1 Can I use kefir in pancreatitis?

Kefir in pancreatitis performs several functions in the body:

• thermal;
• mechanical;
• chemical.

Each of them is designed to have a gentle effect on the pancreas and digestive organs. Among the properties that each named function has, it is worth noting:

1. The mechanical effect is due to the fact that the structure of the product is very elastic. Therefore, irritation of the mucosa and intestinal walls does not occur.
2. The thermal gentle mode involves the use of a product that has been heated to room temperature. A higher temperature will destroy all the properties of the protein, causing its denaturation. As a result, the process of milk formation can begin. A cold product, just taken out of the refrigerator, is strictly forbidden to drink with this disease.
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3. The chemical effect is that when a product is taken from the diet, products that have the ability to activate the secretion of the digestive organs are completely excluded. Sour milk has similar properties.

Thus, having received from the doctor the answer to the question whether it is possible to drink kefir in pancreatitis, one should adhere to his recommendations. First of all, you need to drink only the product is skim or with a very low fat content. Secondly, you should use only weak yogurt, the time of maturation which is 24 hours. Other species - medium( 48 hours) and strong( 72 hours) - can cause abundant secretion secretion, which is dangerous in pancreatitis. Therefore, doctors prescribe the reception of a weak product, which has the following properties:

• is a gentle and slightly acidic taste;
• has a relaxing effect.

2 How to drink kefir product correctly?

Consider how to drink kefir in chronic pancreatitis. Before buying a product, you need to pay attention to its appearance. It should be homogeneous, do not contain flakes or lumps. If they are present, then the product can not be bought, because in this case the rules of the technology of preparation, storage or sale were violated.

A diet based on the intake of sour milk is developed by the doctor, considering the stage of pancreatitis - chronic or acute. The use of the product in the chronic stage of the disease has its own peculiarities:

1. For 40 minutes, an hour before bedtime, the patient should drink one glass( 200 ml) of kefir.
2. It can be used as a dressing for various salads, especially fruit or vegetable.
3. You can use some varieties of the product, for example, bifilife, biokefir, bifid, skim yogurt. But they must be clean, i.e. Do not contain any fillers in order not to irritate the intestinal mucosa.

The composition of the product includes important bifidobacteria, which have the ability to normalize digestion, enhance the protective properties of the intestine, activate metabolic processes, induce the synthesis of vitamins included in group B, as well as proteins and amino acids.

In case of chronic pancreatitis, you can consume a product, the fat content of which varies from 30 to 56 kilocalories. Skimmed yogurt is considered to be skimmed, which has 30 kcal in its composition. It is also possible to take 1%( 40 kcal) or 2.5% of the product in the case when a treatment course is prescribed for chronic pancreatitis or if the disease has passed into a phase of stable remission.

The remission of the disease allows the replacement of defatted kefir by 2.5%, but the patient should feel good. As before, you need to choose a daily product, since the medium and strong are already capable of causing an exacerbation due to the high content of ethyl alcohol. You can consume 200 ml of sour milk during the day so that the processes of acidification or irritation of the mucosa do not start. Taking a larger dose can cause fermentation, a state of flatulence, and a deterioration in well-being.

3 What can I add?

When remission is allowed to add to the product such ingredients:

• olive or sunflower oil, but not more than one teaspoon;
• sweeteners - xylitol and sorbitol;
• after a certain time the doctor can allow to replace these substances with natural products, like honey or sugar.

When exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis or its transition to acute stage is observed, it is forbidden to use kefir. When this condition begins to subside, you need to follow strict doctor's instructions to gradually introduce this product into the diet.

For a few days, you need to drink a quarter cup of kefir. This is 50 ml. Then you should increase the intake dose to half a glass and stick to such a scheme for several days. Then you can take 150 ml of the product. Then the daily rate will be already 200 ml, i.е.a normal glass, but only if there was a persistent remission.

The duration of each stage is determined by the doctor, based on the patient's individual indicators and his general condition. The transition to the next stage will be allowed if the patient has no pain, discomfort, unpleasant sensations after taking kefir for 2-3 days. At any stage, you can take either fat-free or 1% beverage. Combine the increase in dose with another new product of the diet can not.

The doctor prescribes kefir only for 10 days after exacerbation of pancreatitis. It is preferable to drink the product at night, replacing them with dinner. This will help to avoid overloading the digestive system, will quench the feeling of hunger and will promote the absorption of calcium, which came with kefir.

It is forbidden to take kefir with pancreatitis at any stage in patients with increased acidity. In the composition of one-day kefir, too, there is acid, so it is not recommended to drink this kind of fermented milk product.

You can not drink kefir with diarrhea, because it has a laxative effect. But only one-day, medium and strong have a binding effect, but they can not be drunk with pancreatitis.