Flatulence, or bloating, is a condition familiar to every person. It can be provoked by malnutrition, the presence of chronic diseases of the stomach and intestines, pancreatitis, cholecystitis, and even severe stress. According to statistics, women suffer from flatulence one and a half times more often than men. Nutrition for flatulence and constipation can alleviate the patient's condition even without taking any pharmacological drugs.
Symptoms and causes of bloating
Gas formation is a pathology that occurs not only due to chronic diseases. List of relatively harmless causes of this pathology:
- talking while eating and chewing - air has time to enter the mouth, is swallowed and thus ends up in the intestines (this causes not only bloating, but also belching);
- eating foods that causefermentation of the masses in the intestines;
- alcohol abuse;
- violation of the microflora of the intestinal mucosa due to the use of antibiotics, oral contraceptives, analgesics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Sometimes flatulence haunts a patient for more serious reasons:
- chronic pancreatitis;
- liver disease;
- chronic cholecystitis;
- gastritis of various etiologies;
- gastric or intestinal ulcer;
- erosive processes on the walls of organs;
- parasitic infestations;
- diabetes type 2;
- endocrine disorders.
How to distinguish manifestations of flatulence from other symptoms of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract:
- Pain rarely occurs with bloating;
- flatulence not accompanied by nausea;
- gas does not cause diarrhea;
- In rare cases, gas formation may be accompanied by constipation.
Of course, the easiest way to suppress constipation and flatulence is to take a pill. But if this condition haunts the patient on an ongoing basis, then it will not work to take carminatives daily. It is easier to undergo a complete examination of the abdominal organs and find out the exact cause of increased gas formation. Nutrition for intestinal flatulence is one of the decisive factors that affect remission. After switching to the right diet, most patients forget what increased gas formation is.
Basic principles of nutrition for flatulence
There are a few fundamental rules that must not be broken. If you can't do at least three of them, it makes no sense to try to change the daily diet and achieve remission.
- Nutrition for irritable bowel syndrome with flatulence involves regulating not only the quantity and quality of food consumed, but also the fluids consumed. If the patient drinks less than one liter of water per day, then do not be surprised by constant constipation and increased gas formation. A person weighing about 70 kilograms needs to drink two liters of water per day. If the weight is greater, then this amount can reach up to four liters. The cells of the human body are made up of water, so when it is lacking, the functioning of all organs is disrupted.
- You should stick to fractional nutrition. Portions should be small: 200-250 grams. Feelings of hunger should not be allowed to then greedily absorb food. Chew each bite slowly and thoroughly.
- Meals don't allow talking. The saying "when I eat, I am deaf and dumb" is true. If you talk while eating, air enters your mouth. The patient swallows it imperceptibly and then suffers from increased gas formation. In some cases, following this simple rule is enough for the flatulence problem to go away.
- The diet should include liquid meals daily. They are quickly digested and are the basis of the menu. Nutrition for IBS with flatulence involves the preparation of lean soups. Vegetables are idealbroths, in some cases (with the permission of the attending gastroenterologist) it is permissible to eat borscht in broth with a piece of veal or chicken leg.
- Vegetables and fruits are not always useful for irritable bowel syndrome and a tendency to increased gas formation. It is forbidden to eat raw fruits, it is optimal to boil and bake them in the oven. For example, even raw apples can sometimes cause bloating. But baked apples in the oven are perfectly digested and will not bring unnecessary discomfort.
- It is worth once and for all to forget about the newfangled food systems: raw food and veganism. With irritable bowel syndrome, all dishes must be cooked. A raw food diet is a direct path to peptic ulcer disease. Only completely he althy people can adhere to such a nutrition system.
Water regime: do's and don'ts
You can drink clean water at any time. The temperature doesn't matter - you can either cold or hot. Herbal teas with a small amount of sugar (a teaspoon per cup of boiling water) are also allowed.
Coffee is allowed in limited quantities. No more than one hundred grams per day, mainly in the morning.
Completely banned sugary carbonated drinks. Bubbles of carbon dioxide contribute to bloating. Carbonated alcoholic drinks should also be excluded: beer, cocktails. Even if the bubbles are obtained by fermentation, the drink is forbidden to drink. Wine products should be completely excluded from the diet. Strong drinks are detrimental tocondition of the mucous membrane of the esophagus, stomach and intestines.
Fruits and berries: harm or benefit
Eating with intestinal flatulence implies a complete rejection of consumption in any form:
- black and red currant;
- green apples;
- rowan, gooseberry, dogwood, blueberries, blueberries;
- nectarine and persimmon.
Any sour fruits and berries can provoke increased gas formation. Nutrition for flatulence implies a complete rejection of such ingredients if they are part of the dish. You can not eat them separately either raw or baked. Pies and any bakery products stuffed with these fruits and berries are also prohibited.
Vegetables for flatulence
The most controversial point is eating cabbage. In some people, it provokes gas formation both raw and boiled. In others, on the contrary, it contributes to better digestion of food. Whether to eat cabbage depends on the individual characteristics of each patient.
Potatoes can be eaten. You should pre-soak it in cool clean water for two to three hours. Potatoes should not become the main side dish. It is forbidden to mix it with sour cream, milk, mayonnaise, butter. Only boiled, s alted potatoes are suitable as a side dish for meat dishes. Frying, crushing, baking is also undesirable.
Fermented milk products for flatulence
Any dairy products are valuablesource of protein, calcium, magnesium. Nutrition for flatulence does not imply a complete rejection of them. You should just give up dairy products with a high fat content.
If you want cheese, you can occasionally (once a week) eat it separately from other dishes. The combination of cheese and bread is unacceptable. Choose varieties with a minimum fat content.
The same principle applies to eating all fermented milk products. Milk, kefir, fermented baked milk, cottage cheese should be eaten separately from all other products. If there is a desire to eat cottage cheese, then you can afford one package, but you can’t eat it with bread, fruit, porridge or any other additives.
The principle of separate nutrition works: milk, kefir, ayran, yogurt can be drunk in any quantity, but only separately from other dishes. The optimal time period for eating fermented milk products is two hours after the last meal and two to three hours before the next one.
Meat and offal for bloating
There are a lot of tales about meat products in the diet. In fact, nutrition for flatulence must necessarily include lean meat. It is a valuable source of protein, which is a building material for every cell in the human body.
Turkey, chicken, rabbit, veal should be included in your daily diet. It is acceptable to eat beef if you cut off the fat from it. Dishes from the liver, hearts, lungs are also acceptable. They should be combined with light side dishes, such as buckwheat porridge. Combination withmashed potatoes is unacceptable, as it will cause bloating even in a he althy person.
It is necessary to refuse fat, pork, lamb, sausages, conservation, stew in jars. Meat dishes should be prepared at home, on your own. Then there will be reliable information about the degree of freshness of the food consumed. Nutrition for flatulence and bloating involves the rejection of the use of stale meat dishes. They can aggravate the situation and provoke an exacerbation of gastritis, pancreatitis, peptic ulcer.
Fats for bloating: good or bad
Food for intestinal colitis and flatulence should contain polyunsaturated fatty acids. To do this, you need to include unrefined vegetable oils in your daily diet: olive, linseed, sesame, cottonseed, grape seed. You should add them to first courses, salads, side dishes.
The consumption of animal fats and fried foods is strictly prohibited. When preparing soups, it is forbidden to fry in oil. You can add a teaspoon of your favorite oil to the finished soup, just before eating it.
Sample menu for a week for people prone to flatulence
Despite the apparent complexity, the principles of building a menu and nutrition for intestinal flatulence are simple. Here is an approximate diet that should be followed by people with irritable bowel syndrome, gastritis, peptic ulcer, cholecystitis:
- Monday: oatmeal on the water, a handful of dried fruits, lean borscht, a package of rye bread, one cucumber,oven baked peaches, grilled fish fillets.
- Tuesday: a glass of yogurt, a handful of fried peanuts without s alt, cauliflower and chicken fillet soup, two boiled eggs, a bar of low-fat cottage cheese, dried fruit compote, green tea.
- Wednesday: buckwheat porridge with chicken fillet, veal goulash, okroshka, quail egg omelet.
- Thursday: a glass of milk, a package of rye bread, one cucumber, oven-baked peaches, any grilled fish fillet, green tea or dried fruit compote.
- Friday: a glass of yogurt, peaches, a handful of fried peanuts without s alt, cauliflower and chicken fillet soup, two boiled quail eggs, dried fruit compote, green tea.
- Saturday: low-fat cottage cheese ice cream (cool it in the freezer, mix with sweetener), stewed pink salmon, boiled potatoes (pre-soaked in cold water for an hour), veal goulash, okroshka, quail egg omelet.
- Sunday: honeycomb or honey, green vegetable stew, cream soup, buckwheat porridge with chicken fillet, veal goulash.
You can swap dishes at your discretion. The main rule is to adhere to the principles of nutrition for intestinal flatulence. The menu for the week is approximate, you can remake it based on your individual characteristics and preferences.
Gastroenterologist tips: how to avoid bloating
If the condition is caused not by chronic diseases, but by harmfulhabits at the table, then you do not need to change the diet. It is enough just to pay attention to the food culture. In some cases, it is enough to give up bad habits.
Eating flatulence and bloating helps those who have a condition triggered by lazy bowel syndrome. If there are serious concomitant diseases of internal organs and endocrine pathologies (pancreatitis, diabetes mellitus, cholecystitis, hepatitis, cirrhosis, fibrosis, etc.), then it is worthwhile to treat them first of all.
Simple tips to get rid of constipation and flatulence in a short time:
- refuse to eat raw food (everything needs to be cooked);
- prefer lean soups and liquid meals;
- quit alcohol and smoking completely;
- sleep at least ten hours a night (sleep is essential for he althy digestion);
- refuse to eat baked goods;
- give preference to lean meats, but in no case give it up completely;
- avoid stress and overwork.
Pharmacological treatments
If the menu is not strictly observed, nutrition for flatulence may be ineffective. If you allow eating raw vegetables and fruits, mix dairy products with carbohydrates, eat baked goods, then the problem will not go away. You will have to resort to the use of pharmacological agents for bloating:
- enzymespancreas for better digestion;
- carminative drugs for gas;
- hepatoprotectors to reduce the load on the liver;
- choleretic drugs for cholecystitis to normalize the outflow of bile.
