Diet for pancreatitis in children

When eating fried or fatty foods in young children and adolescents, reactive inflammation of the pancreas may occur. This condition is called acute pancreatitis. His long-term therapy, a prerequisite is the appointment of a diet.

This disease occurs when eating the wrong food. This may be fatty or fried foods. In its composition, it contains many saturated fats, which are difficult to digest. For their splitting, the body throws out special substances - enzymes.

If the fat is too much, then the body can not cope with their breakdown. This triggers inflammation of the organ, and disease occurs.

The disease can also occur after acute intestinal infection or poisoning chemicals. If, for example, a child drank an “adult” medicine or decided to taste household chemicals, this disease also occurs.

It also happens that any acute illness can become chronic. Everything will depend on the individual characteristics of the baby.

During the acute period of the disease, diet plays a leading role. It is simple, but rather strict. All rules must be fully implemented. This will allow to normalize the work of all organs of the digestive system.

The basic rules of the diet include:

• Limiting the use of all foods that may increase inflammation. These include all fried, fatty, with a sharp or sour taste. In the acute period, all spices, onions, garlic, and pepper are also excluded. Food can only be slightly salted.
• Exception of sweet confectionery with fat cream. All cakes, pastries, eclairs are banned! They represent a real time bomb. A huge amount of sugar and fat is a dangerous combination for all organs of the digestive system. To recycle these substances, they emit significantly more enzymes. This causes more damage.
• In the first two days after the onset of the disease - "starvation period." This does not mean that you should completely restrict nutrition for your baby. Just in the first days you can give the child only unsweetened drinks and dry galette crackers. This is necessary so that the inflamed pancreas rests a bit and recovers. From the third day, you can significantly expand the diet - add lean chicken, vegetable or fish broth with dried croutons for lunch. For dinner, prepare meat or fish dishes with carbohydrate side dishes.

• All meals should be fractional. The number of meals depends on the age of the child. A baby at the age of 7 years should eat every 3-3.5 hours. A child aged 4 years - 5-6 times a day. Serving size must strictly comply with age standards. Fractional nutrition will help reduce inflammation and reduce pancreatopathy.
• Food must be thermally processed. Choose should be the most gentle method. Perfectly baking, stewing or steaming. Meat and fish products should be prepared in the form of minced meat. So they quickly learn and do no harm.

When exacerbating chronic pancreatitis, healthy foods should be included in the diet.

In this disease, it is better to give preference to low-fat varieties of chicken or fish. Red meat is better to leave until recovery. Choose the leanest parts - for example, chicken or turkey breast. Great for any white fish.

In the first week after the exacerbation to lean on the fruit, especially when fresh, is not worth it. They contain a large amount of fructose. This is an additional burden for the work of all organs of the gastrointestinal tract. When baking, the plant fibers change their structure, and the fruits are more easily absorbed by the child's body.

In the first 3 days vegetable mashed potatoes will do. You can use ready mashed jars. Just choose proven manufacturers. The composition of such products should not be starch and artificial additives. They can increase inflammation. Proper mashed potatoes will contain only cauliflower and salt.

Pasta is better to leave until recovery. Porridge is an excellent natural source of vegetable protein and fiber. For the baby, you can cook oatmeal, buckwheat, rice cereal. They will also be perfectly combined with any meat or vegetable dish. During exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis it is undesirable to eat barley, barley porridge.

These include home-cooked fruit drinks and fruit drinks. For their preparation, you can choose any fruits and berries. In winter, frozen will suit perfectly. They contain almost the same set of vitamins in sufficient quantities. When making drinks, do not use a lot of sugar. In the compote of dried fruit raisin will be an excellent substitute for sugar. In the first days of the disease, an indispensable and useful drink for treatment is a decoction of rose hips. It will help reduce inflammation and eliminate the symptoms of the disease.

• On the first day for breakfast You can cook buckwheat flakes with boiled egg. During the second breakfast - snack dry wafer biscuits with low-fat kefir. For lunch - vegetable broth with chicken meatballs. Add wheat croutons without a crust. At noon - unsweetened berry jelly and cottage cheese. For dinner, cook stewed hake with chopped potatoes.

• On the second day for breakfast You can eat oatmeal on water with dried fruit. At the second breakfast - eat yogurt without sweet additives. During lunch - eat lean fish soup with white fish and vegetables. During the afternoon snack - mashed baked pears puree. Dine - baked vegetables with turkey dumplings.
• On the third day for breakfast - An omelette of quail eggs for a couple. Milk is diluted with water 1: 1. At the second breakfast - apple rubbed and baked in the oven. For lunch - soup of chicken and vegetables. During the afternoon snack - a snack with low-fat cottage cheese and peach compote. For dinner - baked cod with a side dish of boiled rice.

• On the fourth day for breakfast You can make oatmeal pudding and raisins. Snack - steamed dried fruit and unsweetened tea. During lunch, you can eat turkey and potato casserole. During the afternoon snack, a sweet kefir and a pair of bran biscuits. Dinner - stewed broccoli with chicken.
• On the fifth day for breakfast You can eat low-fat cottage cheese with dried apricots puree. Snack - oatmeal biscuits with low-fat yogurt. For lunch - grated vegetable soup. During the afternoon snack - a snack of rice pudding with dried fruit. Dinner - stewed vegetables with baked fish in the oven.
• On the sixth day, prepare for breakfast oatmeal jelly During the second breakfast - eat baked pears with prunes. For lunch, cook the chicken breast and rice soup. During the afternoon snack - a snack with low-fat cottage cheese with chopped dried fruits. For dinner - stewed carrots and turkey cutlets.
• On the seventh day of the week for breakfast You can cook buckwheat curd casserole.During the second breakfast - eat soaked dried apricots and raisins. For lunch - broccoli and turkey soup. At the afternoon snack - berry jelly with dried crackers. For dinner - turkey meatballs with rice.

Take 300 g of turkey breast meat. Wash well and dry with a paper towel or tissue. Grind to the state of minced meat (using a food processor or blender). If you use a meat grinder, scroll the stuffing through the fine grate a couple of times. Add 1/3 cup of boiled water at room temperature to the minced meat. Salt it.

Boil rice until ready. Cool and mix with minced turkey. Roll the little balls. Cook in a double boiler or a multi-cooker for a couple for 30-35 minutes. Check the readiness with a knife. Must flow clear juice.

Cool to a temperature of 30-35 degrees. Serve with cauliflower or mashed potatoes.

Take a glass of buckwheat. Go through it, removing all unnecessary. Rinse thoroughly under running water. Pour a glass of cereal with two glasses of water. Cook until fully cooked.

100 g low-fat cottage cheese wipe through a sieve. Mix with cooled buckwheat. Break into the resulting mass 1 egg and mix thoroughly. Salt and add some sugar.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Take a heat-resistant form, brush the edges with a small amount of butter or put parchment. Put buckwheat curd mass in shape. Bake for 10-15 minutes to browning. Cool it down. Serve with low-fat yogurt or weak tea.

If the disease tends to be chronic, such medical nutrition should be adhered to continuously, throughout life. Only in this way will it be possible to avoid new exacerbations of a dangerous disease of the pancreas.

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