Diet for osteochondrosis
Osteochondrosis is a disease that can be caused by a number of factors and is characterized by degenerative changes in the intervertebral disc, with further spread to its other parts, as well as to the entire musculoskeletal system in general, and to the nervous system, in particular. Naturally, like any other disease, osteochondrosis requires drug treatment and adherence to certain dietary rules.
Content:
- What can you eat with osteochondrosis?
- What can not be eaten with osteochondrosis?
- Menu for a week with osteochondrosis
What can you eat with osteochondrosis?
Since the increased body weight gives an increased load on the spine, the nutrition should be organized in such a way that it does not contribute to a set of extra pounds.
Therefore, it is important to include in the menu foods that are digested for a long time, do not cause hunger and help cleanse the intestines:
- Any vegetables and fruits that have undergone minimal heat treatment.
- Lean meat, best chicken.
- Eggs, but you need to limit yourself to 3 pieces per week.
- Fish and seafood.
- Cereal porridge.
- Dairy products: cottage cheese, sour cream, kefir, low-fat cheeses, sour cream.
- Fresh berries, except grapes.
- Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, chestnuts, walnuts.
- Dried fruits.
- Pasta, but always from durum wheat.
What can not be eaten with osteochondrosis?
In addition to healthy foods that help control weight and improve the condition of a patient with osteochondrosis, there are also unhealthy foods and drinks.
What should be avoided for degenerative spinal disease:
- Carbonated drinks.
- Strong black tea and coffee.
- Alcohol.
- Pastries made from white wheat flour.
- Sweet products.
- Grapes.
- Sorrel.
- Legumes - peas, chickpeas, lentils, beans.
- Fat meat.
- Semi-finished products.
- Limit salt.
Nutrition for osteochondrosis can be varied, but it is necessary to exclude from it all products that are harmful even for a healthy person.
Menu for a week with osteochondrosis
It is important to correctly distribute the time for snacks, breakfast, lunch and dinner, so that the total number of meals is at least 5. All products should preferably be boiled, stewed or steamed, but not fried.
1 day
- The first breakfast consists of low-fat cottage cheese seasoned with sour cream, no more than 15% fat, with dried apricots. As a drink - green tea, second brew, no sugar.
- You can use a fresh apple as a snack.
- For lunch: pumpkin soup, buckwheat porridge with steamed chicken cutlets, a piece of bran bread, rosehip fruit drink.
- For an afternoon snack: fruit salad (kiwi, banana, apple) with yogurt dressing.
- For dinner: steamed hake fillet with boiled brown rice, vegetable salad (cabbage, carrots, cucumber, passed through a grater) with a dressing of lemon juice and soy sauce, herbal tea.
- A glass of fat-free kefir, it is better to use it 30 minutes before bedtime.
2 day
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The first breakfast consists of an egg omelet in a water bath and a glass of green tea.
- You can use an orange as a snack.
- For lunch: onion soup, rice porridge and chicken breast fillet baked in foil with aromatic herbs, vegetable salad (tomatoes, olives, green onions, olive oil), dried fruit compote.
- For dinner: fish soufflé with mashed potatoes, fruit drink from fresh or frozen berries.
- Before going to bed, you need to drink a glass of fermented baked milk.
Day 3
- Breakfast can consist of a casserole with broccoli, egg and cheese, as well as a glass of herbal tea.
- For lunch, you can use a banana.
- For lunch: fish soup made of any lean fish, pilaf with chicken, vegetable salad (Chinese cabbage, fresh cucumber, lemon juice, olive oil, dill and green onions), fresh fruit compote.
- For dinner: pasta with vegetables (carrots, bell peppers, zucchini, tomato, eggplant), berry juice, a handful of nuts with honey.
- A glass of whey will be an excellent end to the day of a person suffering from osteochondrosis.
Day 4
- Oatmeal with peach, green tea - this should be the first breakfast.
- You can use avocado as a snack.
- For lunch: Soup based on chicken meatballs. Flounder in a double boiler with vegetables (potatoes, carrots, pumpkin), baked apple with cottage cheese, honey and nuts. Fruit drink from berries.
- For dinner: casserole with egg, potatoes and cheese, fresh apple and cherry compote.
- Before bed - a glass of low-fat yogurt.
Day 5
- You need to start the morning with steamed syrniki and second-brewed green tea.
- For a snack, you can use a fruit salad (apple, kiwi, banana, nectarine, with yogurt dressing) and a slice of low-fat cheese with bran bread.
- For lunch: Mushroom puree soup (champignons, carrots, potatoes, onions, garlic), tilapia fillets with asparagus, cooked in foil in the oven, prune and dried apricot compote.
- For dinner: chicken soufflé with rice, fruit jelly, berry juice, a handful of almonds.
- It is best to end day 5 with a glass of kefir with a minimum fat content.
6 day
- A snack after full-time rest consists of lazy dumplings with cottage cheese and bran and green tea as a drink.
- For the second breakfast - plum jelly.
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For lunch: millet soup with vegetables (carrots, potatoes, onions), steamed turkey cutlets with vegetable stew (tomatoes, zucchini, bell peppers, eggplants), dried fruit compote.
- For dinner: vegetable salad (radish, celery, cucumber, flaxseed, sunflower oil), buckwheat with fish in a pot, berry juice.
- Before bed: low-fat cottage cheese with sour cream and raisins dressing.
Day 7
- Muesli with berries, bran bread with cheese, a glass of cocoa without sugar.
- For lunch, you can eat grapefruit and a handful of hazelnuts.
- For lunch: celery soup, vegetable salad (vinaigrette without pickled cucumber), steamed chicken fillet with rice, dried fruit compote.
- For dinner: potatoes with grenadier and tomatoes in the oven with cheese, cottage cheese with cinnamon, cranberry juice.
- Before going to bed - a glass of fermented baked milk.
A correctly composed menu is a guarantee that a person suffering from osteochondrosis will not gain extra pounds and will not aggravate the course of the disease.
There are many diets, but when choosing any of them, it is important to focus on four basic rules:
- Eat fractionally, at least five times a day.
- End the day with a low-fat milk drink.
- Minimally process food before consumption.
- Try not to exceed the norm of 2500 kcal per day (sometimes 500 kcal less is required, and sometimes more, depending on the person's lifestyle).
The author of the article: Kuzmina Vera Valerievna | Endocrinologist, nutritionist
Education: Diploma of the Russian State Medical University named after NI Pirogov with a degree in General Medicine (2004). Residency at Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, diploma in Endocrinology (2006).
