Stomach: Spending a few days with a “queasy” stomach is one of the most common health problems. Generally, this issue resolves itself. However, a few taps on your diet can speed recovery. Let’s see which foods are your allies and which are not.
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1. Eggs: Start With the White
Eggs are best eaten soft-boiled or in a French omelet.
If you have a reasonably delicate stomach, start by eating only the white. Later you will introduce the yolk since its high-fat content makes digestion more difficult.
You can accompany the egg with some toast breadsticks.
2. Dairy Products. The Less Fatty, the Better
Always choose natural dairy: plain yogurt, cottage cheese, and fresh cheeses to give your stomach little work.
Avoid whole milk, aged cheeses, and sugary desserts such as puddings or custards.
3. For Dessert, Roasted Apples
The fruit takes better cooked or roasted since it is easier to digest.
Pears will also make your stomach right. In the case of apples, you can prepare them roasted or in the compote. Of course, they are cooked in the same way.
If you suffer from diarrhea, a grated apple and something dark (rusty) will do well. Oxidation causes tannins to appear, which enhances its astringent action; it helps cut diarrhea.
4. Bananas, Only if They Are Ripe
In general, you should avoid eating raw fruits. Except for bananas and non-acidic fruits, yes, as long as they are ripe.
The high potassium content of bananas works as an effective antacid
It also restores electrolyte and pH imbalances caused by nausea or vomiting.
Solid foods like bananas are not recommended immediately after vomiting.
5. Lentils, Without Skin
Don’t eat whole legumes: no lentils, no beans, no chickpeas. Pass them through the Chinese to remove the skin that is responsible for gas production.
To prevent lentils from giving off gas, leave them in water overnight and cook them with fresh water to reduce the number of oligosaccharides (a type of starch that causes flatulence).
6. Drink Water, Infusions, and Broths
It would help if you drank plenty of fluids to help eliminate germs from your body and prevent dehydration.
While the digestive discomfort lasts, the liquids you ingest shouldn’t be something other than water, broths, and digestive infusions (chamomile, fennel, lemon balm, linden, or lemon verbena).
You can also add a few drops of lemon to a bottle of water. Opt for BPA-free glass water bottles instead of plastic ones. When you add lemon or anything to your water, it will be easier to clean the bottle made of glass. Plus, it is sustainable and environment-friendly.
7. Avoid Red Meat
Eating a bland diet is to facilitate digestion, which excludes the consumption of red meat.
Instead, you can eat white meats, such as chicken and turkey. Cook them on the grill, boiled, or baked.
Not all red meat is the same. The lean part of the shoulder of lamb or sirloin and pork tenderloin contains similar fat levels to lean meat.
8. Slow Absorption Hydrates
You can have some cookies for breakfast and prepare pasta to eat (very cooked and only seasoned with oil). At snack time, a few slices of white bread, butter toasted (biscuits).
You can include some boiled, steamed, or mashed potatoes, cooked white rice (let it cook very well), and homemade oatmeal porridge for dinner.
It would help if you avoided whole grains.
9. The Bluefish, for Another Time
Salmon, sardines, or trout are fatty fish; they have a fat percentage higher than 5%. Since a soft diet avoids fats, it is better to save these delicacies when your digestive system is recovered.
One tip: better the white fish. Prepare a plate of cod, hake, whiting, or monkfish. All of them are low in fat and easily digestible.
10. This Week Don’t Buy Tomatoes
It is advisable not to eat a tomato, garlic, or onion in addition to vegetables that produce flatulence, such as Brussels, cabbage, or broccoli.
You can easily take a pumpkin, zucchini, eggplant, carrots, and leeks cooked without the skin.
Some Considerations
There are situations in life, such as recovery from a surgical operation, infection, or trauma processes during which we do not have an appetite.
We get full quickly or have heavy digestion. In these cases, we must resort to soft diets.
A soft diet includes easily digestible foods, which give “little work” to our digestive system to help its recovery.
In the gallery that you have seen, we have included those essential foods in these regimens due to their composition and preparation.
Remember These Tips:
- Avoid spicy or very spicy foods.
- Eat several times a day. It is better to eat five light meals than one large meal.
- Make sure that when you eat food, it is warm. Avoid very cold or scorching dishes.
- Make sure you chew very well to facilitate the digestive process.
