Then go ahead eat whatever they tell you and see what happens ;), i think you want to hear that.

I can drink COKE without any prob and can eat berries, tomato products. Does it make a sense? Also they are GI professors. I'm just asking. No offence.

lets see what makes sense. were our stomachs designed to eat fried chinese food with tons of spices followed by a nice natural coca cola grown from organic trees? or were they designed to eat healthy/all natural? What was the diet 200 years ago? mcdonalds and ice creams ?

idk what kind of messed up "GI Professors" are they, but if you are having a problem with an organ or a muscle, YOU MUST LET IT REST ....regardless of the problem for it to heal faster or heal anything at all.

its just common sense...i am not a "GI professor" but even an middle school professor knows that.

Plus these "GI Professors" rely on large clinical studies they havent conducted for gastritis or books they havent written and frankly there isn't any, as hard as it is to believe, just one or two studies probably.

Let's eat paleo like then. Tonz of organ muscles and raw veggies/fruits. We evolved to eat like this way. But sounds do not like a bland diet, huh?

They just keep saying that almost everyone on thr street has chronic gastritis and it's not important thing amf it cannot cause persistent nausea.

I'm just trying to find a solution. If my prob is all about anxiety, then I'll eat whatever I want (I already rarely eat junk and no alcohol) and try yo avoid stress.

you can eat paleo when your gastritis is gone but if you keep eating anti depression meds and drinking cokes with them I doubt it will heal "quickly" or "easily". Eating bland "won't hurt you" but "help you" along with treating the cause of your gastritis infection, anxiety, etc.

i did a paleo diet when i didn't have gastritis and it was working well for other issues. It is the best diet for those with a nice stomach it helps so many autoimmune issues imo!

But you have gastritis caused by anxiety, alcohol, h pylori it doesnt matter. I am sure it is "common sense" that avoiding avoid coke, tomatoes, and high acid stuff and things that make your stomach work harder will help even if you have no symptoms or are you waiting to have full blown severe gastritis? Eating bland "won't hurt you" but "help you" that is just "common sense".

Btw, nausea means there is damage going on to your stomach from the acid it is one symptom of gastritis i had in the past but not anymore (knock on wood).

Agreed. That won't hurt me at all but eating tasty things help me to get rid of stress/anxiety. Strict diet is stress creator IMO.

Lascowiec you should ask yourself a question whether you eat to live OR you live to eat.That makes a big difference.It sounds like you are a compulsive eater and that is not good for gastritis.Food should not be a pacifier for your emotions.There are many better ways to de-stress.I believe you are a perfect candidate for CBT.Have you ever tried Schult'z autogenic training.Im sure it would help you to get rid of the nausea as well.Check it out!

My gastric surgeon told me the same thing... no change in diet was necessary. But when I found this group I learned a lot. However.... I had lost so much weight and was so worried about it that I ate lots of ice cream, cookies, fatty foods... anything to put weight back on my bones. And I didn't have much trouble. I still eat pretty much what I want if I can tolerate it. I have cut out coffee and some chocolate. Try not to over do anything. But if I feel like eating some chocolate, I eat a small bite. I've been doing so much better with a lot less pain and reflux. Still get some, but not nearly like it was. Taking Zantac and still use the Pepzin GI when I remember. Some days I need a little Maalox. Other times I get through without anything except the Zantac. My problem with the safe foods is that I don't like oatmeal or plain rice. I can eat oatmeal in baked products or snacks. And I can take rice once in awhile. So, for me it's trial and error. I'd like to have another scope to see where things are standing now.

lasco..you keep questioning everything you are being told here! Many veterans who know a lot about this issue have tried to help you but you obviously dont trust all of us here. You are being naive in my opinion.

I also think you want to be told to eat all the things that we all know effect the lining of the stomach.

It may not effect your stomach right away. it may be delayed by many hours. It may appear the next day.

I am not sure where you are in the world but what you are being told by the GI's doesnt make sense to me at all. At least in North America all doctors say you have to change your diet and that chronic gastritis can permanently change the cells in the stomach and what does that mean???

Ask yourself why the nausea never goes away?? You are doing something wrong and your body is telling you. Listen to it!!! I stopped responding to you because I think you are not ready to change and listen to your body or any of us! But i had to respond to this.

I agree.. do you want to live to eat or can you be disciplined and eat to live??

You are in charge of your own health. Your emotional connection to food makes me wonder as well that you may need help from a therapist to get to where you need to be.

Take this advice now or you will have a lifetime of gastritis that will turn into something else.

We all figured out how to manage this by trial and error. You need to do this for yourself!

So you mean I MUST trust veteran patients but not to GI specialists? I'm just confused as you can see. This is why I'm asking it many times. All GI specialists I've met said me that no need of diet and they are GI specialists, what should I think?

You say that why your nausea never goes away? Docs think that it's totally about anxiety. Docs and you "veterans" say different things. So as a result, I'm confused. Is it normal, isn't it?

Sorry for bothering you guys and thanks for replies.

GI specialists also want you to take PPI's forever. They are idiots.

And when you study medicine you learn nothing about food.

You all assume, the average person has the commitment to constantly eat bland food and avoid spices/softdrinks/coffee. What is the doctor supposed to do? The doc isn't versed in nutrition and he/she is trying to setup a plan that the majority will follow.

Gastritis affects millions of people, yet there is only a small community of people on forums like this, who represent the extreme ends of the specturm, complaining.

It amazes me the amount of people who just complain of doctors being 'idiots'.

I took a PPI, am taking one, and I have gotten MUCH better. Most people will respond to PPI treatment.

First rule of thumb: if a doctor give you a PPI with no warning and not trying other options, he is an idiot.

There are doctors out there who actually warn you AND try H2 blockers first AND recommend you to see a nutritionist.

I doubt most people would respond to PPIs and Coca colas at the same time unless they want to be on both for life ;).

fusion85fc: have fun coming off them.

PPI's were invented to treat people with ulcers SHORT-TERM (not longer than 8 weeks). Unfortunately the GI "specialists" ignore this fact and prescribe them a lifetime.