Diet № 05a

Brief Description of the Diet №5a in the Belarusian Health Resorts

Diseases: : acute hepatitis and cholecystitis, chronic hepatitis, cholecystitis and cholelithiasis exacerbation, liver cirrhosis in compensation stage and other diseases according to the diet.
The aim: to spare to the limit affected organs, to provide with full value food according to the dysfunction of liver and bile-excreting tracts based on inflammatory and degenerative dystrophic proceses in hepatic cells and choleresis organs; to normalize liver and choleresis organs function and other organs taking part in pathologic process (stomach, duodenum, pancreas, bowels).
Description: this is physiologically full diet with moderate limitation of fat and kitchen salt, mechanical and chemical stimuli of mucous and receptor apparatus of gastrointestinal tract, excluding products and dishes which increase fermentation and putrefaction processes in bowels, cholepoiesis stimuli, stomach, pancreas secretion and liver stimuli substances (extract substances, organic acids, products rich in essential oil, organic acids, cholesterol, purine, fried dishes with incomplete fat splitting). The dishes are boiled or cooked on steam. Some baked dishes without a crust are allowed. The food should be grated.
Eating pattern: 5 - 6 times a day.
Chemical composition and food value: protein - 100 g (60 % animal), fat - 70-80 g (30 % vegetable), carbohydrates - 350-400 g, kilocalories - 2500-2800; kitchen salt - 8-10 g, free liquid - 1,5-2 l.