Gastric ulcer is a very common disease in our lives. Many people have symptoms of gastric ulcer. Generally, people with gastric ulcer need to pay special attention to their diet. Because many foods are very harmful to the condition of gastric ulcer. So what foods are good for gastric ulcers? What are the dietary principles for gastric ulcer?

1. Symptoms of gastric ulcer

If you experience retrosternal obstruction, pause, or pain when eating, which may be mild or severe, you may have esophagitis, esophageal diverticulum, or early esophageal cancer. .

Feeling full after meals or all day long, belching but no acid reflux, poor appetite, gradual weight loss, and slightly pale or gray complexion. Middle-aged and elderly people should think of chronic gastritis, especially chronic atrophy. gastritis, gastroptosis.

Upper and middle abdominal pain after meals, or nausea, vomiting, or a feeling of food accumulation. The medical history can last for many years, and it often attacks in autumn. The pain may be rhythmic and may be caused by catching cold, being angry, or eating irritating food. It may be gastric ulcer.

2. Diet principles for gastric ulcers

To enhance nutrition, foods that are easy to digest, contain enough calories, and are rich in protein and vitamins should be selected. Such as porridge, thin noodles, milk, soft rice, soy milk, eggs, lean meat, tofu and soy products; foods rich in vitamins A, B and C, such as fresh vegetables and fruits. These foods can enhance the body's resistance, help repair damaged tissue and promote ulcer healing. Patients with excess pantothenic acid should use less milk.

Restrict food with excessive residue and avoid eating fried and deep-fried foods, as well as celery, leeks, bean sprouts, ham, bacon, dried fish and various whole grains that contain a lot of crude fiber. These foods are not only rough and difficult to digest, but also cause a large amount of gastric juice to be secreted, increasing the burden on the stomach. However, it can be eaten after processing into easily digestible food such as pureed vegetables.

Do not eat irritating foods. Do not eat foods that stimulate gastric acid secretion, such as broth, raw onions, raw garlic, concentrated juice, coffee, wine, strong tea, etc., as well as foods that are too sweet, too sour, Foods that are too salty, too hot, raw, cold, or hard. Sweet foods can increase gastric acid secretion and stimulate the ulcer surface, aggravating the condition; overheated foods stimulate the ulcer surface, causing pain, and even dilate the blood vessels on the ulcer surface, causing bleeding; spicy foods stimulate the ulcer surface and increase gastric acid secretion; too cold and hard foods are difficult to treat Digestion can aggravate the condition. In addition, ulcer patients should also quit smoking. The nicotine in tobacco can change the pH of gastric juice, disrupt the normal activity of the gastric pylorus, and induce or aggravate ulcer disease.

Cooking should be done by steaming, roasting, stir-frying, stewing and other methods. Fried, deep-fried, smoked and other cooked dishes are difficult to digest and stay in the stomach for a long time, affecting the healing of ulcers.

3. Medicinal diet for gastric ulcer

(1) Peach kernel and pork belly porridge

Raw materials and preparation method: 10g each of peach kernel (peeled tip) and raw rehmannia glutinosa, 50g each of cooked pork belly slices and rice, appropriate amount. Cut the tripe slices into thin pieces; decoct twice the amount of water to extract the juice, add pork tripe and rice and cook into gruel. Season when cooked and take 1 dose per day.

Efficacy: It can replenish qi and activate blood circulation, remove blood stasis and relieve pain.

(2) Bergamot flat yam porridge

Ingredients and preparation method: 10g bergamot, 30g each of white lentils, yam and yam, appropriate amount of pork tripe soup and salt. Decoct the bergamot in water to extract the juice, remove the residue, add lentils, barley rice, yam and pork belly soup, cook into gruel, add a little salt to taste and take 1 dose per day.

Efficacy: It can relieve heat and relieve stomach pain. It is suitable for epigastric burning pain, dry mouth and bitter taste, upset and irritability, constipation, etc.

(3) Egg notoginseng stew

Ingredients and preparation method: one egg, 30ml honey, 3g notoginseng powder, beat the egg into a bowl and stir, add notoginseng powder and mix Mix well, simmer in water, add honey, mix thoroughly and take it.

Efficacy: It can soothe the liver and regulate qi, harmonize the stomach and strengthen the spleen. It is suitable for upper abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, belching, etc.

4. Instructions for diet for gastric ulcer

1. Develop good eating habits

Ulcer disease is a chronic disease, so it is necessary to maintain good diet for a long time. Eating habits.

You must eat regularly and quantitatively, and do not be too hungry or too full, because overeating will increase the burden on the stomach and aggravate the condition; and eating too little, food cannot fully synthesize gastric acid, which can easily cause spasmodic contraction of the stomach and aggravate upper abdominal pain symptoms. .

2. Eat smaller meals more often

Patients with gastric ulcers can arrange their meal times according to their actual conditions. For those with more severe conditions, they can also eat every 3 hours. , that is, eating 5-6 times a day, the amount of food eaten each time should be small, generally less than 70% full. This can not only ensure the supply of nutrients, but also reduce the burden on the stomach, so that there is always food in the stomach to neutralize gastric acid, and reduce the stimulation of ulcer lesions by gastric acid.

3. Reasonable food selection

It is also very important for gastric ulcer patients to choose food. The diet should be a suitable combination of refined food and coarse food. On the one hand, choose foods that are rich in nutrients and contain less garbage. Refined foods that are easy to digest, such as pasta, milk, soy milk, porridge, egg custard, etc.; on the one hand, eat an appropriate amount of coarse food, such as coarse cereals and other foods containing more fiber, and chew them fully during the eating process, which can strengthen the stomach. The peristaltic function of the intestines keeps the stool smooth and also benefits the repair of ulcers.

4. Avoid irritating foods

such as coffee, tea, alcohol, and foods that are acidic, alkaline, and spicy, such as chili, pepper, and ginger. wait. Also use appropriate amounts of salt, soy sauce, spices, etc.

5. Reasonable cooking

When making food for ulcers, frying or frying should be used less or less to avoid increasing the burden on the stomach. Do not eat foods that are too cold, too hard, or too hot. These foods are not easy to digest and absorb. On the contrary, they will promote excessive secretion of hygienia and can directly damage ulcer lesions.

6. Adequate intake of vitamins and minerals

Vitamins and minerals can improve the absorption of protein. As the main components of mucosal regeneration and blood, they are necessary nutrients. Ulcers accompanied by bleeding are prone to ulcers, but taking iron supplements will increase gastric juice secretion and should generally be avoided. Fu Oh Yi should supplement iron through diet and actively consume animal livers, fish and dark vegetables that are rich in iron.

7. It is advisable to eat vegetable oil for gastric ulcers

The fat consumed by gastric ulcer patients is mainly vegetable oil, because the duodenum can use the linoleic acid in vegetable oil to convert it into prostaglandins. , which is beneficial to maintaining the normal level of prostaglandins in the blood and preventing the imbalance of their different components, which is very beneficial to reducing the occurrence of gastric ulcers and promoting the recovery of gastric ulcer patients.

8. Whether fasting is required

Situations where fasting is not required

Whether patients with gastric ulcer need to fast depends on their condition and cannot be generalized. Generally speaking, the hemostatic effect of bleeding caused by gastric ulcers is directly related to gastric acid. Diet can neutralize gastric acid, easily maintain water-electrolyte balance, ensure nutrition, and food can also reduce nausea and vomiting. So in a sense, diet is also an auxiliary treatment. Therefore, those with mild illness do not need to fast.

For those with mild gastric ulcer, gastric ulcer combined with bleeding, and the amount of bleeding is not large, the diet should be liquid or semi-liquid food, and be careful not to overheat, such as milk, soy milk, gruel, Foods such as thin noodles and egg custard are better.

9. Situations that require fasting

Patients with gastric ulcers combined with massive bleeding, pyloric obstruction, frequent vomiting, and hemorrhagic shock should fast, and during treatment Pay attention to the supplement of blood volume, calories and electrolytes. After the shock is corrected, obstruction and other symptoms are relieved, and there is no active massive bleeding, an appropriate amount of liquid diet can be given, and then gradually transition to semi-liquid and soft food.