Aching pain in the right side is familiar to many people. Most often, it occurs after a festive feast with alcohol and fatty dishes. In most cases, such pain is a manifestation of chronic cholecystitis. What do we know about the functions of the gallbladder in the body? And how to support his work? Passive, sedentary lifestyle, smoking, alcoholism and unhealthy diet in 80% of cases cause chronic cholecystitis. This is a very common disease among people over 30 years old.
How is cholecystitis manifested?
Most often - pain in the right hypochondrium of an aching character. This symptom is often mistaken for renal colic. Many patients postpone a visit to the doctor until the last, preferring to swallow anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs. Thus, the liver is loaded even harder, and with it the bile.
Inflammation of the gallbladder (cholecystitis) appears due to stagnation of bile. If an infection is added to this process, an acute phase of the disease occurs, and hospitalization cannot be avoided. At the chronic stage, the disease manifests itself only after errors in nutrition or overwork.
In the treatment of chronic cholecystitis, diet is the main key to long-term remission.
Malnutrition
A prerequisite for recovery is the observance of a special diet. If the doctor made you diagnosed with chronic cholecystitis, then you will have to remember once and for all the list of prohibited products that provoke an exacerbation:
- muffin and bread: fresh buns on yeast dough, pastries with fatty butter cream, fried pies;
- chicken and quail eggs - no more than four pieces per day, with exacerbation - completely prohibited;
- drinks: any alcoholic drinks, carbonated sweet drinks, kvass, non-alcoholic beer, black coffee are completely excluded;
- fatty meat and fish: pork, lamb, salmon fish;
- dairy products with a fat index above 6%: milk, cottage cheese, fermented baked milk, cream (it is advisable to buy these products low-fat);
- first courses in fat rich broth and with the addition of frying in sunflower oil;
- canned food and smoked meats - prohibited.
Alcoholic beverages and cholecystitis
Diseases of the gallbladder are most often affected by women due to their physiology (in them it most often has a curved shape, which provokes stagnation of bile). But in men, this organ suffers mainly due to the abuse of alcoholic beverages.
Even with moderate drinking once a week for many years, bile begins to thicken. Over time, if the patient does not review his habits, the bile ducts become clogged and stones form. The diet menu for cholecystitis (table 5) implies a complete rejection of any alcoholic beverages.
What dose of alcohol is considered harmless in chronic cholecystitis? Gastroenterologist patients often ask such a question. The answer is that any alcoholic drinks, even at the lowest dosage, are prohibited.
Is it possible to eat meat with cholecystitis?
Not only possible, but necessary. But you will have to forget about fatty pork and lamb - this is a blow to the liver and gall. The diet for cholecystitis (table 5) also prohibits the use of lard, smoked meats, and canned goods.
Give preference to dietary meats. Chicken, rabbit, quail, turkey meat are not only not harmful, but also useful. Low fat and lots of amino acids and proteins are exactly what the patient needs. It is worth including in your daily diet at least one type of dietary light meat.
Smoking and cholecystitis
It has long been proven that nicotine destabilizes the gallbladder and, as a result, can cause the development of chronic diseases of this organ.
Constant blockage of the bile ducts leads to irreversible processes in the human body. If the patient wants to maintain relative health and good health until old age, to avoid operations to remove the gallbladder and other serious diagnoses, it is necessary to quit smoking as soon as possible (and even better, never start).
Rules for preparing a treatment menu
The effectiveness of treatment depends on the strictness of dieting for cholecystitis. An approximate menu for a week, the patient should compose for himself or take the advice of nutritionists.
The basic rules for creating a treatment menu:
- It is necessary to maintain a balance of the main nutrients: proteins, fats and carbohydrates. Every day in the diet should be low-fat meat, dairy products, vegetables and fruits, unrefined oils.
- The total calorie intake of food should be at least 1500 kcal for women and 2300 kcal for men.
- It is necessary to adhere to fractional nutrition. This will reduce the load on the gallbladder and ensure a healthy outflow of bile. A minimum of 3-4 meals in small volumes is preferable to meals twice a day, but in huge portions.
- It is worth noting that if diarrhea occurs during the diet, then in the future vegetables and fruits should be taken only in mashed form. It is also worth drinking juices from pomegranate and quince. These juices contain tannins, which will help get rid of complications.
Adhere to these simple rules, the patient will have a lifetime. If the acute form of cholecystitis passes quickly enough (in a hospital in a couple of weeks), then the chronic form of the disease will remain forever. Rare errors in the diet in the form of a pair of slices of chocolate or a packet of ice cream are acceptable. But alcoholic beverages, fatty meat and buns inflict too strong a blow to the biliary system - they will have to be forgotten forever.
Diet for cholecystitis: an approximate menu for every day
Breakfast must contain carbohydrates. They will give energy in the first half of the day. Perfectly oatmeal porridge in the water. Add dried fruits (dried apricots, raisins, prunes, candied fruits, kumquat) or nuts to it - the dish will become not only useful, but also tasty. Sweet lovers can add a spoonful of honey. A glass of low-fat kefir or fermented baked milk will go well with breakfast drinks. You can drink a mug of compote or jelly from berries and fruits.
Snack - a pack of low-fat cottage cheese, one banana or a non-acidic apple.
Lunch should be the main meal. On the first - a vegetable soup with sliced chicken. The diet menu for cholecystitis (table 5) provides for a fairly loyal diet. You can treat yourself to mashed potatoes with a steam patty, spring salad with a spoon of butter and herbs, pilaf with turkey, salads with low-fat mayonnaise.
For dinner, choose steamed fish. Salmon varieties are not worth buying - they are prohibited due to their high fat content. Cod, pollock, pangasius, pike will be ideal for people with cholecystitis. Diet involves any method of cooking, except frying. You can stew, bake, steam.
List of Valid Products
The approximate diet menu for cholecystitis is quite loyal in terms of regimen violations. Patients can often afford a slice of chocolate bar or a 100 gram slice of cake. Such indulgences can be done no more than once every two weeks.
Here is a list of products that can be included in the daily diet menu for cholecystitis:
- Vegetables: potatoes, broccoli, zucchini, carrots.
- Buckwheat and pearl barley porridge.
- Low-fat meats - chicken, rabbit, turkey, veal.
- Dried fruits are preferred over fresh fruits.
- Chicken egg yolk can be eaten only during the period of remission, no more than two pieces per day.
- Egg white can be eaten in any quantity - scrambled eggs, boiled, in sauces, etc.
Pancreatitis and cholecystitis: daily diet
Often the disease does not come alone. In the body, everything is interconnected, and a violation of the outflow of bile often has an effect on the pancreas. As a result, patients are often simultaneously diagnosed with two diagnoses - chronic cholecystitis and pancreatitis. In this case, the diet will be stricter.
An approximate diet for cholecystitis and pancreatitis for one day:
- breakfast - buckwheat porridge with skim milk, a glass of freshly prepared unsaturated compote of dried fruits;
- snack - one non-acidic apple, a pack of low-fat cottage cheese;
- for lunch - a plate of pilaf made from rice, carrots and turkey pork with a minimum of vegetable oils;
- snack - a handful of nuts (walnuts, peanuts, almonds, pistachios);
- dinner - a couple of fresh cucumbers (you can make a light salad with greens), a piece of chicken breast baked in the oven or on the grill. You can make turkey goulash in a slow cooker (with a minimal addition of oil).
Menu on Monday for chronic cholecystitis
Let's try to paint an ideal diet for a recovering person for seven days. To be satisfying, tasty and at the same time healthy. Let's start from Monday.
- Breakfast: buckwheat porridge with skim milk. You can add a spoonful of olive oil to make up for the lack of omega-3s and healthy fats.
- Snack: briquette of low-fat cottage cheese (maximum - 1.8% fat).
- Lunch: vegetable soup (potatoes, broccoli, herbs, salt - to taste). Chicken breast goulash on tomato paste. For dessert - a non-acidic apple or banana.
- Snack - a glass of stewed fruit (preferably dried fruit with a minimum of sugar) with a banana.
- Dinner - bake fillet of pollock in a foil with sliced potatoes.
Tuesday Menu
For breakfast - any porridge to choose from (oat, buckwheat, pearl barley). If you don’t like fresh food - add a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of sugar - there is no harm.
For dinner, you can cook veal diet stew. This is a hearty and tasty dish. In a pan with thick walls, put out a finely chopped piece of veal in water and season with salt. In addition to salt, you do not need to add any hot spices! Add your favorite vegetables: cauliflower, carrots, potatoes 15 minutes before the veal is quenched. Try to chop all the ingredients as finely as possible. It is better to grate the carrots.
A snack is one fruit. Avoid sour apple varieties (Granny Smith, for example). Also, do not eat kiwi, persimmons and other sour fruits.
For dinner, you can eat pilaf with turkey. Remember - use a minimum of oil during cooking. Stew all dishes, not fry!
Sample diet for the environment
For breakfast, treat yourself to a protein omelet. When you break a raw egg, carefully pour the yolk into a separate plate. And proteins can be whipped with milk and pieces of meat, greens - you get an airy and healthy omelet.
Lunch - rice soup with seafood. On the second - boiled potatoes with veal goulash, a salad of cucumbers, tomatoes and bell peppers.
Snack - a briquette of fat-free cottage cheese.
Dinner - a fruit salad of finely chopped pears, sweet apples and a banana. The drink is skim milk. The diet for cholecystitis during the exacerbation period implies an almost complete rejection of foods with high fat content.
How to please yourself on Thursday
A strict diet gets bored very quickly. There is a temptation to break it. Most often, excessive zeal in dietetic nutrition ends in a breakdown and exacerbation of a chronic disease. To avoid disruptions, arrange yourself tiny indulgences. Invent unusual ways to cook approved foods.
Breakfast: seafood salad. Peel the boiled shrimp. Mix with chopped squid into thin rings. Sprinkle with chopped dill. Dress with low fat dietary mayonnaise. It will turn out a protein and salad that is safe for chronic cholecystitis.
Lunch - vegetable soup (potatoes, broccoli, herbs, salt - to taste). Chicken or turkey fillet goulash on tomato paste. For dessert - a non-acidic apple or banana.
For dinner, bake your favorite fish with a minimum fat content (cod, pollock, pangasius) in a foil with greens and a couple of potatoes.
Menu on Friday with chronic cholecystitis
For breakfast - any porridge to choose from (oat, buckwheat, pearl barley). If you don’t like fresh food, add a pinch of salt or a teaspoon of sugar.
For a snack you can eat a handful of walnuts with a teaspoon of honey.
Lunch - rice soup with seafood. On the second - boiled potatoes with meat goulash.
Dinner - a milkshake (use milk with minimal fat content) with a banana. This smoothie can be easily prepared in a blender.
Weekend menu: Saturday and Sunday
For the weekend you can please yourself with an unusual dessert. For example, many malls sell diet skim ice cream. Occasionally, you can afford such a meal, especially during the period of remission.
For dinner, cook something unusual for yourself: for example, buy a carcass of a rabbit cut and bake in the oven. Rabbit meat is a low-fat dietary meat .
For dinner - a protein omelet with herbs. The drink is a milk-banana smoothie or dried fruit compote.