Eating Healthy - Developed Gastritis, tips?

Naboo325

Hello everyone. I've been eating healthier since January, I've lost close to 60 lbs so far and I workout a lot, so many of things were starting to line up. More energy, no headaches, no heartburn, and monthly cycle finally starting to regulate. So....a few weeks ago I started getting these pains in my upper abdomen. Long story short, doctor put me on the prescription version of Prilosec for a month due to Gastritis, which hasn't been working, pains are getting worse and daily now (Need to go back to the doctor obviously). Does anyone have some advice as to what to eat to avoid these flare ups, or what they took to relieve the pain? Alka Seltzer seems to work, but I can't take that everyday, twice a day!?

Seffell

Your doctor should have told you what foods to avoid if anything. It depends what is causing the inflammation. If you're getting worse they will probably request an endoscopy to see what is causing it. In many cases people have to avoid spicy foods but in my case for example my gastritis is caused by excess production of bile which is refluxing from the intestines to the stomach. So I was told to reduce my fat intake. But for you the cause might be different.

Psychgrrl

My doctor said to avoid caffeine, wine, spicy food, most cheese, and something else I don't eat but don't remember. Sorry! Ive found I had pains if I ate a lot of wheat/gluten. But it had to be a lot. There was this bread ...

You really need to go back to the doctor. If the pains are getting worse it could be there's an underlying condition.

Hope you feel better!

MelaniaTrump

Eggs made me feel like that. Turns out I'm developing an allergy. Start logging religiously and put NOTES of your aches.
Also careegenan. Which is in many protein powders and almond milks.
You should open your diary.

AnnPT77

If this was sudden, and well out of sync with your change in eating habits, then do keep following up with your doctor.

Perhaps this isn't an issue for you, but when I developed heartburn/reflux symptoms out of the blue, it was finally diagnosed as adenomyomatosis of the gall bladder . . . and all the symptoms when away after they removed the gall bladder.

I'm not arguing for a surgical solution to a simpler problem (!), but endorsing that endoscopy suggestion above, if the normal meds don't do the trick. (I was doing twice a day prescription Nexium for a while. Yikes!).