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digestive system
pancreatitis
nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles
» acute phase:
• during acute attack, nothing is given by mouth. When pain and tenderness ceases, use an alkaline fast (see Fasting in materia medica) for 4 days then slowly return to a normal diet. Pancreatin l.8-2.7 g should accompany each meal.
• increase foods rich in Vitamin C, A, D and K, Calcium and folic acid; Vitamin B12 may be given once/month
• avoid heavy protein foods, fats, meats, vinegars, shellfish, sugars
• increase fluids

» If steatorrhea :
• use low fat diet with medium-chain triglycerides
• see cystic fibrosis

» If gallstone involvement:
• see cholecystitis or cholelithiasis

avoid:
• meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods, coffee, caffeine, sweet foods and sugar, alcohol, cow's milk and other dairy products, white bread, refined foods, processed foods, catarrh-forming foods: tofu, meat, ice cream, shellfish


supplements

• pancreatic enzymes
• bicarbonate (Dig Dis., 1983, p. 97)
• Vitamin B-complex
• Vitamin B6
• Vitamin A 50,000-75,000 IU per day
• Vitamin C 6-8 g per day
• Vitamin E 800 IU per day
• Magnesium (Bastyr)


footnotes