Tomato juice is loved by many. He has a peculiar taste, which is difficult to confuse with something. If you add a little salt to this drink, then the taste sensations increase, and in some cases it can even be used instead of food. In addition, it is actively used as a substitute for natural vegetables in the preparation of various dishes, and can also be the basis for various popular cocktails. It contains a large number of nutrients and vitamins, it fits well with other juices, which allows it to be eaten by people of all ages. However, for patients with pancreatitis, there are some limitations.
Useful properties of tomatoes
The native land of tomatoes is North America. To Europe, they came thanks to Christopher Columbus, where they gained popularity. Now tomatoes are widely distributed around the world. Nutritionists consider it a very useful vegetable, because it is rich in such elements as:
- Vitamins of group A, B, C, E, H and PP;
- Beta-carotene;
- Almost all the necessary mineral elements( potassium, magnesium, iron, zinc, molybdenum and so on);
- Necessary organic acids: succinic, oxalic, tartaric, citric, malic;
- Sugar in the form of glucose and fructose.
Thus, using tomato in food, a person gets almost all the necessary set of nutrients that are easily digested. Recycled tomatoes in juice not only do not lose their useful properties, but even on the contrary, they acquire new ones. In particular, the drink from tomatoes:
- Promotes the removal of toxins from the body, including heavy metals;
- Stabilizes the metabolism and the level of pressure in the body;
- Kills microbes;
- Helps increase the amount of milk in nursing mothers;
- Provides preventive maintenance of oncological diseases;
- Positively affects the composition of the blood, increasing the level of hemoglobin and normalizing the level of glucose.
However, it must be taken into account that tomatoes also have a choleretic and diuretic, so tomato juice in pancreatitis should be used cautiously and only on the advice of a doctor.
Drinking juice for acute pancreatitis
If a patient has an acute attack of a disease, this drink should be completely discarded. This is due to the following reasons:
- In tomatoes contains a large number of different organic acids that have a stimulating effect on the secretory cells of the stomach and pancreas, causing them to produce certain enzymes. This requires more active work of the body, which during the period of the disease is highly undesirable. To restore normal working capacity of the body, its rest is required, for which purpose a strict diet is prescribed.
- Side effects of micronutrients contained in tomatoes are diarrhea and flatulence, which also has a negative effect on the recovery process of the patient.
- Due to the presence of choleretic effect in a tomato, the body can start producing more of this substance, which will appear in the pancreatic ducts and will require additional load on the pancreas, which is contraindicated at the time of an acute attack of pancreatitis.
- Many people prefer to drink tomato juice with salt, and salt has a negative effect on the pancreas, causing it to swell in the acute period of the disease.
Restrictions on the chronic form of the disease
After the removal of acute attacks of the disease, you can gradually begin to eat tomato juice. Do this only after permission of the doctor, since only a qualified specialist can adjust the diet of the patient, regularly monitoring his condition.
At first allows only a diluted drink. One third of the juice should be diluted with two-thirds of the water. At the initial stage of the reception of the drink, of course, it does not go about adding salt. In the absence of side effects and pain in the abdomen, you can go on to use a more concentrated juice - dilute it with water one to one. Later, it will be possible to dilute it with only a third of the water, and, possibly, with individual tolerance, to consume a concentrated drink. In this case, you should limit the amount of consumed beverage - no more than a glass of diluted juice per day, or not more than 100 grams of concentrated juice.
Of course, you can eat only natural beverages without adding any dyes or flavor enhancers.
Recipe for homemade tomato juice
Prepare the juice from tomatoes at home is absolutely not difficult.
- This requires 1-1.5 kg of fresh tomato and 2 teaspoons of salt.
- Vegetables should be thoroughly washed and immersed in boiling water for 1-2 minutes, and then for 1-2 minutes in cold water.
- After this treatment with tomatoes, you can easily remove the peel.
- The flesh of tomatoes should be wiped through a colander or strainer, add salt.
- The resulting mixture can be poured into clean and sterilized jars, then closed with a metal lid and sterilize the beverage itself in the jars.
- This is the preparation of the reserves of tomato juice for the winter will be completed.
Thus, you can consume tomato juice in pancreatitis, but only during a period of stable remission, so as not to create unnecessary burden on the sick body. To start using it should be only after permission of the doctor, and you need to drink only a natural drink without any additives, which can be prepared at home.
