Dyspepsia is a clinical syndrome caused by gastric motility disorders, including gastroparesis with poor gastric peristalsis and gastroesophageal reflux disease. Dyspepsia is mainly divided into functional dyspepsia and organic dyspepsia. The disease is located in the stomach but involves organs such as the liver and spleen, and is treated with methods such as soothing the liver and regulating qi, and promoting digestion and guiding stagnation.
What is good to eat for dyspepsia?
Recommended Foods
1. Choices for staple foods and legumes: noodles, steamed buns, twisted rolls, bread, millet, cornmeal, etc.
2. Choices for meat, eggs, and dairy: Choose those with less protein and calcium, such as less greasy pork liver, duck, etc. Milk should be consumed in moderation because it is cold-natured and can irritate the stomach.
3. Vegetables: You can appropriately choose some fresh vegetables, such as eggplant, winter melon, tomato, carrot, etc.
4. Choices for fruits: Appropriately choose some fresh fruits such as apples, bananas, papaya, lemon, etc. Eat more fresh papaya and pineapple, as these foods are the best sources of digestive enzymes.
5. Others: Eat more high-fiber foods, such as fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
Dietary Restrictions
1. Avoid smoking, alcohol, and spicy and irritating foods.
2. Avoid gas-producing and indigestible foods: Dry beans, onions, potatoes, tubers, and sweets should be controlled appropriately to avoid affecting the stomach's transportation and transformation function, thereby worsening symptoms.
3. Avoid hard and greasy foods: Hard and greasy foods are even more difficult to digest, and eating them will aggravate the condition, so they should be avoided.
4. Avoid long-term consumption of glutinous rice: Glutinous rice contains a large amount of dextrin, is quite sticky, has low expansion, and is not easy to digest. Long-term consumption of glutinous rice by people with dyspepsia will worsen the condition.
5. Avoid foods that are too hot or too cold: Foods and soups that are too hot can stimulate or scald the gastric mucosa; foods that are too cold, such as ice cream, iced drinks, alcoholic beverages, iced coffee, and food just taken out of the refrigerator, will cause vasoconstriction and ischemia of the gastric mucosa after consumption, which is not conducive to digestion and absorption.