Diet No. 2 is specially designed for people with acute or chronic gastritis who are at the stage of recovery. Its distinctive feature is the ability to comply with this type of food for a long period of time. In some cases, additional intake of vitamins may be required if they are poorly digested by their food. This type of dietary nutrition with gastritis implies a complete rejection of carbonated drinks, spices and spicy foods, and products containing coarse fiber. In small quantities, milk is allowed to be eaten.
During the restoration of normal gastric function with gastritis, it is forbidden to eat in very hot and cold conditions, since this can be a traumatic factor for the walls of the gastrointestinal tract. Take food only in small portions from four to six times a day. Do not eat excessively salty foods, and it is best to grind raw food beforehand. The best way to cook food with diet number 2 is to cook in water or to extinguish, but baking and lightly browning are also possible, in which crusts are not formed and breadcrumbs are not used.
During the period of dietary nutrition according to diet number 2, you can drink beverages such as jelly, mineral still water, green and black tea, as well as compote, herbal infusions and fruit fresh. The obligatory components of table number 2 for gastritis are such products as vegetables, berries and fruits, sour-milk drinks, fish and seafood, as well as cereal bakery products and various sweets. In addition, the daily diet of patients with gastritis should include a sufficient number of vegetable snacks, oils and fats. Eggs during this diet should be consumed only as an omelette in steamed or boiled form.
When diet number 2 with gastritis, it is important to avoid products that are capable of causing fermentation in the gastrointestinal tract. Among these products, especially vine, cabbage, milk, as well as legumes and whole milk. To completely forbidden with diet number 2 include such products: any fatty meat( duck, goose, pork, lamb, etc.), canned food, pickled dishes, spicy and fatty sauces, smoked and salted fish, as well as flour products and alcohol. To achieve the maximum result with therapeutic nutrition, it is better not to consume kvass and grape juice, chocolate and ice cream, fat and animal fat.
Table number 2 was first proposed for the treatment of gastritis and other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract by a Soviet dietician Mikhail Pevzner. This diet provides a complete diet, in which a person does not need an additional intake of vitamins and trace elements. If the diet is properly observed, the gastrointestinal motility of the patient is restored quickly enough, and the secretory function of the stomach is stimulated. Certain restrictions are introduced regarding the method of cooking food, as well as the use of difficult-to-digest products, which are ways to stay in the stomach for a long time and lead to irritation.
Even with a not very long observance of the diet of the table №2 there is a noticeable improvement in the state of health of the patient with gastritis. Typically, the duration of nutrition for diet number 2 determines the attending physician and depends on the severity of the disease. However, it is important to note that it is tolerated by patients quite easily, contributes to reducing painful symptoms and reducing body weight.