Thats a good questio I actually have been lurking these forums for advice and I wanted to ask the same thing so i created this account. Currently I'm very underweight and I don't know If I'm doing the right thing. I had h pylori pretty bad which left me which chronic SEVERE(not moderate or mild) gastritis, got better from it w/o PPIs with diet alone and pepzi gi and got rid of h pylori w/ antibiotics got better in 3-4 months then the 5th month i ate tons of fried eggs,yogurt,tons of meals to gain weight now it's back worse than before but getting better with the same protocol.

Most of all i can see a huge difference with pepzin gi since its the only medicine i use. PPIs (nexium/omeprazole) for a month (for h pylori) left me with some pretty messed up side effect that its getting better (weakened my LES - now i have heartburn) it just shuts down way too much acid so the muscle gets weak realy weak. Had a bleeding throat from it a few months ago but no longer do. I don't know if I ever want to touch an antiacid again but i'm so underweight i just might....


breakfast banana,rice,vegetables
lunch fish,rice,vegetables
dinner same as lunch

5 meals a day btw.

I'm not really a breakfast person but if i do eat in the morning, it will be an egg salad sandwhich, or ham and egg sandwhich from subway with spinich, lettuce, avocado, with light mayo.

Lunch will mainly consists of a soup, either chicken and rice, chicken noodle (progresso or chunky brand). Or homemade tuna sandwhich, turkey sandwhich, or hamsandwich. Sometimes I'll have a salad and boil some egg and slice it up on the sandwhcih with asian sesame dressing.

Dinner, is usually the same.

These foods are light on my stomach.

to drink i usally have gingerale, but mainly water with vitamine water drops. Sometimes ill drink cranberry juice.

as a snack for later in the evening, i usually have an activia yoghurt, or make a smoothie from banana, strawberries, and water.

I do combinations of bananas, activa vanilla yogurt, slice of 15 grain bread. Late morning snack might be apple sauce.

Lunch maybe be boiled chicken and potatoes or rice.

Supper will be boiled chicken at times and vegetables.

I do need to eat more vegetables. Sometimes I get weak and I will try some fries, or some chips here and there. I mainly drink water but if I want a soda I may take a swig of Coke but that is about it. I have tried Sprite at times.

phrank....what sort of condiment do you put on your sandwich? I have not tried ginger ale but may have to test that just to switch it up a lil and treat myself.

I use to weigh about 190 but have lost weight to the point I am under 180. I will be so glad when hopefully one day in the next month or so I can go back to eating a bit like a normal human being. I have only had two beers in the last 6 weeks and that sucks.

lol your diets sound like you guys don't have gastritis. I know If I ate the same things i would never heal my gastritis, I would question your diets if you ever want to get off PPIs and heal your gastritis completely.

When I was on PPIs I could eat more things but I'm sure it was delaying the progress or w/e the PPI was trying to help...

Breakfast: Toast, Rice Krispies, Banana
Later in the day: Scrambled eggs, toast, steamed vegetables.
Still Later: Plain popcorn.
Lots of water throughout. I did ok on macaroni and cheese w steamed vegetables too. No stinkin meat though or I'm back to square one. I hate this.

Gusko.....what do you find wrong with my diet? Just curious.

your diet seems really good maybe i exagerated a bit because i am in a really bad position w/o using any antiacid nad having severe gastritis....i may add pepcid soon.

I would just ditch the coke,beers. If you could keep a really clean diet, i believe u can go back to where you were before gastritis. I've read a few cases where ppl got 100% better back to eating spicy food if they stuck to a low bland diet and antiacid for 2 years or so.

I'm trying to do this w/o antiacid but i think it will be impossible. I will probably try pepcid but even if i feel better no coke no beer no salt for a long time !

2 years???? Holy cow! Is that true?

yup but they done it with antiacid, haven't heard of one who did it without yet. On a side note be very careful with your meals if you live in a large family, somebody mixed in hot chillis in my carrots pureed...and I can't seem to get back on track again its been weeks !

That pepcid is starting to look good :S

Ginger Ale?
Cranberry Juice?
Coke??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And you drink these without PAIN???!!!

@smile that's what I'm saying. In my case when my gastritis was at its worst I had little to no pain just nausea and indigestion(now I have all three :( and was doing fine a few weeks ago ) yet in the endoscopy it was severe/red and bleeding the report said CHRONIC SEVERE GASTRITIS AND DUODENITIS...So i'm guessing that damage is being done with some foods we shouldn't eat even though we don't feel it but I may be wrong.

i am currently on omeprazole in the morning when I wake up and I take Famotdine at night time. I feel like I have been good today but my stomach feels a lil upset.

@blh123, when i make my tuna sandwhich, i put light mayo and little bit of mustard.

When i do my egg salad, i do the same as above but add little bit of salt and pepper.

With a turkey or ham sandwhich which i usualy order at a dellie once in a while when i get sick and tired of egg and tuna, i have them put light mayo, little bit of mustard, lettuce, swiss cheese, and avocado.

I read somewhere (a random comment on a random forum or blog or something so not necessarily scientifically proven!) that mild gastritis can be much more painful than severe gastritis!

@Gusko Have you read about the low acid diet (Dropping Acid by Jamie Koufman)? I don't use the recipes, but I follow the principles of eating high pH foods to avoid/minimise converting pepsinogen to pepsin in the stomach which irritates gastritis.

Also I avoid/minimise stress & foods/drinks that overly stimulate gastrin levels in the blood (cause secretion of gastric acid).