What food does colitis avoid to eat

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summary

Colitis is a common disease in gastroenterology, which brings great harm to patients, often accompanied by diarrhea, abdominal pain, mucus and other conditions. Patients with inflammation can cause systemic symptoms. In the face of colitis, it is necessary to treat symptomatically. Many patients are weak, so they need to take care of themselves in diet. So, what are the dietary principles of colitis?

What food does colitis avoid to eat

1. In the attack stage and remission stage of colitis, it is not allowed to eat beans and bean products, wheat and flour products, as well as garlic, leek, potato, preserved egg, cabbage, peanut, melon seeds and other gas producing foods. Because once eating, gastrointestinal gas increases, gastrointestinal motility is affected, can induce the disease, and even aggravate symptoms.   

2. Avoid choosing coarse fiber food and rough processed food. Because a large number of crude fiber food will stimulate the intestinal tract and affect the absorption of nutrients, it will aggravate the condition of patients with malnutrition. Therefore, we should try to limit food fiber, such as leek, celery, sweet potato, radish, coarse cereals, dry beans, etc.   

3. Diarrhea of ulcerative colitis is often accompanied by fat malabsorption, and severe cases are accompanied by fat diarrhea. Therefore, the amount of dietary fat to limit, should use less oil food and less oil cooking methods. For those with steorrhea, medium chain fatty acids, such as coconut oil, can be used.

matters needing attention

Patients with colitis to eat light diet, but also eat easy to digest diet, can not eat spicy food, drink more water, maintain adequate sleep.