Cabbage is quite a popular vegetable. Besides the fact that it contains many vitamins and trace elements, it is also easy to prepare. It is used in almost all cuisines of the world. It is believed that if there are any problems with the gastrointestinal tract, you should avoid eating cabbage.
Is it true or not? Harm or benefit will bring the body such food? What kind of cabbage from the variety of types and varieties to choose during gastritis, how to cook, so as not to harm the body and not increase the disease? Find answers in the article. As well as recipes for people with high and low acidity of the stomach.
Can I eat this vegetable?
Cabbage can be included in the diet for diseases such as gastritis. But it is necessary to observe certain precautions so as not to harm. Principles that should guide the preparation of the menu:
- Hyperacid gastritis - remove from the menu that kind of cabbage, which stimulates the release of hydrochloric acid and provoke inflammation of the stomach.
Important! With hyperacid gastritis daily intake of cabbage is undesirable.
- With anacid (hypoacid) gastritis - Include in the menu the cabbage of those varieties and processing methods that will enhance digestion.
- When gastritis with high acidity:
- It is forbidden to use fresh white cabbage and Brussels sprouts. It is allowed to make juice from them, because of its remarkable property to neutralize the harm caused by gastritis with high acidity.
- The cabbage contains citric acid, fiber, which can irritate the stomach, so its reception is highly undesirable.
- With great care is introduced into the menu color and sea kale. Color can be used only after heat treatment.
- For gastritis with low acidity:
- White cabbage is a very good dish in the diet, but it should be used only after heat treatment. Very useful juice from it.
- Sea kale has a healing effect due to an increase in the level of acid in the stomach. But during exacerbations, it is recommended either to limit it in the menu, or to completely abstain.
- Cauliflower contains fiber, like white cabbage, but much less. Stewed, boiled or steamed.
- Brussels and Beijing cabbage are also on the menu.
Very useful and indispensable for any type of gastritis cabbage juice:
- treats inflammation;
- acts as a sorbent;
- it has astringent properties;
- relieves pain, relieves heartburn and nausea;
- heals wounds;
- good for preventing disease.
Details about which diseases should refrain from eating Peking and white cabbage, and under which, on the contrary, its use is recommended, read in this article.
What is part of can adversely affect the health of the stomach?
In cabbage, if you conduct a chemical analysis, you can detect substances that activate the production of gastric juice by glands located in the gastric mucosa. Once in the stomach with inflamed mucous membrane, the vegetable will cause even more irritation of the epithelium. Raw, he will not be able to digest quality and only increase the pain. Chronically inflamed stomach, this process is not under force.
Does cooking matter?
When gastric disease cabbage is better to use, using one of the processing methods: stewing, boiling, steaming, bake in the oven. To take fried cabbage at gastritis is extremely undesirable.
We list the basic rules for the use of cabbage on the principle of "do no harm":
- Do not take on an empty stomach.
- Exclude raw white cabbage. It is strictly contraindicated.
- Chop the vegetable thoroughly with a grater or blender.
- With hyperacid gastritis rarely consumed.
- For exacerbations, take, according to dietary recipes, cabbage juice. It will help relieve inflammation.
With hyperacid gastritis sauerkraut is allowed only with remission, and then, very carefully. When anacid gastritis vegetable in fermented condition:
- good as a prophylactic;
- strengthens and boosts immunity, as it is rich in vitamin C;
- eliminates inflammation of the epithelium of the stomach;
- normalizes intestinal microflora;
- improves appetite;
- promotes the release of digestive juice.
Feature of stewed cabbage reception:
- If you do not want the gastric juice to be excessively excreted, do not abuse the stewed vegetable. Is it dangerous.
- But, when the aggravation passes, a plate with steaming cabbage will even be very handy, it will contribute to the prevention of recurrent disease.
- With reduced gland secretion, this stewed cabbage dish is a healing remedy.
The beneficial effect of braised cabbage stems from its properties:
- Contains beneficial vitamins PP and B2, which improve the condition of the mucous membranes and dilates blood vessels.
- Treats inflammation and relieves pain.
- Accelerates tissue regeneration.
- Improves the activity of the entire digestive system.
- It does not allow to get hungry even with a strict diet, while it does not create problems with digestion.
Consequences of use in various forms of the disease
Hyperacid
Let us consider in more detail what will happen when eating raw white cabbage:
- Release of large amounts of gastric juice.
- Connecting more and more new areas of the epithelium to the inflammatory process.
- Enhanced fermentation.
- Slow and poor-quality digestion. And, as a result: nausea, heartburn, belching, discomfort, indisposition.
But what awaits the patient when eating the following types of cabbage:
Sea It will cause a jump in the level of acid, and even swell in the stomach, eventually causing only painful irritation and inflamed mucosa.
- Brussels. It also provokes the release of gastric juice, and this will inevitably lead to inflammation.
- Beijing It will have an irritating effect on the mucous membranes of the internal organs.
Anacid
It is also undesirable to take white cabbage with this disease. Otherwise, problems can not be avoided. The patient may experience symptoms of exacerbation: vomiting, abnormal stool, acute attacks, up to hemorrhage.
Varieties of cabbage and the body's reaction to them:
- Colored. Thanks to the substance, methylmethionine, which is contained in it, heals well the wounds on the epithelium, normalizes the microflora, and regenerates the damage.
Sea Increases acidity, which is favorable for anacid gastritis.
- Beijing Improves and restores the overall condition of the body. Clears toxins, relieves constipation, eventually cures gastritis.
Important! With all the proven benefits of white cabbage juice, it should not be taken by persons suffering from constipation. Since it increases the emission of gases, and as a result - bloating.
Recipes for different levels of acidity
With all types of gastritis cabbage juice is safe.
- White cabbage juice: Squeezed leaves squeeze hands or using a squeezing juicer. Drink 100-125 ml, three times a day, half an hour before meals. To use one and a half months. Squeezed juice is stored in the cold for no more than two days.
Cauliflower juice: We divide the head into inflorescences and squeeze the juice in any way convenient for you. We drink during the month 125 ml for half an hour before meals.
With increased
Boiled cauliflower:
- Divide the head into small inflorescences.
- Boil in boiling water for no more than five minutes.
- Strain using a colander.
- Salt
For low
Beijing cabbage stew: stew the leafy plates for no more than 8 minutes, stems for at least half an hour. For treatment, you can use 150 g per day, but not more than three times a week.
Conclusion
So, is it possible or not to eat cabbage during gastritis? Having studied the rules of inclusion in the diet of various types of this product and methods of its preparation for gastritis, you can easily avoid the danger of exacerbation of the disease. Follow the recommendations, eat on health and live without pain!