Pancreatitis, like any disease, can have several forms of manifestation. In acute form, a cure is possible by the use of medications, as a result of which a person can never again experience pancreatic problems.
With chronic pancreatitis, when the favorable moment for recovery was missed, the cardinal changes in the patient's diet are inevitable. The most useful products for a pancreatic patient are vegetables, but nevertheless one must understand that not all of them can benefit.
What kind of vegetables can I eat with pancreatitis?
Knowing which vegetables you can eat with pancreatitis, you can not only reduce its symptoms, but also improve the pancreas. Eggplants are known as vegetables that favorably affect the whole body, but nevertheless, when pancreatic, they should be added to the diet of the patient with extreme caution. It is desirable to clean the peel, since the solanine contained in it can irritate and erode the mucosa of the pancreas.
Potato is useful for eating any diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, including inflammation of the pancreas. Particularly healthy is potato juice, which is often drunk, mixing in equal proportions with carrots. Categorically it is not recommended to cook unripe potatoes with pancreatitis, which contains solanine, which adversely affects the pancreas.
Onion also refers to vegetables that can be added to food in pancreatitis. Regular intake of vitamins, contained in onions, allows the pancreas to function. True, it is desirable to exclude this vegetable from the patient's menu for exacerbation of the disease.
Carrots have long been used as a soothing, wound healing, anti-inflammatory drug in diseases of the digestive system, so this product can be safely attributed to the vegetables that are recommended for pancreatitis. At the time of exacerbation of the disease, it is desirable to abandon the dishes from carrots, since it often causes allergic reactions.
Sweet pepper has a beneficial effect on all organs of the gastrointestinal tract, but nevertheless during the disease of pancreatitis it is not desirable to consume this vegetable. The vegetables that can be eaten with pancreatitis also include cabbage, spinach, pumpkin, zucchini, beans, green peas, beets. Restricting cooking only from those vegetables that can and is useful for eating pancreatitis, you can alleviate its symptoms and accelerate the process of recovery.
Fresh raw vegetables in pancreatitis
Despite the unequivocal benefits of eating fresh vegetables, pancreatitis determines its rather strict limitations. They can not all and not always:
- Categorically prohibited foods in raw form at the initial stage of the disease( in the early years) and during periods of exacerbation.
- Do not abuse the products of the garden with a bitter, sour, saturated to a sugary and sharp taste: not naturally ripe fresh vegetables such as cabbage, garlic, bitter pepper, radish and the like.
- Does not like pancreatic and rough cellulose. And, therefore, do not fit raw carrots, potatoes, beets and greens. Also in the basket you can send and fruit of a solid consistency.
What can a patient of pancreatitis during remission be able to do? Fresh vegetables and fruits, ripe and very soft consistency. But, even during the improvement of the state, only in a limited amount.
Rules for the consumption of fresh raw vegetables in pancreatitis:
- It is obligatory to cut the peel.
- Only completely ripe and fresh.
- No way on an empty stomach.
- Raw diet is only allowed during periods of remission.
People, at seeming similarity, nevertheless, in many respects, differ from each other. Do not rely on other people's advice and examples. It is absolutely not necessary that you will not experience any aggravation, if someone has passed on "excellent".
Stewed vegetables with pancreatitis
Even if many products from the garden are not available in raw form, this does not mean that you will not try it. The list of vegetables available for pancreatitis significantly expands if used in cooked form: baked, boiled and paren.
There are many dishes from stewed vegetables, very tempting to the taste, where all the necessary restrictions for patients with pancreatitis are observed. These are dishes from stewed or baked potatoes, carrots, zucchini, beets, pumpkins. Light salads with cauliflower, green peas or mashed purees, vegetarian soups, casseroles.