Can I drink milk during gastritis and what are the limitations?
Dairy products are included in many therapeutic diets. This article will help to understand whether it is possible to use milk during gastritis, and what are the restrictions on its use.
What is it made of?
Milk has a rather complex chemical composition. This product contains nutrient nutrients that contribute to the saturation of the body with energy.
It is no coincidence that this food product is included even in the children's menu. A growing body needs energy. The use of dairy products helps to fill this physiological need.
Milk contains quite a lot of water. Almost 87% of this product is saturated with moisture. The rest is for nutrient nutrients, as well as active substances that affect the body's work. Milk obtained from different animals differs in chemical composition. Dairy products can also vary in their content of vitamins and mineral compounds.
Cow's milk has a special composition. In addition to water, it also has other components. So, this product contains:
- squirrels;
- lipids;
- milk sugar;
- vitamins such as retinol, thiamine, riboflavin, ascorbic acid, carotene, nicotinic acid;
- choline;
- mineral compounds - sodium, iron, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chlorine, sulfur.
The content of active ingredients in milk may be different. Thus, the composition of cow's milk depends on the season, the conditions of raising livestock and even the breed of animals.
Dairy products also differ in fat content. The fatter milk, the more it contains lipids and fatty acids. Such dairy products should be consumed in limited quantities, as they rather quickly saturate.
Dairy producers can change their fat content. For this they use special technical methods. The easiest way is to add cream to the milk product. Such a simple technical procedure allows to increase the fat content of milk by several percent. If necessary, the fat content of milk can be reduced. For this, the product undergoes additional degreasing.
Milk contains milk sugar - lactose. This substance scientists refer to the group of disaccharides.
It is worth noting that cow's milk whey contains quite a lot of lactose. This should be remembered by people who suffer from intolerance to milk sugar.
Dairy products, especially those with high fat content, contain cholesterol. So, 100 grams of this product can contain 10-15 mg of cholesterol. This substance is also contained in human blood. The use of large amounts of milk can cause a rise in the concentration of cholesterol in the bloodstream, which, in turn, can cause the formation of dangerous pathologies.
Quality dairy products do not contain pathogenic (pathogenic) microbes. The ingestion of viruses and bacteria in milk can lead to food poisoning. In order to reduce the development of such a pathology, you should not drink milk that has not been subjected to heat treatment.
It is important to note that low-quality dairy products may contain hazardous and even toxic substances. Radionuclides can also get into the milk. The danger of such substances is that, once in the human body, they can provoke the development of serious diseases. Unfavorable symptoms of such illnesses, as a rule, appear when these metabolites accumulate in the blood.
Dairy products may also contain substances having an antibacterial effect. Such components are usually used when growing cows on farms. Milk that contains such components should not be consumed. The use of such dairy products can lead to the development of hormonal disorders and even the formation of dangerous pathologies.
Milk is used to prepare various dishes and dairy drinks.Nutritional components contained in it contribute to the saturation of the body with nutritive nutrients. Satiety after drinking fatty milk can persist for several hours.
How does the gastrointestinal tract?
The fact that milk can affect the digestive system, many people know. Doctors advise people who have chronic pathologies of the stomach, before regular consumption of milk must pass a medical examination.
In case of certain diseases, dairy products should not be drunk, as this may aggravate the course of existing pathologies.
Milk contains substances that are able to reduce gastric secretion. As well as these components are able to have a soft enveloping effect on the walls of the stomach. This effect contributes to reducing the action of hydrochloric acid produced by the cells of the stomach on the gastric walls. Excessive production of gastric secretions can cause heartburn. In this case, drinking a glass of milk can reduce the severity of this adverse symptom.
Rules for the use of milk and its products
Gastritis is an inflammatory pathology of the stomach. This disease can occur in two clinical forms - acute and chronic. A pathology with a chronic course requires adherence to a strict diet therapy. Moreover, therapeutic diet for this disease depends on its stage.
Thus, in the period of exacerbation of this pathology, all products that may aggravate the course of the disease are excluded from the human diet. In the period of remission, the ration expands significantly. So, people suffering from chronic gastritis with increased secretion, during the absence of exacerbation, you can use milk. Drink dairy product while remembering the amount.
Consume dairy products with caution. Particular caution in the use of such food should be followed by people suffering from gastroenteritis. This pathology is characterized not only by abnormalities in the work of the stomach, but also by specific changes in the functioning of the intestine. Milk contains components that can worsen the course of this pathology. So, if a person suffering from this disease, against the background of the use of dairy products appeared bloating in the abdomen, in this case he should definitely consult a gastroenterologist for advice.
Some people have an atrophic version of gastritis. This pathology is characterized by a decrease in the production of gastric juice due to various reasons. Eating dairy products with atrophic gastritis can lead to belching and a feeling of heaviness in the stomach. If such adverse symptoms appear, then in this case it is necessary to consult a doctor in order to discuss the possibility of further consumption of dairy products with the doctor.
Polypous gastritis is another clinical form of the disease. This disease is characterized by the appearance on the stomach walls of special growths - polyps. With polyposis gastritis should carefully monitor the diet.
Diet therapy of this pathology allows the use of a small amount of condensed milk. To use this sweet product with this disease is possible only in the period of its remission.
When erosive gastritis is better to choose goat dairy products. The fatty components that are present in them are better absorbed by the body and, as a rule, do not cause impaired gastric secretion. Use these products to people suffering from this clinical variant of gastritis, should be in small quantities, so as not to harm your body.
Can I not drink goat's milk?
People suffering from chronic pathologies of the stomach, it is quite difficult to find the menu. Errors in the diet can lead to a new exacerbation of the disease.Treatment of exacerbation in some cases may take several days, and in case of severe pathology even weeks. Moreover, diet therapy plays an important role in the treatment of this pathology.
Include dairy products in the menu for gastritis should be careful. If possible, it is better to give preference to goat milk. It also contains milk sugar, but in much smaller quantities than in cow milk. The lower the lactose content in milk, the lower the likelihood of adverse symptoms.
Such dairy products are also more suitable for people who have a tendency to develop food allergies.
Goat's milk contains substances that can normalize the secretion of gastric juice. Such dairy products can be included in your diet for people suffering from gastritis with increased secretion. However, it is also possible to drink small amounts of goat's milk in case of a chronic disease, in which the gastric secretion is moderately reduced. The substances contained in this product help to normalize the acid balance in the stomach, which leads to an improvement in the well-being of a person suffering from gastritis.
The fine fraction of goat dairy products determines that they are suitable for people who have been diagnosed with an erosive variant of gastritis. These components are quite rapidly absorbed into the blood, without leading to disturbances in the functioning of the organs of the gastrointestinal tract. And also such products are much less likely to cause the appearance of flatulence and bloating in the stomach.
Goat milk can be used for the preparation of fermented milk products. They are useful for people suffering from chronic pathologies of the stomach. Such fermented milk products also contain beneficial lactobacilli that help improve the biocenosis in the intestine.
Doctor's recommendations
Gastroenterologists recommend caution when consuming dairy products. Any diet that is used for gastritis must be balanced. Dairy products are only part of such a diet. In medical nutrition, in addition to milk, there must also be other foods rich in protein.
When drinking milk, be sure to follow its quantity. Thus, excessive intake of such a milk drink can provoke extremely unfavorable symptoms. At one reception, it is enough to drink no more than 200-250 ml of milk.
People suffering from increased gas formation should not drink this drink immediately after a meal. It is better to drink milk in the intervals between meals in small quantities. This will help reduce the likelihood of developing discomfort symptoms of flatulence.
When drinking milk, be sure to follow your own well-being. So, if against the background of the use of this dairy product, unpleasant symptoms appeared in the stomach, then its amount should be reduced. If, however, after reducing the dosage, the discomfort continues to persist, then in this case milk consumption should be abandoned and consult a doctor for advice.
Milk is often used to make various dairy drinks. Such cocktails for people suffering from chronic gastritis, should be used very carefully. When preparing these drinks are added sweet syrups, chocolate, fruit or berries. Such additives can provoke an exacerbation of the disease. Drink such drinks is possible only if they are well tolerated.
Fat milk can cause pain in the left side of the abdomen. This symptom may indicate violations in the pancreas. Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) can be one of the complications of gastritis. The danger of this pathology is that it can not manifest itself for a long time. The use of fatty milk can cause the appearance of adverse symptoms of this disease.People suffering from gastritis and pancreatitis, from the use of fatty dairy products should be abandoned.
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