Nutrition and diet therapy
● Eat liquid food.
Used for acute gastritis. To remove the cause, stay in bed, fast all foods or drugs that stimulate the stomach, fast or give liquid food as appropriate, and stop bleeding for those who have bleeding.
● Avoid eating rough and irritating food.
Avoid foods that are too hard, too spicy, too salty, too hot, too rough and irritating. Such as fried food, pickled food, pepper, garlic and so on. Regardless of whether citrus juice, tomato products, coffee, alcohol and all foods that directly stimulate the esophagus will cause stomach acid, you'd better avoid eating them.
● Avoid high-fat foods.
High-fat foods, alcohol, sugar and chocolate can relax the sphincter and cause reflux, so if you have heartburn symptoms, you should avoid these foods.
Slow down and help digestion.
Chewing slowly is definitely helpful for digestion. You should chew food thoroughly, mix it with saliva, and avoid stress when eating, which can make your digestion have a good start.
● Regular diet.
Pay attention to diet conditioning and maintenance, eat regularly and quantitatively, and maintain the rhythm of normal digestive activities. Never eat a full meal or skip breakfast on an empty stomach, especially avoid overeating.
● Pay attention to balanced nutrition.
Choose nutritious and digestible soft foods, and eat more foods containing plant protein and vitamins. You can eat boiled millet, rice porridge, goat's milk, yogurt, white cheese and caffeinated milk. If the symptoms are serious, eat some soft food, such as rice soup, avocado, banana, potato, pumpkin and so on. Crush all the vegetables before cooking. Occasionally eat steamed vegetables, such as carrots, carrots, broccoli and so on.
● A small amount of meals.
Eat more than three meals a day, such as six small meals, as long as you feel comfortable. Avoid eating before going to bed, and the diet should not be too full, so as to avoid excessive expansion of gastric antrum and increase gastric acid secretion.
● Increase the intake of cellulose.
Eat foods containing fiber. Fiber is considered as an anticancer component, and eating a high-fiber diet can also reduce the chance of duodenal ulcer. Fiber is considered to promote mucin secretion, and mucin can protect duodenal mucosa.
● Control drinking water.
People with gastric acid deficiency should avoid diluting gastric juice. It is advisable to add vinegar, lemon juice and acid seasoning crystals to the diet, and eat less food that is not easy to digest and flatulence. Try to drink less water before and after meals.