Cucumbers are popular in almost all countries of the world. They are easily grown, have good taste qualities and at the same time are neutral enough to be used in a variety of dishes. They are often found on the table at all seasons. But can you pamper yourself with cucumbers and dishes with pancreatitis?
Product features
Cucumbers are useful vegetables recommended for active consumption by healthy people. They:
- Improve the absorption of fats and proteins by the digestive organs;
- Increases appetite;
- Is a low-calorie product;
- Contain the essential minerals( zinc, calcium, magnesium, manganese, copper, chromium, phosphorus, iodine, iron, potassium most) and vitamins A, B, C, E;
- Stimulate the pancreas;
- Reduces the inflammatory processes of the mucous membrane of the digestive tract;
- Contain up to 95% water, which helps to protect the person from dehydration, especially during the hot season.
But they have one more property, useful for healthy people, but dangerous for patients with pancreatitis or cholecystitis. This is the presence of a large amount of fiber, which is difficult to process, overloads the sick organs and provokes exacerbations. If for a healthy body fiber is normalization of the digestive tract, the patient can get a decent portion of pain.
Fresh cucumbers
Of course, fresh vegetables are the most useful, and you should not completely abandon the valuable product. But nutritionists are advised to adhere to several rules to afford a full meal, and yet not harm the sick body:
Fresh cucumber in pancreatitis in the acute stage still can not consume. The amount of fiber exceeds the permissible standards.
Vegetables are considered to be allowed in chronic pancreatitis and cholecystitis in the remission phase in fresh form.
In order to reduce the amount of fiber in cucumbers to an acceptable level, you must first clean, and it is also desirable to wipe them on a grater. In this form, cucumbers can be eaten separately, used in sauces and salads, seasoned with sunflower oil.
You can prepare cucumber juice, which contains all the useful substances of cucumbers, but it contains a minimum of fiber. In this case, the yield of juice from the vegetable is large, which makes its use quite economical and practical. It is allowed to take one-time not more than 100 grams of juice.
Some articles on the Internet offer to sit down on cucumber diets, assuring that they are safe for people suffering from pancreatic diseases. And those wishing to lose weight pay attention to low calorie, laxative and diuretic effect. It is possible or not cucumbers in pancreatitis, but in large quantities they are harmful to absolutely everyone. It's all about a lot of water that is washing away from the body not only harmful substances, but also useful, weakening an already not quite healthy person. You can not lose weight due to such a diet, and you need to adjust your nutrition with the help of specialists - gastroenterologists and nutritionists.
Cucumbers should be environmentally friendly. Unfortunately, too often agricultural products, saturated with harmful substances, are sold in markets and in shops. Ideally, it is better to eat your own grown cucumbers. If this is not possible, find a personal supplier from the village, whose residents grow vegetables for themselves, and do not use pesticides.
By fulfilling these conditions, you can eat cucumbers without fear for your health, but at the same time getting everything useful and necessary for the body.
Pickles and Pickled Cucumbers
Crispy pickled cucumbers are a great temptation, especially when they are offered on a rich holiday table, but you can not afford to relax and eat this product absolutely. The same applies to cucumber marinade or pickle, which many like to drink. The fact is that in this form cucumbers contain:
- Acids - acetic, lemon, sometimes use acetylsalicylic, which irritate the mucous membranes and cause inflammation;
- Excessive salt;
- Prohibited spices in large quantities;
- Spicy garlic and horseradish, which are also strictly prohibited.
Acids and salt are prohibited in such quantities even to healthy people. For patients with cholecystitis or pancreatitis, regardless of the form of the disease, cooked cucumbers in this way, you can not eat categorically. Ideally, it is better not to make blanks at all, and then there is no temptation.
How to make a choice when buying
If you had to buy market cucumbers, you should pay attention to the following details:
- The color of the peel should be uniform throughout the length.
- The color may be dark or light, depending on the variety, but the unnatural brightness should alert.
- The touch should feel firmness along the entire length.
- Weight should be large, which indicates the freshness of the fruit.
- There should be no visible damage to the peel.
In winter, you can generally stop consuming this vegetable. If everything is clear with preserves and pickles, it is dangerous to use fresh vegetables from shops, based on the significant probability of having a large number of chemical additives in them.
Is it possible to eat fresh cucumbers in the winter with their own hands? Yes, certainly. Modern varieties allow growing vegetables in loggias, attics and even closed insulated balconies. In addition to vitamin supplements of natural origin, nourishing them is worthless. Then the vegetables will be useful, have good taste qualities and are suitable for dietary nutrition. Such cucumbers will adorn not only the covered table, but also the living quarters, adding bright summer greens.
