What are some safe foods for a peptic ulcer?

Question

Several of these answers were REALLY good, so I had a very difficult time picking just 1 and want to thank all of you for contributing, Thanks!

Answer 1

Cereals
Bread
most vegetables
bananas
papaya
rice
lamb
poultry without the skin

I also recommend drinking aloe vera gel a few times a day. It can help a lot. You may also want to take a vitamin with zinc supplement.

Answer 2

Eat 5 to 6 small meals a day instead of 3 larger meals. It is important that you avoid overeating. Frequent, smaller meals will be more comfortable and easier on the stomach than two or three large meals a day.

Eat a diet rich in fiber, especially from fruits and vegetables.

Rest and relax a few minutes before and after each meal, as well as remaining relaxed during meals.

Eat slowly and chew you food well.

Avoid eating within 3 hours before bedtime.

Eat foods that are low fat. Avoid foods that are fried. Avoid foods that are spicy.

Cut down on the following foods:
Coffee, Decaffeinated coffee, Tea, Cola drinks, Carbonated beverages, Citrus fruits, Tomato-based products, and Chocolate.

Avoid alcohol. Quit smoking

Folk healers have long recommended cabbage juice for people with ulcers. It's good advice-cabbage is rich in the healing amino acid glutamine.

Answer 3

Eat several small meals a day to avoid a heavy burden on your system. Plenty of fiber. The "bland" diet was once considered and thought to be the safest for ulcer patients, increased fiber has been shown to repair ulcers. Focus on soluble fiber, such as oats. Vit K has also been shown to repair damage from gastric juices. Eat several servings of green leafy veg. a day and drink lots of green juices. Cabbage juice has remarkable healing powers for ulcers, drink a quart a day. It may be diluted with water or carrot juice. Kefir or some live cultured yogurt every day. Zinc is healing to the digestive tract too, From pumpkin seeds and whole grains. And garlic. Aloe vera juice and slippery elm along with chamomile tea.

Answer 4

Nexium is the best product out there, I've found. My doc wanted to put me on it. One 40 mg tablet per day for 30 days costs $143. I can find it on the internet for slightly less. Its ridiculous. Prilosec OTC is the only thing I can afford nowadays. Even it is absurdly priced!!! It's funny. The main cause of ulcers is stress, right? It's stressing me out that the medication used to heal my stress-induced ulcer is too expensive for me to buy.......pharmaceutical jerks.

Answer 5

If you like chamomile tea, drinking it can help soothe the inflammation. Raw manuka honey can help protect and heal the ulcer (it's expensive and hard to find, though. Look online for it.) Bananas can also help protect it from acid. Melons I've found to be safe. I don't think they have any acid. If they do, it's certainly a tiny amount. Vegetables are generally safe. No onions, though.

Answer 6

Have you been tested for an H. Pylori infection? Research it, it's the number one cause for ulcers..Make sure you get a blood and stool test for it...It's a two week treatment with antibiotics...Just make sure you replenish the good bacteria when the treatment is done..

Answer 7

I would like to recommend some supplements for healing such as Aloe Vera (pure) and Bromelain

http://www.aloes.com/

http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/bromelain-000289.htm

Answer 8

Try Reliv products. Check out my web site www.mybalancednutrition.com and see what perfectly balanced nutrition can do for you.