What dietary taboos should you pay attention to if you have a bad stomach?

The core of dietary taboos for a bad stomach is never to follow the list on the Internet, but to avoid "foods that will definitely make you uncomfortable if you eat them" first. The remaining general taboos are only for reference and do not need to be imposed on yourself.

In the past two years, I went to the gastroenterology department with my aunt who had been suffering from stomach problems for 20 years, and I saw too many people stepping on the pitfalls of blind food taboos: One aunt heard that millet porridge nourishes the stomach and drinks it every time, but she gets acid reflux and heartburn that makes her unable to sleep well. After going for a checkup, she found out that she had reflux esophagitis, and liquid porridge will actually aggravate the reflux symptoms.； There is also a young girl who just started working. She gave up all spicy and cold food because of an acute gastritis. After half a year, she had stomachache even after eating an orange at room temperature, and her stomach tolerance was even worse than before she got sick.

Speaking of this, some people must be confused, so what doctors often say about not eating spicy foods are all nonsense? Of course not. The controversial point of this issue is actually the difference between the "attack period" and the "stable period" - if you are in the period of acute gastritis, gastric ulcer attack, or even gastric bleeding, you must strictly follow the doctor's advice to stop alcohol, strong coffee, super spicy butter hot pot, and tooth-piercing cold drinks. This is the consensus of the gastroenterology department and cannot be discussed. But if it is just ordinary functional indigestion, or the stomach problem has reached a stable recovery period, there is no need to force yourself to touch anything. Many clinical studies have now confirmed that a small amount of capsaicin can promote blood circulation of the gastric mucosa and help repair it. As long as you eat without pain, bloating and acid reflux, it is perfectly fine to eat a mildly spicy hot pot occasionally to satisfy your cravings.

The last time I went to the community to do health science popularization, I met a young man who even steamed apples to nourish his stomach before he dared to eat them. As a result, his digestive ability became weaker and weaker over the past year, and he would accumulate food after eating even hard rice. The doctor said that he had "nurtured" his stomach too delicately and could not even withstand normal food stimulation.

Oh, yes, it doesn’t mean that there are no taboos. There are a few things that you should try to touch as little as possible no matter what the situation: For example, leftovers that have been left out for two or three days, pickles that have been pickled for less than 20 days, the nitrite in them is clearly harmful to the gastric mucosa, and there is also the way of eating two or three kilograms of cold beer with one meal in summer. No matter how healthy the stomach is, it cannot withstand the strong stimulation of hot and cold, let alone people with stomach problems.

In fact, the stomach is like an old friend with a bit of a bad temper. You don’t treat it like a glass doll, and don’t always deliberately toss it. If you are really not sure what you can and cannot eat, just keep a food diary. If you feel uncomfortable eating, just avoid it next time. It will be more effective than reading 100 stomach nourishing posts.