Hiatal Hernia: Dietary Recommendations
Here are some dietary recommendations for hiatal hernia:
- Carry out a healthy diet and energy intake gradually to allow normalizing weight if overweight or obese.
- Observe individual tolerance to the increasingly varied diet, and complete.
- Some foods may cause discomfort, and if so, remove them for some time of his regime and try to reintroduce them back later. Do not limit your diet for longer or more than necessary.
- Distributing food in five or more meals a day to reduce the amount of food for each shot, not allowing more than 3 hours without eating or drinking.
- Do not make big meals, heavy or heavy, eat slowly and chew well.
- Do not eat solid foods or liquids just before going to bed, leave at least two hours
- Juicy food choices or only require prolonged cooking fat.- Take small amounts or occasional fatty foods and avoid highly salted or pickled.
- Avoid high-fat sauces made with egg yolks, excess oil, cream, cheese … type carbonara, Dutch, etc.
- Avoid foods that stimulate gastric secretion, such as coffee and alcohol.
- Replace coffee, decaffeinated tea and chicory, tea or soft malta (rosemary, sage, peppermint …), except that relaxes the esophageal sphincter facilitating reflux.
- According habits, allowing moderate consumption of low alcohol beverages (beer, cider, table wine) during or after the main meals, never on an empty stomach.
- No aerated drinks.
- Do not consume excessive amounts of sugar.
- The tomato products (sauces) and citrus juice often cause discomfort, in which case, we can ensure the intake of vitamin C, taking mandarin sweet ripe tropical fruits (mango, papaya …).
- Avoid very hot or very cold and causing irritation.