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Long-term salty eating, smoking, drinking, taking certain medications, and Helicobacter pylori infection can really cause stomach problems.
Drinking porridge can not nourish the stomach, for healthy people, eating one or more specific foods does not have any stomach-nourishing effect.
Dietary recommendations for patients with digestive tract diseases such as peptic ulcer, gastritis, enteritis, diarrhea, and gastroesophageal reflux are in the second half of the article, and friends with related problems can be viewed accordingly.
Often people ask me "stomach is not good to eat something", this question can not be said clearly in two or three sentences, today this article to talk about what things for ordinary people will hurt the stomach organs, what to eat can be good for the stomach, and how to eat if you have a stomach disease.
5 things that really hurt your stomach
1, eat too salty
Eating too salty for a long time not only affects blood pressure, but also hurts the stomach.
If the concentration of salt in the stomach is too high, the gastric mucosal barrier will be destroyed, inflammation and damage will occur, causing degeneration and diffuse erosion of the gastric mucosa, leading to a variety of diseases and increasing the risk of gastric cancer.
And the damage to the stomach mucosa caused by a high-salt diet will also make you more susceptible to Helicobacter pylori infection. [1]
2. Drink alcohol
Alcohol hurts our stomach in many ways.
Alcohol can directly damage gastric mucosal epithelial cells, destroy the gastric mucosal barrier, but also cause gastric mucosal vascular endothelial damage, so that the gastric mucosal edema and congestion, damaged gastric mucosal epithelium and vascular endothelium can release a large number of inflammatory mediators, these things will further damage the gastric mucosa. In addition, high concentrations of alcohol can cause mitochondrial dysfunction, leading to metabolic acidosis, cytoedema, and intracellular calcium overload, which in turn can damage gastric mucosal cells. [2]
Long-term alcohol consumption can induce gastrointestinal dysfunction, chronic gastritis, and even stomach cancer.
3. Smoking
Smoking hurts the lungs, but do you know that smoking also hurts the stomach?
Nicotine in smoke can stimulate the gastric mucosa, causing submucosal vasoconstriction and spasm, resulting in gastric mucosal ischemia and hypoxia. Nicotine can also relax the pyloric sphincter, causing bile and duodenal fluid to flow back into the stomach, causing erosion and bleeding of the gastric mucosa.
In addition, the considerable content of nitrogen oxides in tobacco can be converted into carcinogen nitrosamines in the body, which has a significant role in promoting the increase in the incidence of various cancers, including gastric cancer. [3]
4. Long-term medication
Long-term use of certain drugs will also hurt the gastric mucosa, here is not the specific details, you can look at the instructions.
5. Infection with Helicobacter pylori
Long-term Helicobacter pylori infection can lead to chronic gastritis, which will cause your cells to mutate and proliferate, which will increase the risk of stomach cancer in the long run.
The use of male chopsticks and meal sharing can reduce the chance of Helicobacter pylori infection. If you are worried, you can go to the hospital to check whether you have it, and if you are unfortunate to be recruited, you will be treated in time.
Two things that don't hurt your stomach
Eat cold
Drinking ice water and eating smoothies will not have an essential impact on a healthy stomach, and the temperature in the stomach will drop sharply after eating it, but it will return to normal temperature within a few minutes.
However, for people who have irritable bowel syndrome themselves, or people who are not very good at digestion after surgery and weak, eating cold will indeed bring some irritation, which may lead to discomfort, if it will be uncomfortable, then don't eat.
Eat spicy
Eating spicy also does not have an essential effect on a healthy stomach, only burning pain, if you can not tolerate it then eat less.
Can drinking porridge nourish the stomach?
No.
Porridge is indeed easy to digest, only in the case of stomach disease is very serious, can not eat anything else, can be short-term emergency, it is only a choice in a special situation, rather than a long-term use of stomach eating method.
Drinking porridge for a long time is easy to cause insufficient protein intake. And compared to rice or some pasta, porridge has a full starch gelatinization process during cooking, so its blood sugar response will be relatively high.
Another disadvantage of porridge is that in the process of cooking, the loss of B vitamins in cereals is more serious, and it is not recommended to eat it for a long time.
So what can you eat to nourish your stomach?
For healthy people, eating one or more specific foods does not have any stomach-nourishing effect.
The real good practice for the stomach, in addition to quit smoking and alcohol, do not eat too salty, pay attention to dietary hygiene, that is, to eat a balanced diet, eat regularly, chew slowly, in addition, do not always eat food with large stomach irritation.
How to eat if you already have a stomach problem?
I already have a stomach problem, how to eat it?
First of all, there are many kinds of digestive tract diseases, if you have long-term problems in this area, or suddenly very uncomfortable, first of all, you should still go to the doctor, combined with your own situation, examination results, etc., there may be a clear diagnosis.
I can also tell you about the dietary considerations for several common digestive tract diseases.
Peptic ulcer
Peptic ulcer refers to chronic ulcers that occur in the part of the gastric juice that comes into contact with the gastrointestinal tract, and is often associated with the effects of Helicobacter pylori, gastric acid, and pepsin.
The severity of the disease varies, if there is bleeding, pyloric obstruction, acute perforation and other complications should be consulted in time, other situations are also recommended to go to the gastroenterology department in time to find out the cause, for the cause of treatment, do not be afraid to do gastroscopy (now there are also painless gastroscopes).
For patients with milder ulcers, the following principles can be referred to:
A small number of meals, regular and quantitative 5-7 meals a day, each meal should not be too much
Avoid irritating foods
The first is mechanical stimulation (dietary fiber or hard and rough food), such as coarse grains, leeks, bamboo shoots, bacon, etc., followed by chemical stimulation, such as coffee, strong tea, wine, fatty broth, pepper and so on.
In addition, be careful about foods that are easy to cause acid production, such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, desserts, sweet and sour foods.
Also be careful with the easy production: onions, garlic, radish, onions.
And avoid eating large amounts of cold drinks at once.
Choose foods that are soft and easy to digest
For example, milk, eggs, fish, lean meat, etc. should be guaranteed to provide sufficient protein, if there is anemia, it can be more, and fat does not need to be excessively restricted.
Staple foods can be eaten more, and the general white rice porridge, noodles, and wontons are also good.
Try to process a relatively soft state, of course, vitamins and minerals should also be supplemented at the same time, you can take complex vitamin mineral supplements, you can eat a small amount of liquid food when bleeding.
If you have a blender and do not dislike the taste and visual effects, it is good to digest all kinds of dishes mixed into a homogeneous state with a blender.
In terms of cooking methods, pay attention to chopping and boiling, and it is not appropriate to use frying, stir-frying, vinegar slip and so on
Ensure a good mood when eating, chew carefully and swallow slowly
If you have duodenal ulcers, you can add food before bedtime to reduce hunger pain.
gastritis
Any cause of gastric mucosal inflammation is considered gastritis, from the perspective of more convenient guidance diet, we can simply divide into acute gastritis and chronic gastritis.
Acute gastritis
Acute gastritis may be related to heavy drinking, drugs, food poisoning, etc., nutrition is first of all to remove the causative factors, symptomatic treatment.
Drink plenty of water (preferably sugar saline) with water and sodium, and if necessary, intravenous fluids.
During the acute attack, it is best to choose light liquid food such as rice soup and lotus flour, after the symptoms are relieved, you can try some less residue diet, pay attention to foods such as milk and sugar (including sweet drinks) with more fat and easy to produce gas, and so on, and after the symptoms improve, you can gradually transition to soft food, but you should still pay attention to a small number of meals.
Nutritional intervention is first of all to remove the cause and quit food or drugs that damage the gastric mucosa, such as tobacco and alcohol.
Eat as little as possible and eat as much as possible, and provide foods rich in protein and vitamins and minerals, such as animal liver, lean meat, fresh leafy vegetables, eggs and so on.
Chronic gastritis
Because chronic gastritis actually has different categories, it is recommended that patients visit the nutrition clinic to be guided by a dietitian, such as patients with excessive stomach acid should fast to eat thick broth chicken soup, as well as sour and too sweet foods, and those with insufficient gastric acid secretion can eat some foods that promote appetite.
enteritis
The basic nutritional principles of enteritis include high energy, high protein, less residue, low fat (mainly boiled and boiled), and vitamins and minerals such as B and calcium should also be paid attention to.
As far as possible to compress the volume of food, the staple food to fine white rice noodles, cautious eating of coarse grains, protein mainly rely on lean meat, chicken and duck, fish, liver, eggs, fine processing of soy products can also be, drink milk need to pay attention to whether there is bloating and lactose intolerance.
Vegetable juices, juices, and de-oiled broths were also good.
diarrhoea
If diarrhea is caused by eating unclean food or gastrointestinal disorders, treatment should first be directed at the cause.
Many diarrheas in daily life are associated with overeating and eating irritating foods. At this time, it is necessary to improve living habits, reduce stress, and avoid increasing the burden on the gastrointestinal tract.
When people have diarrhea, in addition to water, they will also excrete a large number of nutrients that have not yet been absorbed. Therefore, in order to repair the gastrointestinal tract, in addition to hydration after the symptoms are alleviated, you should also eat some protein- and vitamin-rich foods that are easy to digest and absorb.
For severe diarrhea, remember to hydrate and electrolytes in time, such as drinking rehydration salt.
Gastroesophageal reflux
Overweight people need to control their weight
It is recommended not to eat 2-3 hours before bedtime with obvious symptoms at night, and to raise your head appropriately when you fall asleep
Chocolate, coffee, alcohol, acidic or spicy foods should be eaten with caution
Again, the above are just some basic principles from the nutritional point of view, it is likely that you do not need to be so troublesome in timely treatment, so you must go to the doctor when you are sick!
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