Fruits in pancreatitis are introduced in the menu in the first days after getting out of hunger. They - the container of valuable substances, without which the body simply can not exist. But not all fruits are able to comply with a strict sparing diet, and many of the allowed list require special pretreatment. In order not to break the delicate balance between pain and the beginning of a full-fledged life, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the rules for the consumption of products of plant origin.
Principles of selection
Doubting the choice of what fruits can be eaten in pancreatitis, it must be remembered that in an acute period, with every difficulty, you need to consult a doctor. This is the time when it is easy to complicate the process of recovery.
When the symptoms of the illness have subsided and the disease has entered the remission phase, it is necessary to follow the doctor's recommendations and the list of permitted products, but in case of impossibility of consultation it is worth remembering:
- You can not consume all fruits and berries containing a large amount of acid. It irritates the mucous membranes, stimulates the production of pancreatic juice and overloads the diseased organ. This imposes restrictions not only on lemons or cranberries, but any unripe fruit.
- Hard grades can be taken only in boiled or strongly crushed form, and then in small quantities.
- Everything that has a hard peel, you need either to clean, or to boil and wipe through a sieve( colander).Rubbed and everything containing seeds.
- Too sweet too under prohibition, as excess glucose is contraindicated in diseases of the pancreas.
- All canned products are banned. This applies to juices, jams, compotes and other products from fruit long-term storage.
- Reception in raw form is limited, preference is given to heat treatment.
- All fruits must be of high quality - fresh, without damage( mechanical, chemical, etc.), equal in color, standard size.
Using these rules, you can analyze all products offered for consumption and avoid harmful to sick components of dishes.
Acute period
Fruits in pancreatitis are allowed during periods of exacerbation, but slightly and correctly cooked. The first 2 days they can not, then in the absence of vomiting, you can already have a weak boil of dogrose. Usually it is offered a half glass 2-3 times a day.
After another 1-2 days, you can add blueberry jelly. They will help get rid of diarrhea and vomiting, and at the same time have a pleasant taste.
After a week, you can gradually introduce compotes, minimally sweetened jelly and fruit purees. You can use artificial sweeteners instead of sugar. Without thermal treatment, there is nothing to eat. After another 10-15, jelly, puddings and mousses are introduced.
The allowed fruits in this period include summer pears and apples, fried strawberries, bananas, pineapples without veins, watermelons and melons in small quantities due to the large amount of sugar and papaya. In a month you can eat some raw fruits, including pears, bananas, and grated apples. In addition, you can add a decoction of prunes. With constipation, you can use the crumbled berries of gooseberries as a gentle and effective remedy.
Important: remove apples and pears from the skin and core, be attentive to the stage of maturity and sour taste. Red apples can not be consumed. Winter varieties and apples, and pears are with caution, few, since they are usually more solid and contain more fiber.
Period of persistent remission
It is believed that it should take at least six months to begin to diversify its menu, in fact, some can be entered in a few months. The problem is to do this in very small portions, without breaking off before the appearance of your favorite products.
All the introduction of new products is necessary:
- Receive in small volumes, no more than 1 tbsp.spoons at the first reception.
- Preliminary heat treatment is mandatory.
- Consistency should be in the form of a puree.
- The first week to consume no more than 2-3 times.
- Try only one product per day.
- All fruits and berries should be from the allowed list.
First you can enter into the diet sweet ripe apricots and peaches without skin, fresh oranges and tangerines( but not juices), cherries, blueberries, blueberries. Raspberries and strawberries are best cooked and grinded, and in fresh form there are only a few berries a day. Kiwi is an excellent source of folic acid and has a soft consistency, allowing it to be used even in raw form. It is important only to choose ripe fruits. Plums boil and grind or peel. Avocados are useful, but because of the high content of fat in only a small amount.
Kalina is known for its anti-inflammatory properties, but its use depends on the condition of the gallbladder, it is a cholagogue. You can eat only in frayed form because of the skin and bones.
In addition, there are indulgences relating to previously used products. They can begin to eat little by little in fresh form all, but without the skin. This applies primarily melons and watermelons.
Lastly and even more limited are introduced:
- Persimmon. It is sweet, fibrous and can cause constipation.
- Red currant. On the table can only get in a cooked and frayed form.
- Grapes. Interestingly, fresh can be without pits and peel, but juice is strictly forbidden.
- Winter apples. It is desirable to still boil or bake because of the solid consistency.
- Some sweet cherries can be eaten necessarily cooked due to hard skin. Cherry kissels are especially good.
Prohibited list of
There are fruits and berries, the use of which can interrupt even persistent remission, so it is better to delete them from your life. They contain a lot of acids, fiber, or sugar, their use seriously affects the work of the gastrointestinal tract, causing diarrhea, or vice versa, constipation. These include:
- Lemons, grapefruits, pomelo and sweets contain many acids and essential oils.
- Chokeberry and bird cherry due to strong fixing action.
- Sea buckthorn is so rich in acids, tannins and fats that a permissible maximum is a teaspoon of berries on a pot of compote. At the same time the compote will be significantly replenished with useful substances.
- Pomegranate, in spite of its useful properties, strongly irritates the pancreas with a huge acid content, tannins. In addition, it provokes an increased production of bile.
- Cranberries can be resolved only in patients with pronounced inhibition of pancreatic enzyme production. For the rest of the acid, fiber, essential oils and the laxative effect of the intake make the berry undesirable in the menu.
- Fresh cherries contain many acids, sugar and fiber at the same time.
- Quince. In addition to acids and hard consistency, it also has a huge amount of essential oils, which strongly irritate the mucous membranes. The only exception is fresh compotes. They are a great help with diarrhea.
Knowing what fruits can be used for pancreatitis, it is easy to adapt a strict diet to your taste, make it pleasant and varied. At the same time, there is no harm to the body.
