Stomach Ulcer Diet

Stomach Ulcer Diet should be observed very strictly. Eat every three to four hours in small portions. Do not overeat. Such a diet for stomach ulcer helps to reduce the increased excitability of the nervous system.

Stomach Ulcer Diet strictly prohibits alcoholic beverages, even in the most minimal doses. Spirit based drinks irritate the stomach lining; it is a powerful stimulator of excessive gastric juice, which is very harmful for patients suffering from peptic ulcer before operation and after it.

What kind of diet is necessary for a stomach ulcer?
Basic principles of Stomach Ulcer Diet

First, the diet should contain the maximum amount of vitamins. Secondly, the diet should have adequate amount of mineral salts, mainly calcium salts, magnesium, potassium. All this must be present in the food, or as a supplement to it. Third, the diet must be followed for a long time. Fourthly, food should not be hot, not cold – from 15 to 65 degrees C.

Permitted:
* Milk – especially valuable product for patients with peptic ulcer. It contains all the necessary material needed for the recovery processes of the organism.
* White bread, wheat (400 g per day), can be a small amount of crumbs.
* Scrambled eggs
* Milk soup, cereals, or with pasta, mashed.
* Poultry, beef, veal (non-fat, fresh, without tendons) in the form of steam cutlets, souffle, mashed potatoes, etc.
* Vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beets, pumpkin, zucchini), white in the form of puree, steam puddings without the crust.
* Fish (lean varieties: pike-perch, perch) in boiled, steam, chopped form.
* Noodles and pasta boiled.
* Buckwheat, barley, oats, rice.
* Butter and vegetable oil. Total fat should not exceed 100-110 grams.

Prohibited:
* Fatty meats, fish,
* Cabbage
* Strong meat and mushroom broth,
* Grilled meat and fish,
* Beef and pork fat, mutton fat,
* Black bread,
* Salty dishes
* Fiber,
* Spicy snacks, canned goods, sausages,
* Very cold drinks, ice cream and alcohol.
* Vegetable, non-acidic berry juices.
* Berries (sweet varieties): raspberry, strawberry, soft fruit varieties are not binding in boiled, mashed or roasted form, creams, jellies, the butter, pureed fruit drinks.

Stomach Ulcer Diet not only removes the painful symptom during exacerbation, but also promotes the healing of inflammation.