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.
It is recommended to avoid tomatoes in a diet to recover from gastritis. I did a little bit of research about tomatoes and found out that they are not that acidic, the ph level is around 3.5 - 4. Also some types of tomatoes, the yellow ones for example, are even less acidic. Also tomatoes cooked for a long time loose their acidity. So I was wondering, beside the acidity, is there any other reason we can't eat tomatoes with gastritis?
I found too that tomatoes are a member of the nightshade family like eggplant, and they contain solanine (the toxic in the potatoes when they turn green) and tomatine in small quantities. But I did not find if this was the reason we should avoid them for stomach problems. Do you know why tomatoes are to be avoided?
Do you eat tomatoes or do you suffer if you eat them?
If you eat them, how do you prepare them?
I really miss a good tomato sauce.
I found too that tomatoes are a member of the nightshade family like eggplant, and they contain solanine (the toxic in the potatoes when they turn green) and tomatine in small quantities. But I did not find if this was the reason we should avoid them for stomach problems. Do you know why tomatoes are to be avoided?
Do you eat tomatoes or do you suffer if you eat them?
If you eat them, how do you prepare them?
I really miss a good tomato sauce.
I read everywhere that I should avoid them so I did but I actually never tried them since I have gastritis.
I've never liked fresh tomatoes or tomato juice.
re: potatoes, I cannot eat them. I think they are harder to digest because they hurt.
For now maybe avoid them and let your stomach heal some more.