 1 jar of baby food.
• Dinner. Vegetable stew made from zucchini and carrots. A piece of boiled chicken. Compote of dried fruit.
• At night. A glass of kefir

Example n. 2

• Breakfast. Steamed meatballs or scrambled eggs from two egg proteins. You can also have breakfast with cottage cheese pudding or boiled fish.
• The lunch. Homemade cottage cheese - 150 grams. Cup of tea with milk
• Dinner. Vegetarian soup of mashed potatoes with a little sour cream. Steamed meatballs.
• Afternoon snack. Protein omelette 2 eggs or 30 grams of cheese. A glass of rosehip broth.
• Dinner. Meatloaf stuffed with omelette, consisting of 100 g of meat and 10 g of bread; steamed meatballs; boiled chicken - about 80-90 grams. Cup of tea with milk
• At night. Low-fat and sugar-free cottage cheese - 100 grams. A glass of fruit jelly.

Example n. 3

• Breakfast: biscuits with cheese.
• Second breakfast: steamed omelette, bread and tea.
• Lunch: buckwheat porridge, boiled zucchini, cottage cheese.
• Afternoon snack: grated apple.
• Dinner: oatmeal, beetroot salad, baked apples.

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: ricotta and tea.
• Dinner: fish souffle, tea.

Example n. 5

• Breakfast: 200 g of rolled oats, a slice of white bread, natural mineral water.
• Second breakfast: 100 g of ricotta 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 ricotta in casserole, 200 ml of gelatin.

Example n. 6

• Breakfast. Mashed potatoes (200 g) with meatballs (105 g), rice porridge with grated milk (200 g), tea.
• The lunch. Cottage cheese (100 g).
• Dinner. Mashed potatoes and carrots (250 g), crouton, 110 g steamed meat soufflé, buckwheat polenta (200 g), compote.
• Afternoon snack. 110 g steamed protein omelette.
• Dinner. Steamed fish roll (250 g), tea.
• At night. A glass of yogurt.

Example n. 7

• Breakfast. Oatmeal (300g), meat souffle (110g), tea.
• The lunch. Cottage cheese (100 g).
• Dinner. Grated oat soup (250 g), steamed meat cutlets (110 g) with carrot and potato puree (200 g) and milk sauce, baked apple.
• Afternoon snack. Protein omelette.
• Dinner. Meatballs (110 g) with milk sauce with carrot puree (150 g), tea.
• At night. A glass of kefir.

For convenience, the permitted products can be combined or exchanged. So your menu for the week will become more diverse.