They say that gastritis develops due to improper nutrition, how much is this true?
How to eat and play sports with gastritis, what can and can not be done with gastritis?
Gastritis is acute and chronic, the latter form is more common, people of any age are susceptible to it. Chronic gastritis occurs due to the high acidity of the environment in the stomach, as well as infection with the Helicobacter bacterium. The carrier of Helicobacter pylori infection can be found in 80% of adults, its presence does not indicate the presence of gastritis, the disease develops only under certain circumstances, including malnutrition.
People with shift work, students and office workers are more susceptible to chronic gastritis, their problem is the lack of a diet. Usually, people go to the doctor only if they have pronounced symptoms - pain, bitterness in the mouth, heartburn, usually no one pays attention to less pronounced symptoms, it would never occur to anyone to ask for help with a heaviness and a feeling of fullness in the stomach. Acute gastritis is an exacerbation of the disease after ingestion of food and drinks that irritate the stomach lining.
How to eat with gastritis?
The main principle of organizing food for gastritis is regularity, if there is no possibility of a full meal, then you should make the right snack. Outside the period of exacerbation, fresh fruits and vegetables can be used as a snack; during exacerbation, vegetables are recommended to be consumed only in stew. Wheat, rice, or buckwheat breads are good for snacks, but homemade food is the best snack. All cereals will be useful, as well as lean meat and eggs. Sweets must be abandoned, especially during an exacerbation, the only exception is marmalade.
Food eaten in the evening must have time to be digested before bedtime, otherwise bile may be released into the esophagus and damage it. You can drink coffee only in very moderate quantities and only after a meal; in some situations, drinking coffee is beneficial, since the drink has a choleretic effect. Drinking alcohol for gastritis is categorically contraindicated, especially for beer, after drinking it in the stomach, a favorable environment is created for the development of Helicobacter bacteria. Among the folk remedies for gastritis, there are often recommendations for the use of soda, its use accelerates the excretion of bile, so such treatment is inappropriate.
How to play sports with gastritis?
People with gastritis need simple physical exercises, like everyone else, loads allow you to keep your body in good shape. Power loads are contraindicated in which intra-abdominal pressure increases, for example, barbell lifts. Excessive loads can lead to displacement of internal organs; at moments of exacerbation, it is undesirable to pump the press and affect the abdominal region. Physical therapy and swimming will be helpful.