Colitis is a common digestive disease with the rate of more than 20% of the Vietnamese population suffering. The disease originates from an acute episode of gastrointestinal infection caused by infection through eating but not treated thoroughly, after many relapses, the disease turns chronic, causing many troubles for patients.

Colitis – Diseases that come out of the mouth

Colitis is an inflamed colonic mucosa that causes damage. In mild cases, painful inflammations may appear, in severe stages, ulcers, hemorrhages, or possibly abscesses in the colon. If not treated definitively, the disease will get worse and worse and can lead to many dangerous complications.

Colitis is a disease directly related to the nutrition of the patient. In addition, men drink a lot of alcohol, especially young people, then imbalance the intestinal tract and destroy beneficial bacteria and are the cause of colitis. Children who eat a lot of fast food, baked goods, fried, less vegetables also lead to colitis.

How should colitis eat properly?

Because it is a disease related to diet, in order to build a good diet for the colon, patients should grasp some general principles as follows:

- Ensure adequate nutrition for the body.

- Split portions.

- Nutrition diary.

- Limit foods that can cause allergies to the body.

- Maintain enough water for the body.

In addition to the above notes, patients need to know what foods to eat and not to eat to build a reasonable daily menu.

What should a person with colitis eat?

Here are good foods for the digestive system that people with colitis should replenish for the body.

- Light, easy-to-digest foods such as rice, sweet potatoes, cereals, potatoes ...

- Protein-rich foods such as fish, lean meat, tofu... will provide adequate minerals to help heal damage to the colonic mucosa, reduce inflammation of the colonic mucosa.

- Should eat green vegetables such as spinach, spinach, broccoli ... Provides vitamins that enhance resistance, fight harmful bacteria for the colon.

- Eat a lot of fresh fruits such as ripe bananas, watermelons, apples ... helps promote the healing of colon damage, improve body health, prevent disease recurrence.

- Smoothies, fruit juices contain many vitamins A, B, K, E which are good for the intestines and improve digestion.

What should I not eat with colitis?

Here are common foods that can increase symptoms in people with colitis:

Lactose: Some patients with colitis often experience symptoms of lactose intolerance. These patients should avoid dairy foods so as not to cause symptoms that worsen the disease.

Stimulants such as alcohol, beer, coffee, and tea may increase diarrhea in some patients.

- Dark green vegetables such as cabbage, brussel sprouts and broccoli: These vegetables contain a lot of fiber that aggravates the symptoms of indigestion and abdominal pain in patients with colitis.

- Greasy foods: People with colitis should avoid animal fats, fast food, fried foods such as french fries, fried chicken, fatty meat, hamburgers ...

- Foods high in sugar: Patients who eat a lot of sweets or products made from chemical sugars often feel bloated, bloated, heartburn and diarrhea. In particular, some patients also have fructose intolerance that causes cramps and diarrhea.

- Hot spicy foods such as Thai hot pot, spicy noodles, chili, pepper ...: For patients with colitis, when eating these foods, it is easy to see that the disease aggravates quickly, abdominal pain and bloating are common immediately after eating.

- People with colon should not eat seafood that has not been cooked thoroughly. Raw food contains many parasitic bacteria, which can be both a cause of colitis and a cause of aggravation of symptoms in people with long-term colitis.

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