What to look for in ulcerative colitis

Dietary regulation is the key The general principle of diet for ulcerative colitis is a high-calorie, high-protein, high-vitamin, low-oil, low-slag diet. The patient’s diet should ensure sufficient calories, protein, inorganic salts and vitamins, as far as possible to avoid malnutrition, in order to enhance physical fitness, conducive to the alleviation of the condition. In addition, there are four major taboos need to draw our attention: 1, eat less crude fiber food because a large amount of crude fiber food will stimulate the intestinal tract, increase the burden on the intestinal tract and affect the absorption of nutrients, which will aggravate the condition of the original malnutrition patients. Therefore, should try to limit food fiber, such as leeks, celery, potatoes, turnips, coarse grains, beans and so on. Disease activity should be banned vegetables, fruits, but can be made into vegetable water, vegetable puree, fruit juice, puree and other food. 2, eat seafood with caution The proteins in seafood are different from the proteins we eat in our daily lives, and the heterogeneous proteins in some seafood are easy to cause allergies and aggravate the inflammatory response, so patients with ulcerative colitis must eat seafood with caution. Disease activity is also not recommended to drink milk and dairy products. 3, prohibit eating stimulating food spicy stimulating food will cause adverse stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, patients with ulcerative colitis should abstain from spicy stimulating foods such as chili, mustard, wine, and eat less raw onions, ginger, garlic and so on. Do not eat too cold food, summer, especially to avoid eating cold drinks and just out of the refrigerator food. 4, ban on greasy food ulcerative colitis diarrhea is often accompanied by fat malabsorption, severe cases with steatorrhea. Therefore, the amount of dietary fat should be limited, and less oily food and less oily cooking methods should be used. When diarrhea should not eat more oil food and fried food, cooking various dishes should be as little oil as possible. Meat can be made into minced meat, diced meat, shredded meat, minced meat form of consumption, eggs can be made into steamed egg custard, hard-boiled eggs and other forms of consumption. Lifestyle rules 1, the prevention and treatment of colitis, must avoid cold, control emotions outside, diet is a very important aspect. This disease in the attack period, remission period can not eat beans and soy products, wheat and pasta products, as well as garlic, leeks, yams, eggs, cabbage, peanuts, melon seeds and other easy to produce gas food. Because once eating, the gastrointestinal tract gas increase, gastrointestinal power is affected, can induce the disease, and even exacerbate the symptoms. 2, persimmons, pomegranates, apples contain ellagic acid and pectin components, are astringent antidiarrheal effect, colitis can be consumed in moderation. 3, colitis patients should also closely observe their own adaptability to various foods, pay attention to individual differences. If you eat some of the food should not have an impact on the intestinal tract after diarrhea aggravation, we must find out why, feel the law, and try not to eat in the future. 4, the patient should strengthen the exercise, such as playing tai chi, in order to strengthen the waist and kidneys, to enhance physical fitness. 5, pay attention to the abdomen to keep warm. In short, patients with ulcerative colitis should choose soft, light, less slag, easy to digest, rich in nutrients, have enough calories of food, eat little and often, in the acute exacerbation with outbreak-type cases of patients, the first few days should be fasting, the use of intravenous high nutritional therapy, so that the intestinal tract to get a rest, the symptoms improve after the gradual transition to the no-slag, less-slag, fluids and semi-liquid diet. In the process of dietary regimen, patients and their families should pay attention to the observation of the condition: which foods have good effect on patients, which foods patients feel uncomfortable after eating. They should summarize the experience in time and keep searching for suitable diets.