Gastritis advice...

lovemydrmartens

have acute gastritis and am looking for nice things to eat that won't irritate my tum... I don't eat meat but will eat just about anything else... ( except tapioca... ack!) if anyone has any experience with this I'd be grateful for any advice... :flowerforyou:

lovemydrmartens

anyone? someone else must have had this...

geecee77

I am guessing you need to keep it bland? mashed potatoes, rice pudding, porridge, that kind of thing? Have you googled it?
xx

geecee77

1. Treatment through Diet

Gastritis can be cured with the right meal plan. To treat it through meals, the patient has to eat foods that ease the problem, as well as avoid the foods that worsen it. Given below are some dietary tips along with the lists of foods that ease the inflammation as well as those foods that aggravate it. Follow them for effective results.

a. Dietary Tips

Fix a time for eating and then eat at that same time daily; maintain regularity.
Eat smaller meals more often than eating big meals less often. Eating smaller meals every 3 hours will give time to your stomach for breaking down the food and digesting it properly.
Eat foods that digest easily.
Eat slowly by chewing the food thoroughly to aid in proper digestion.
Increase the intake of high-fiber foods.
Decrease the intake of spicy, salty, greasy, fatty, fried, hot, junk, fast, and sweet foods, such as pickles, fried chicken, onion rings, breaded seafood, fried pies, fried eggs, potato chips, corn chips, French fries, chocolates, butter cookies, brownies and doughnuts.
Limit the intake of gas-producing foods.

Limit the intake of milk and dairy products to only 2 to 3 times a day.
Avoid eating unripe fruits.
Avoid eating foods high in cholesterol.
Avoid eating nuts, excluding almond.
Go low on trans-fatty acids which are found in baked items like butter cookies, cakes, crackers, doughnuts and brownies.
Processed and refined products such as pasta, sugar, margarine and white bread must be removed from your table.
Do not overload your stomach with food.
Drink at least 8 to 10 glasses of water a day to retain the fluids in the body.
Drink fresh fruit juices.
Take multivitamins and mineral supplements.
Take omega-3 fatty acids, such as fish oils.
Take probiotic supplements containing ‘Lactobacillus acidophilus’

b. Foods to Include In Your Meals

Fruits
Cherries
Blueberries

Vegetables
Sea vegetables
Dark green leafy vegetables
Vegetables with peels
Vegetable salads
Bell peppers
Squash
Meats
Lean meats

Fishes
Cold-water fishes

Dairy Products
Skimmed, low-fat or fat-free dairy products, including Tofu

Grains
Whole grains
Wheat bran
Unpolished rice

Oils and Fats
Olive oil
Vegetable oils

Beverages
Coconut water
Carrot juice
Spinach juice

c. Foods to Exclude From Your Meals

Fruits
Apples
Oranges
Grapefruits
Lemons
Cranberries
Bananas

Vegetables
Cabbage
Broccoli
Celery
Tomatoes
Raw onions
Dried beans and peas

Meats
Beef chuck
Buffalo wings
Chicken nuggets
Ground beef
Pork

Fishes
Herring
Eel
Salmon

Dairy Products
Whole milk
Sour cream
Milkshakes
Cheeses
Cottage cheese
Ice creams

Grains
Rice
Wheat
Starchy grains

Herbs and Spices
Peppermint
Black and red peppers
Red and green chillies
Chili powder
Garlic and cloves
Cinnamon
Vinegar or vinegar products, excluding apple cider vinegar
Mustard

Oils and Fats
Palm oil
Creamy salad dressing

Beverages
Alcohol and alcoholic products
Caffeine and caffeinated products, such as tea, coffee, cola, cocoa and chocolate
Carbonated drinks, such as soda
Citrus juices, such as lemonade, tomato juice and orange juice

Hope that helps x

deanaimee

Hi. Sorry you are having tummy issues

Over the years, I have ended up in Urgent Care or the ER for what they termed "gastritis". It ended up that I needed my gallbladder out. I haven't had an issue since!

Are you just having mild symptoms, like painful indigestion? Or are you having very acute pains?

Just something to look into. I hope you feel better soon.

lovemydrmartens

Thanks for the advice geecee77... but it does knock most of the things I like to eat/drink out of my diet... a bit depressing!

It varies from mild to moderately painful... but hasn't stopped me going to work or anything... I'm taking Lansoprazole, which seems to be helping....

lovemydrmartens

I may be incapable of giving up coffee.... :sad:

nose6

I had it before. The list above of foods to eat/avoid corresponds pretty well to my experience of what made it worse or better.

I found myself craving Japanese foods. And when I ate them, I felt better. Well, not tempura, but things like rice and miso soup and fish and cooked spinach and root vegetables were great. A lot of the traditional meals from Japanese cuisine include many things on the "to eat" list and few on the "do not eat" list. I taught myself to cook traditional Japanese food from a cookbook (Japanese Cooking: a Simple Art). I had access to Japanese supermarkets, but found most of the necessary ingredients in health food stores as well. I found that I did end up eating more salt than usual, but that also helped the gastritis. (I have low blood pressure so I didn't worry about the effects of the salt). When the gastritis got better, then I wanted less salt but could eat a wider range of foods.

Oh, another thing I looked into was the traditional Indian medicine, Ayurveda. I looked into ideas for pacifying Pitta. If you read up on it you may see what I mean.

I could never give up coffee either. I was consuming a large amount of it, and I'm sure that was one of the main factors in getting gastritis in the first place. I cut it down to 1-2 cups with food.

phinners

Have you been tested for Helicobacter Pylori?

calvertm

My husband has just been hospitalized with this, he had it years before I met him, I'm looking for answers in helping him to feel better. I have him drinking herbalife protein shakes right now to get his strength back, he usually does 1 a day, now he's doing two. He lost blood from this, he's anemic, he has to take iron supplements. I'm looking for healthy food plan for future, any feedback is welcome

takumaku

When I had stomach issues, following a low FODMAP diet, keeping everything bland, and boiling everything is what helped me out.

arewethereyet

Have you been tested for Helicobacter Pylori?

Good question and one that is overlooked a great deal of the time. Mine was found accident (or divine intervention if you believe the way I do)