Both high and low acidity are dangerous for the stomach.. At an early stage, you can regulate it yourself with the help of diet.. How to do it?

Our expert - gastroenterologist Elena Kokorina.

Too high what is dangerous? When the stomach secretes more acid than it needs, the risk of peptic ulcer increases.. In addition, increased acidity is accompanied by excessive nervousness, heartburn, discomfort and pain in the stomach that occurs between meals..

What will help? It is necessary to take soothing and enveloping mucous agents: decoction of flaxseed, infusion of oatmeal, oatmeal or berry non-acidic kissel. Spa treatment with mineral waters or daily intake of such waters as Bjni, Borjomi, Jermuk, Slavyanovskaya, Smirnovskaya, Moscow, Kashinskaya works well. It is necessary to drink them in a warm form, a glass an hour and a half before meals.

Avoid acidic vegetable and fruit juices, pickles, marinades. It is good to use steamed lean meat or fish, fresh dairy products, liquid slimy soups and cereals, pureed stewed vegetables, egg whites.

Too low What is dangerous? Lack of appetite, frequent stools, diarrhea indicate low acidity of gastric juice.. They indicate that the stomach does not cope with its work, part of the food is simply not digested.. Accordingly, organs and tissues receive less nutrients.

What will help? You should regularly drink acidic vegetable, berry and fruit juices, for example, 100 ml of sauerkraut juice before breakfast, a glass of sweetened cranberry juice before lunch, 100 ml of lemon juice diluted with water and honey in the afternoon and 100–200 ml of tomato juice before dinner. It is advisable to regularly (2-3 times a day) drink a glass of warm mineral water Badamly No. 15-20 minutes before meals.? 4, Arzni, Essentuki №? 4 or no.? 17, Uglichskaya, Druskininkai.

To improve the condition of the gastric mucosa, infusions and decoctions of wild rose, licorice root, cudweed, chamomile on an empty stomach are useful.. The diet should be gentle. Vegetables and fruits are only stewed, and even better baked. Cabbage, legumes, beets, millet and barley porridge and other dishes containing coarse fiber should be abandoned..

The diet should not contain fried, spicy and fatty foods, preservatives. First of all, sausages and other smoked meat products are excluded.. Very useful fractional meals (4-6 times a day) in small portions.

Gastritis.

Gastritis; Greek. gaster stomach + -itis) - inflammatory or inflammatory-dystrophic changes in the gastric mucosa. It can be primary and be considered as an independent disease and secondary, accompanying a number of infectious and non-infectious diseases.

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