Gastroenterologists, drawing up a scheme of treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, often discuss with their patients the features of the diet, and draw attention to the existing prohibitions. So, for example, from vegetables you can not eat cucumbers with gastritis. You can not eat them in any form: fresh, salted and pickled. Why? Let's find out together.
95% of the cucumber consists of water. There are many minerals in its juice. The vegetable boasts a large content of magnesium, sodium, potassium, phosphorus, iron and manganese. In small doses, carotene, essential oils, starchy substances and vitamins A, B, C, PP, E and N are present.
Fresh vegetables contain natural iodine, which is very well absorbed by our body. Iodine is extremely useful for the thyroid gland. Also in the composition of cucumbers there is silicon and sulfur, responsible for the growth of hair and nails.
As a part of cucumbers there are special enzymes, thanks to which our body begins to better assimilate animal proteins. Therefore, meat is often served with cucumber salads. And they do it right. Their juice has a multifunctional effect. He:
- Cleans the body.
- We have diuretic properties.
- Promotes excretion of stones from the kidneys.
- Daily consumption in large amounts helps dissolve stones in the gallbladder and in its ducts.
- When gargling gums easily removes inflammation.
Despite such a wide range of useful properties, there are cucumbers in gastritis can not. And all because for their digestion the stomach releases more gastric juice. If the acidity of the stomach is increased, an increase in the amount of hydrochloric acid can lead to peptic ulcer. That's why you should not eat uncooked fresh cucumbers with gastritis, if it is in the acute phase. In times of recession, the use of fresh vegetables is allowed. But not in large quantities and necessarily in a peeled form.
Many people are interested in another important question - do not everyone know if it is possible for gastritis cucumbers, if they underwent additional treatment? Salted and canned vegetables are a direct contraindication for gastritis. Salt not only provokes the formation of kidney stones, but also thickens the blood, has an irritating effect on the walls of the stomach.
From all of the above it becomes clear why you can not eat cucumbers in gastritis.