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Supportive Diet - Dietary Solution for Digestive Issues

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Supportive Diet - Dietary Solution for Digestive Issues

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A supportive diet, also known as an easy-to-eat diet, is the simplest and most commonly used nutrition plan among all medicinal diets. It is recommended for people with gastrointestinal issues to reduce the unpleasant symptoms. Older individuals should also follow this diet, as the efficiency of the digestive system decreases with age. A facilitative diet consists of simple rules, whose adherence allows for a sense of well-being in many disease states. It is worth learning these rules, to be able to help oneself and loved ones when needed.
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Easily digestible diet – rules and potential modifications

The aim of an easily digestible diet is to provide the body with energy and an adequate amount of nutrients and minerals from easily digestible foods that are quickly absorbed and do not overburden the digestive system. This diet excludes bloating and spicy foods. Fatty and hard-to-digest meals should be avoided. Daily intake of dietary fiber should be around 20-24 g. In an easily digestible diet, cooking methods such as cooking and sautéing without fat should be used. It is not recommended to fry or bake dishes with fat. In certain cases, it may be necessary to make some adjustments to the diet.

A low-residue diet - who it is recommended for and what impact it has

A low-residue diet is recommended for all patients with digestive disorders. These include inflammatory conditions of the mucosa in any part of the digestive tract, excessive gut motility, gastrointestinal cancers, remission/equalization of kidney diseases, infectious/viral diseases with fever, acute inflammation of the stomach and intestines, cardiovascular diseases (stroke, heart attack, pulmonary embolism), advanced age, and recovery from surgery. It is believed that a low-residue diet, in combination with an appropriate calorie reduction, can be an effective method of weight loss. Long-term application can effectively help to lose excess body weight without the yo-yo effect.

Light diet Products recommended and contraindicated

Products recommended: beverage additives: skim milk, cereal coffee with milk paste, tea with milk, soft tea, fruit tea, herbal tea, vegetable juices, fruit juice, milk juice, raw water, kefir, buttermilk, sausage, baking soda: wheat bread, cornbread, biscuits, graham bread bread, grapefruit cereal; additive to baking: butter, wheat flour, homogenised grape cherries, fruit teas, fresh vegetable juice, fruit juices; fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, vegetables and vegetables; fresh fruit and vegetable fats, fruit, fruit and nuts, fruits, grapes, cereals, fruit or vegetables (such as: corn, raisins, carrots, tomatoes and tomatoes), vegetable oils, spices, fruits and spices; fats and other edible fats: oils and oils; oils: Contraindicated products: beverages: alcohol, strong cocoa, liquid chocolate, strong brewed and soluble coffee, strong tea, carbonated water, carbonated drinks (orange juice, cola, energy drinks), bakery: fresh rye bread, rye bread, crisp bread, bread with bran, pumpernickel, fitness bread, additives for bakery: fatty sausages, canned food, salami, sausage, pâté, fatty cheese, feta, mozzarella, ripening cheese, fromage cheese, mascarpone, smoked cheese, soups and sauces: fatty, thick, on fatty meat and mushroom broths, soups with cream, heavy and fatty sauces, such as onion sauce, mushroom sauce, roast sauce, additives for soups: dumplings, thick pasta, legume seeds, hard-boiled eggs in large quantities, meat, poultry, fish: fatty, pork, lamb, geese, ducks, fatty fish, such as eel, salmon, herring, mackerel, catfish, fried, marinated and smoked dishes, semi-meat and meatless dishes: all dishes that are fried in fat, potato pancakes, croquettes, cutlets, pancakes, bigos, beans in Bretagne style, fats: lard, bacon, tallow, pork belly, hardened margarine, vegetables: cabbage, garlic, onions, dry legume seeds, cucumbers, radishes, kohlrabi, turnips, fruits: pears, dates, cherries, marinated fruits.

Gentle diet – sample diet

A gentle diet entails consuming 4-5 meals per day. It is important that meals in a gentle diet are taken regularly and at equal intervals. It is recommended to consume the last meal two hours before bedtime. Here is an example of a gentle diet meal plan. Breakfast: – sweet beetroot tea, – semolina porridge with stewed apple and cinnamon. Second breakfast: – natural yogurt with rice flakes and banana. Lunch: – dill-seasoned cod with buckwheat groats, – rice, – yogurt-herb sauce. Afternoon snack: – strawberry jelly, – biscuit. Dinner: – steamed scrambled eggs, – crispy wheat bread with butter. The most important in a gentle diet is not the taste or the relatively low cost, but the therapeutic effectiveness. A gentle diet is helpful for many patients, prevents the progression of malnutrition, and can also serve as weight reduction.
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