Therapeutic diet number 4 is prescribed for gastroenterocolitis, colitis - acute and chronic in the acute stage, dysentery in the acute period, as well as for conditions after operations on the intestines.

 

The purpose of table number 4 is to maximize the sparing of the intestine - both mechanical and chemical, to minimize peristalsis and fermentation processes. Significantly reduce the consumption of fats and carbohydrates, proteins are given within the lower limits of physiological needs. Energy value - about 2000 kcal per day.

 

Compound:

• proteins - 80 grams;
• fats - 70 grams;
• carbohydrates - 50 grams.

 

Diet number 4 is prescribed for 5-7 days. The lack of vitamins in food products is compensated by parenteral administration of vitamins.

 

Foods excluded in diet number 4

• All flour and bakery products except for unfried white bread crackers.
• Strong broths, fatty soups, first courses with cereals, pasta and vegetables.
• Meat products are fatty, fried, stewed in pieces, as well as sausages.
• Fatty and salted fish, caviar, canned foods.
• Whole milk, dairy products, fried and hard-boiled eggs, sauces, spices.
• Milk porridge, pearl barley, barley and millet products, legumes, fresh vegetables.
• Fresh berries and fruits, dried fruits, confectionery, jam, honey.
• Coffee with milk, cocoa with milk, carbonated drinks.

 

Recommended foods for diet number 4

• Crackers from white bread flour of the highest grade, no more than 200 grams per day.
• First courses on weak broths, vegetable broths, slimy soups from semolina and rice cereals, with the addition of mashed meat, steamed meatballs.
• Low-fat meat without tendons and fascia - veal, beef, rabbit meat, turkey, chicken - low-fat, steamed meat soufflés.
• Steamed lean fish dishes.
• Fresh cottage cheese in a pureed form - calcined or unleavened.
• Soft-boiled eggs no more than 2 per day, or in the form of steam omelettes in the first or second courses.
• Porridges from pureed cereals in water or weak broth - rice, buckwheat, oatmeal.
• Kissels and jelly from bird cherry, blueberry, blackcurrant, dogwood.
• A decoction of wild rose, bird cherry, black currant, blueberry, quince. Coffee on the water with a little sugar, black and green tea, cocoa on the water.

 

If diet No. 4 is followed, food is taken 5-6 times a day, liquid should be consumed in the amount of 1.5 liters per day.