Gastritis Support Group
Gastritis is a medical term for inflammation of the lining of the stomach. It means that white blood cells move into the wall of the stomach as a response to some type of injury. Gastritis has many underlying causes, from infection with the bacterium H. pylori, bile reflux, or excessive consumption of alcohol or certain foods or drugs like aspirin.
Want is a gastritis diet?
I went to Nathropath who told me to go gluten and dairy free, except for yogart.
She said my e down the road you can slowly ring them back into your diet.
I went to Nathropath who told me to go gluten and dairy free, except for yogart.
She said my e down the road you can slowly ring them back into your diet.
i mostly eat rice, potatoes and steamed vegetables and chicken. milk with oat seems to help me.
I was told no spicy and fatty foods, no dairy products, no tomatoes or other high acid foods. Soft foods are preferred over others.
Eat slow and chew well.
You'll need to keep a food diary to see what hurts right away, a couple hours later and the next day.
Try to keep the gassy food down,
eat small meals, 6 a day works for many of us.
I can't eat any grains at all, not just the gluten containing ones, or dairy except aged cheese and greek yogurt (has protein).
Lay off tea, coffee, soda, caffeine, at least for a while.
I find that poached eggs go down well, along with canned chicken, spaghetti squash and other soft warm foods. Raw veggies hurt me too much to eat at all still.
It's a try it and see thing....
Tea is ginger root (not for everyone), peppermint and especially liqourice root good for gastritis.
I wouldn't drink any fruit juices, especially not fizzy!
Best wishes.
I have begun the Zantac regimen (strictly timing), but can't afford the Pepzin till next week. Just sending a thanks for your input.
Rosebrook - Soft foods work best for me now. My diet is simple because I can barely eat. Bananas & peaches sit the best on my tummy. They both contain an enzyme that aids in digestion. Mashed potatoes with lactaid milk and no butter - long as I eat it slowly, and turkey breast lunch meat, but only one slice a day. I also added Boost (lactose and gluten free) because I'm not getting near the nutrition I need. That hasn't bothered me so far.
But be careful because what lays well on your stomach today, might not tomorrow. I believe I've read that others have dealt with this as well.
Chew your food very well, and by all means, eat slowly. If I get full - and these days that's easy to do - I'm miserable.
It is a painstakingly slow process of trial and error. Being here and reading helps a lot.
Pasta: I have switched to Alfredo/white sauce ( I don't seem to have a dairy reaction, so the milk in it is ok). If you are avoiding dairy, you can make a white pasta sauce from soy milk. I also feel that Rice pasta is easier to,digest than Wheat pasta.
Fizzy drinks: I feel nervous when I have pain to have them, I'm assuming the bubbly is not good for me. These juices are more acidic: cranberry,orange,apple,grapefruit, Low acid juices are banana ,peach, and some berry juices. Adding lime or lemon juice to cold water is refreshing too:most stores sell the small plastic squeeze bottles.
I agree. The food/drink issue is different for everyone but once you figure out what bothers you or are suspicious about a food or drink you have to stop consuming it totally and stick to the basic stuff that works for you for a long time and then it gets way better. That is the reality of this situation for GERD and Gastritis. Once you accept it and live that way you will get better.
The huge road block to this issue and GERD is DISCIPLINE and DETERMINATION.. You need both of these atributes to be successful and to heal the area. Without it you will never heal.
Gastritis is terrible and depressing but it can get a lot better!
Just do the hard work!
Below is what works for me, I posted it in an other discussion but here it is again:
Safe foods:
- All vegetables except tomatoes, garlic, onion, cucumber, bell pepper
- only fruits: watermelon, melon, banana, papaya
- drinks: camomille tea, evamor water, coconut water, vegetable juice (carrot, fennel, spinash, celery)
- proteins: chicken breast, white fish, clams, shrimps, lobster, tempeh, tofu, eggs
- starches: potatoes, all types of rice, spelt bread (too much fibers though), gluten-free pasta (gluten-free because of IBS), oatmeal, millet, quinoa
Ok in small quantities:
All nuts except peanuts, rice milk, olive oil, salmon, thyme, rosemary, bay leaf, parsley, salt (proved to be irritating to the stomach but hard to do without), maple syrup, corn
Irritating:
Everything not listed above but in particular
- spices
- sparkling water
- tea, coffee, chocolate, all herbal teas except chamomile
- red meat and other fatty meats (fats delay digestion and promote inflammation)
- dairy: cheese, milk, yoghurt (make the stomach produce more acid)
- all fruits except the ones listed above (too acidic)
- the usual suspects: tomatoes, garlic, onions, bell peppers (I stay away from chives, arugula, and leeks too but have not tested them).
- aloe vera (too acidic), manuka honey (ph level 4 -too acidic- and tea tee essential oil in if is irritating I believe), mastic gum, ginger
I got inspired by the book of Jamie Koufman "dropping acid" which I found very useful, a list of irritating spices found online, and a list of ph levels of different foods for canning. I try to eat only foods with ph level above 5. I modified what learned based on the reactions of my stomach and this is what I came out with.