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digestive system
gastritis
nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles:
» acute:
• increase fluids
• short fruit or vegetable juice fast or diet as in irritable bowel syndrome
» chronic:
• elimination/rotation diet, rotation diet, rotation diet expanded
• eat in a relaxed atmosphere and chew food well

therapeutic foods:
• potato broth, parsnips (steamed and mashed), carob powder, okra, papaya, cooked carrots and foods rich in vitamin A (Shefi)
• chamomile and licorice tea

fresh juices:
• coconut milk and carrot (Jensen, p. 50)
• celery juice or broth (Shefi)
• mulberry (Jensen, p. 171)
• raw potato (Shefi)
• carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 138)
• spinach (Walker, p. 138)
• carrot, beet, and cucumber (Walker, p. 138)

specific remedies:
• raw potato juice before breakfast (Chao-liang, Qing-rong, Bao-zhen, p. 13)

foods contraindicated:
• broccoli, cabbage and cabbage family, collards, strawberries

avoid:
• food intolerances
• aspirin
• meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods, sugar and sweet foods, coffee, caffeine, processed foods, smoking, drinking with meals

drug interactions:
• Phosphorous and aluminum hydroxide: aluminum binds dietary Phosporous, potentially causing depletion
• Calcium and aluminum hydroxide: aluminum causes increased urinary and stool Calcium (Spencer and Kramer, 1983; 143: p. 657-658)


supplements

• Vitamin A 75,000 IU per day
• Vitamin B-complex
• Vitamin C 1-2 g
• Vitamin E 400 IU twice daily
• Zinc 60 mg per day taken with food
• flaxseed oil 2 Tbsp per day
• bromelain
• lactobacillus acidophilus


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