As the saying goes, “disease enters through the mouth”, suffering from ulcerative colitis, in addition to regular treatment, what should we pay attention to in terms of diet?
The general principle of ulcerative colitis diet is high calorie, high protein, high vitamin, less oil, less residue diet. The patient’s diet should ensure sufficient calories, proteins, inorganic salts and vitamins to avoid malnutrition as much as possible, in order to strengthen the body and facilitate the remission of the disease. In addition, there are four taboos need to draw our attention: 1, less coarse fiber food because a large amount of coarse fiber food will stimulate the intestinal tract, increasing the intestinal burden and affect the absorption of nutrients, the original malnutrition of the patient will aggravate the disease. Therefore, should try to limit food fiber, such as leeks, celery, potatoes, radish, coarse grains, beans, etc.. Disease activity should be prohibited vegetables, fruits, but can be made into vegetable water, vegetable puree, fruit juice, puree and other food.
The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on a lot of things. It is also not recommended to drink milk and dairy products during the active period of the disease.
The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on a lot of things. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on a lot of things. Do not eat too cold food, especially in summer to avoid eating cold drinks and food just taken out of the refrigerator.
4, no greasy food ulcerative colitis diarrhea is often accompanied by fat malabsorption, severe cases accompanied by steatorrhea. Therefore the amount of dietary fat should be limited, should use less oily food and less oil cooking methods. Diarrhea should not eat oily food and fried food, cooking a variety of dishes should be as little oil as possible. Meat can be eaten in the form of minced meat, diced meat, shredded meat, minced meat, and eggs can be eaten in the form of steamed egg custard, boiled eggs, etc.
In short, patients with ulcerative colitis should choose soft, light, less residue, easy to digest, rich in nutrients, have enough calories food, eat less and more meals, in the acute exacerbation and outbreak type cases, the first few days should be fasting, the use of intravenous high nutrition therapy, so that the intestinal tract to get rest, after the symptoms improve can gradually transition to no residue, less residue, fluid and semi-liquid diet. In the process of dietary regimen, patients and family members should pay attention to observe the condition: which foods work well for patients and which foods patients feel uncomfortable after eating. They should summarize the experience in time and keep exploring the suitable diet.