People who are forced to be on a diet due to inflammation of the pancreas, know well, any deviation from dietary nutrition threatens with acute aggravation. Most of the products during the acute period of pancreatitis are strictly contraindicated, during the period of remission, a slight easing in the diet can be made. One of the most popular products in Russian cuisine is cabbage. In addition to the common cabbage for all, lately, color and broccoli have been successful.
When diagnosing a patient, the patient begins to be interested in the features of dietary nutrition in the attending physician and in particular, is it possible to eat stewed cabbage with pancreatitis? Before answering this question, it is necessary to understand the difference between chronic and acute pancreatitis.
Braised cabbage in the acute form of the disease
During the acute form of the disease, the pancreas needs medical treatment and a strict diet. In the first three days the patient is on a starving diet, then products are introduced, with a low content of fat and fiber. It is for this reason that white cabbage is not recommended for use in exacerbations. Even with an unarmed eye, you can see the fibers passing through the whole vegetable.
Other varieties of cabbage - Peking, colored, broccoli, differ less in fiber and can be introduced into the patient's diet on the fifth day. In its raw form it is better not to eat, it is necessary to heat the vegetables. The white-rooted variety of the product is allowed after the first week of the diet only in a stewed state, preferably with the addition of zucchini. In fresh and sugared cabbage, doctors are not allowed to consume even during remission.
Is it possible to eat cabbage with chronic pancreatitis
With the diagnosis of "chronic pancreatitis" people live all their lives. To avoid sudden exacerbations, the patient should not deviate from the existing diet. Food should be frequent and consist of small portions. All fried, smoked and salty dishes are completely excluded, steam treatment of products or their quenching is allowed. Diversify the dietary table can be stewed cabbage. During extinguishing, the vegetable loses most of the fiber and essential oils that can irritate the mucous glands. After heat treatment, the product does not lose its useful vitamins and minerals. Completely refuse the vegetable is not worth it - it is too useful for the body.
Before you eat stewed cabbage, you can try to gradually add it to the first dishes. If there is no vomiting or diarrhea, you can try the vegetable stewed, but do not eat too large portions in the early days.
Cabbage recipes
Cabbage can be used in pancreatitis of different varieties, each of which has a special taste and invaluable benefit. When preparing dishes, remember - no roasting of the product before quenching should not be, the oil is added in the least amount. To exclude a heavy load on the gland, it is recommended to add other vegetables with a softer structure to white cabbage. Vegetable is better to choose a young one, without rotten leaves. The leaves are cut into thin strips so that the digestive system quickly digests the food that has arrived.
A traditional recipe for stewed cabbage.
- Fresh vegetable should be rinsed under running water.
- The top leaves are best removed, they are the toughest.
- Then the head is cut into quarters and finely shredded.
- Hard core is not suitable for eating, and it is thrown away.
- Finely chopped product is laid out in a saucepan, there is added grated carrot and finely chopped onions.
- Do not forget that during the heat treatment the vegetable shrinks and secrete the juice.
- Then a little water and sunflower oil are added to the pan.
- To prevent the dish from burning, it should be stirred occasionally. Half an hour before the end of cooking, tomato paste is added to the vegetables.
- To not go beyond the dietary dish, paste a little.
Braised cabbage is perfectly combined with meat or other vegetables. To make the dish more nutritious, it can add low-fat varieties of meat - chicken breast, turkey, veal. Also, the vegetable is well combined with zucchini or pumpkin.
Braised cauliflower
Cauliflower takes less time to prepare, but it does not yield to white-colored varieties in taste.
- First, the head is to be disassembled on the inflorescence.
- Then, in boiling salted water for five minutes, you need to lower the pieces of cauliflower.
- Boiled inflorescences are laid out in a frying pan, and grated carrots are added to them.
- Onions can not be added, it all depends on the person's taste preferences.
- Add a little water and sunflower oil to the saucepan, and then cover it with a lid.
- The dish should be stewed, not roasted, so the fire should be the smallest.
With pancreatitis cauliflower is great for daily nutrition. It can be fresh and frozen, it all depends on the season. This vegetable is prepared very quickly, and all the useful minerals and vitamins just do not have time to leave the product. By its composition and method of preparation, cauliflower is in many respects similar to broccoli. Even to the taste, these species do not differ much from each other.
Peking cabbage
Another kind of vegetables, not so long ago appeared on the table of Russians. Peking cabbage is rich in vitamins A, PP, E and high content of ascorbic acid. It has a beneficial effect on the digestive system and pancreas. It can also be extinguished together with other vegetables or consumed fresh( only during remission).
A strict diet is also prescribed for patients suffering from a concomitant disease of pancreatitis - cholecystitis. These diseases occur for similar reasons and have almost identical symptoms. An important role in the treatment of cholecystitis is played by a special diet that excludes all fried and smoked products. Dishes from cabbage stewed are included in the allowed list of products, which can please the patient with cholecystitis.
The diagnosis of pancreatitis does not mean the end of life, you can live with it for a long time and not have any special problems. In order to avoid the occurrence of exacerbations, it is necessary to comply with all the prescriptions of the doctor and follow a diet. Dietary foods can be varied with stewed cabbage, which is not only useful, but also very tasty.
