Menu for a week with pancreatitis: the main principles of nutrition

One of the most frequent diseases of the pancreas — pancreatitis. This is an inflammatory process that quickly becomes chronic. The secretion function of the pancreas suffers, and its ducts become clogged. When the disease proceeds in an acute form, a person suffers from pain, nausea, and indigestion. The editors of estet-portal.com offer the optimal menu for a week with pancreatitis and a list of nutrition principles that will help solve problems.

• How to eat with pancreatitis: general principles
• What to include in the menu for a week with pancreatitis
• Menu for each meal on days of the week
• The main thing about planning menus for a week with pancreatitis

How to eat with pancreatitis: general principles

With pancreatitis, there is a serious general failure in the activity of all organs of the gastrointestinal tract, so it is important not to violate the principles of nutrition recommended by doctors:

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• Restricting the amount of fats and carbohydrates.It is better to exclude fats, especially animals. As for carbohydrates, serious restrictions will be required here. Sugar and all products in which it contains must be completely removed from the diet. Healthy carbohydrates can be consumed, but only if they are properly prepared.

• Prohibition of  coarse fiber. For most diseases, doctors strongly recommend cabbage. Pancreatitis — an exception to the general rule. With this disease, it is better to avoid dishes from cabbage and other vegetables containing a lot of coarse fiber.

• Lean proteins are recommended. To get the required amount of nutrients, fats and carbohydrates are partially replaced by proteins.

• Fractional meals. The daily ration should be divided into 5-6 meals. You need to eat in small portions.

• Restriction on technologies of heat treatment of products.Fried food is completely excluded. Food should be boiled or steamed, pre-chopped well. It is important that it is well absorbed.

Due to restrictions, it is difficult to make a balanced diet, therefore, in addition, you should consult with your doctor and take multivitamin complexes.

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What to include in the  menu for a week with pancreatitis

On recommended products list:

• Bread. Rye bread should be avoided. You can wheat, made a day or two before use. Nice option — crackers.

• First courses. Soups are a priority. They should be cooked in weak vegetable broths. You can cook broth from  lean meat, but then it is better to pour out the water after the first boil and pour in fresh water. Cabbage and millet cannot be added to soups.

• Meat and  fish. All low-fat varieties can be boiled.

• Dairy products. Everything is possible, but only fat-free.

• Eggs. You can include protein steam omelettes in your diet, but don't use them more than once a week.

• Cereals. All cereals are allowed, except millet.

• Vegetables. Steamed vegetables are acceptable, except for cabbage, legumes, radishes, radishes, sorrel, and other strong foods.

• Fats. Animals are completely banned. Vegetable and butter oils can be consumed in limited quantities, adding to cooked food.

• Drinks. You can have tea (only weakly brewed!), compotes, herbal decoctions.

• Sweets. Sweet apples are allowed — in raw and baked, compotes.

Cooked food should be salted as little as possible. Salt irritates the pancreas, provokes an inflammatory process.

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Menu for each meal on days of the week

Recommended 5 meals a day  1 meal — breakfast, 2 — second breakfast, 3 — lunch, 4 — afternoon snack, 5 — dinner. The time depends on the hour of awakening and work schedule, but the intervals between meals should be equal.

Menu for  a week with pancreatitis

Monday

1. Oatmeal, tea.

2. Vegetable steam cutlets.

3. Vegetable soup, fish or chicken.

4. Baked sweet apples.

5. Vegetables and steamed meatballs.

Tuesday

1. Egg white omelet, compote.

2. Vegetables cooked in oven or steamed 

3. Soup with milk.

4. Fat-free cottage cheese casserole.

5. Mashed potatoes, boiled meat, juice.

Wednesday

1. Buckwheat porridge, tea.

2. Kefir or yogurt.

3. Vegetables cooked in oven or steamed, fish, jelly.

4. Oatmeal cookies, compote.

5. Mashed  legal vegetables.

Thursday

1. Rice porridge, tea.

2. Decoction of rose hips with crackers.

3. Pumpkin puree soup, steamed meat.

4. Egg white omelette, juice.

5. Rabbit stew.

Friday

1. A plate of semolina, compote.

2. Chicken, herbal tea.

3. Low-fat fish soup.

4. Baked apples.

5. Veal, rice porridge.

Saturday

1. Fat-free cottage cheese casserole, tea.

2. Fruit salad.

3. Steam cutlets with pasta.

4. Yogurt with croutons.

5. Meatballs, buckwheat porridge, kissel.

Sunday

1. Milk soup, juice.

2. Cottage cheese, milk.

3. Cereal soup with buckwheat, boiled meat.

4. Kisel, croutons.

5. Low-fat fish casserole, carrot juice.

It is important to keep track of portion sizes. They should not exceed 200 ml. This will help the digestive system work without overload.

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The main thing about  planning a menu for a week with pancreatitis

The above menu can be modified to your own discretion. The main thing is to adhere to the basic principles of nutrition and the list of allowed foods:

• Fat should be severely limited. Animals should be completely excluded.

• Don't use spices and lots of salt. It irritates the pancreas.

• Meals should be fractional. Optimal serving size — 200 ml.

• It is advisable to take a multivitamin. A suitable complex will be selected by the attending physician.

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The proposed menu will help unload the digestive tract, lose weight and get rid of slags.

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