Many people do not pay attention to their diet and health care after suffering from gastric ulcers. As a result, the gastric ulcers spread, causing a more serious impact on stomach health. Therefore, it is recommended that patients with gastric ulcers develop scientific eating habits in their lives, so as to prevent the worsening of gastric ulcers. So what dietary principles should patients with gastric ulcers pay attention to? Let’s take a look!

Dietary Guidelines for Patients with Gastric Ulcer

1. Chew more and avoid eating in a hurry. Chewing can increase saliva secretion, and saliva can neutralize gastric acid.

2. It is very important to eat regularly and regularly. Normally, three meals a day is suitable for the average patient, but during the acute phase of an attack, eating 5-6 times a day can reduce the concentration of gastric acid. Once the symptoms are under control, it is advisable to quickly switch to a normal three meals a day. It is not advisable to eat too much to avoid dilation of the gastric antrum, which will increase gastrin secretion and gastric acid secretion.

3. Pay attention to nutrition when eating, and there is no need to prescribe special recipes. Wheat, corn, cereals, etc. have a nutritional effect on the gastric mucosa and patients should be encouraged to eat them. Foods such as noodles, polenta, soy milk, eggs, meat, spinach, cabbage, and rapeseed are easy to digest, have strong ability to neutralize gastric acid, and have no mechanical irritation to the gastric mucosa, so they are suitable for consumption.

4. Avoid eating snacks between meals to prevent the stomach from being continuously stimulated and increasing gastric acid secretion and gastric motility.

5. In order to reduce gastric acid, it is customary in foreign countries to drink milk or cream once every hour during the active stage of ulcer disease. It is believed that milk is rich in prostaglandins, which can significantly inhibit gastric acid secretion and have a protective effect on the gastric mucosa, so patients should be encouraged to eat more milk.

6. Some foods can damage the gastric mucosa physically (such as hot tea) or chemically (such as pickles). Therefore, gastric ulcer patients should avoid fried foods, fried foods, chili, mustard, Vinegar, strong tea, strong coffee, broth, alcohol and overheated and oversweet foods.

Common dietary remedies for gastric ulcer

1. White pepper pork belly soup: 15g of white pepper, slightly broken, 1 pork belly (remove impurities and washed), add appropriate amount of water, Simmer over slow heat, season to taste and serve. It is suitable for ulcers caused by deficiency and cold.

2. Lotus seed porridge: 30g lotus seeds, 100g rice. Cook the porridge as usual and eat it every day for one month. It is suitable for ulcers with weak spleen and stomach.

3. Huaishan porridge: 100g Huaishan medicine, 100g japonica rice. Add water together to make gruel, take 1 dose a day, divided into 3 drinks. Suitable for gastric and duodenal ulcers with weak spleen and stomach.

4. Glutinous rice porridge: 100g of glutinous rice or japonica rice, 7 red dates. Cook the porridge according to the usual method, cook it until it is very soft, and eat it regularly. It is suitable for ulcers with weak spleen and stomach, and can treat gastric and duodenal ulcers.

5. Tianqi egg custard: 3g of Tianqi powder, 30ml of lotus root juice, 1 egg, a little sugar. Break the eggs, pour into a bowl and mix; add fresh lotus root juice and Tianqi powder, add sugar, mix well with the eggs, simmer over water and take. It can treat blood stasis type gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer and gastric bleeding.

6. Tremella and red dates porridge: 20g of tremella, 10 red dates and 150g of glutinous rice. Cook porridge as usual. Suitable for patients with spleen and stomach ulcers.

The above is an introduction to the dietary treatment methods for gastric ulcer. In real life, due to the increasing pressure of work and life, many people have irregular eating habits, which is particularly harmful to gastric health. It not only induces gastric diseases, but may also lead to gastric inflammation, ulcers, etc. , brings great pain to people. In addition to requiring active treatment, it is recommended that everyone make dietary adjustments in their daily lives to help themselves better restore their health.