Stomach ulcers affect people's lives and work, and require long-term medication and dietary adjustments for a cure. Generally, foods that are easily digestible, with sufficient calories and rich in vitamins are selected. Gastrointestinal specialists have found that drinking boiled water with eggs can also treat stomach ulcers, with the specific method as follows:
Take one egg, crack it into a bowl, stir evenly with chopsticks, then pour boiling water over it until it is medium-cooked, and then consume. Modern medicine believes that drinking boiled water with eggs has a soft texture, making it easy for the stomach to digest and absorb, significantly reducing the burden on the stomach and aiding in the healing of ulcerated areas. The lecithin in egg yolks can form a thin hydrophobic layer on the surface of the gastric mucosa, providing strong protection and defense against harmful factors invading the gastric mucosa.
Avoid eating highly stimulating foods
Do not eat foods that strongly stimulate gastric acid secretion, such as meat broth, raw onions, raw garlic, concentrated fruit juice, coffee, alcohol, strong tea, as well as overly sweet, sour, salty, hot, raw, cold, or hard foods. Sweet foods can increase gastric acid secretion, exacerbating the condition; overly hot foods can irritate the ulcerated area, causing pain, and even lead to bleeding due to the expansion of blood vessels in the ulcerated area; spicy foods can irritate the ulcerated area, increasing gastric acid secretion; overly cold or hard foods are difficult to digest, potentially worsening the condition. Additionally, patients with ulcers should quit smoking, as nicotine in tobacco can alter the pH of gastric juice, disrupting the normal activity of the pylorus and inducing or worsening ulcers.
Eat less fried, grilled, or smoked dishes
Fried, grilled, or smoked dishes are not easily digestible, staying in the stomach for longer periods, affecting the healing of ulcerated areas. A reasonable dietary regimen should be established: eat meals at regular times and in appropriate quantities, chew slowly, talk less during meals, avoid reading books or watching TV; maintain mental relaxation and a cheerful spirit. During the active phase of ulcers, consuming liquid or semi-liquid, easily digestible, nutrient-rich foods is preferable. In the past, scholars designed a diet plan for ulcer patients involving eating smaller, more frequent meals to avoid overeating or hunger. Recent studies suggest that despite food temporarily relieving pain, eating small, frequent meals continuously stimulates gastric acid secretion, keeping it in an active state throughout the day, which is clearly not conducive to the healing of ulcers. Therefore, except during acute flare-ups accompanied by bleeding or vomiting when short-term small, frequent meals are necessary, regular three-meal-a-day eating should be maintained otherwise.
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