Diet "Table number 5" for children

In connection with malnutrition, the number of liver and biliary tract diseases in children has noticeably increased recently. Liver damage can be caused not only by diet errors, but also by infectious diseases.

For what diseases of the gastrointestinal tract is the diet indicated?

Diet number 5 is prescribed only by a doctor. It is indicated for the following diseases of the digestive system:

Liver disease. Cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis of various origins (viral, toxic, infectious).
Diseases of the biliary tract and gallbladder. These are cholecystitis, gallstone disease, cholangitis, postoperative syndrome after removal of the gallbladder. Giardia, protozoa and other pathogens are very often the cause of biliary tract damage.
Diseases of the stomach. Chronic gastritis and gastroenteritis.
Diseases of the pancreas. Chronic and acute pancreatitis, pancreatoduodenitis.

What foods can you eat?

If the doctor has recommended your child to follow diet number 5, it is better, when drawing up a menu for a week, to select foods that are allowed with such a therapeutic diet. All products can be conditionally divided into permitted and prohibited.

Allowed products include:

Dried wheat crackers, yesterday's pastries. You can have some flour products from rye and flour of the first or second grade.
Pies with various fillings. You can add apples, cottage cheese, minced meat or fish to dishes. Such pies should not be fried, but baked in the oven.
Oven-baked or double-boiled fish. Children under three years old should eat white fish varieties (hake, pollock, cod). For older children, you can include red fish in the menu. It is advisable to choose not entirely fatty varieties. For babies, salmon or fatty salmon are poorly suited. Trout, as well as pink salmon, chum salmon will be an excellent substitute.
Poultry, turkey, beef. Low-fat pork. Remove fat and lard before cooking.
Soups cooked in vegetable or cereal broth. You can cook milk soup, but be sure to dilute the milk with water.
Omelettes, steamed or baked in the oven without a fried crust... You can boil hard boiled eggs. Eggs should be included in the menu with diet number 5 no more than 1-2 times a week.
Cabbagewhich should be well extinguished.
Special baby vegetable and fruit puree in jars. It is especially suitable for babies from 6 months after the introduction of the first complementary foods.
Fermented milk curds, yogurt or kefirenriched with beneficial bifidobacteria and lactobacilli. Give preference to low-fat foods.
All sweet fruits and berries.
All vegetables (except prohibited ones). With great care - tomatoes.
Unsweetened and low-fat crackers and biscuits. Sweets should be chosen without chocolate coating. You can eat honey and various dried fruits.
Cereals. Give preference to rice, oatmeal, or buckwheat.
Fruit drinks and compotes, prepared on the basis of dried fruits and berries. You can cook fruit drinks from frozen berries. When properly frozen, they do not lose their beneficial properties and vitamins. Still mineral water. Various berry jelly. The tea should be weak. Cocoa in milk.

After numerous observations of children with various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, scientists have compiled tables of possible food combinations.

By excluding prohibited food, you can achieve a stable remission of the disease.

If your child has loose stools, give preference to foods that fix them. Be sure to include rice porridge and meat products in your diet. For constipation, increase the amount of vegetables and fruits. The beneficial fiber they contain will have a positive stimulating effect on intestinal motor function.

What is better to exclude?

Fresh baked goods and pastries. All baked goods should be left until tomorrow and there are only yesterday's pastries. Puff pastry dishes are prohibited.

Salted and oily fish.

All industrially prepared meat products: cold meats, sausages and wieners, pates of duck and pork offal. Smoked and salted pork lard.

Soups cooked in fatty meat or fish broths. During the cooking process, a huge amount of extractives is released into the broth, which can exacerbate gastritis or pancreatitis in a child.

Scrambled eggs or eggs cooked hard boiled.

All pickles and canned food.

Sour cream, cheese, as well as all high-fat dairy products.

Sour berries and fruits.

Spicy vegetables: sorrel, green and onions, garlic, and radishes.

Cereal porridge: from corn, millet and pearl barley.

Packaged sweet juices, strong coffee.

Sample menu for the day

When making a menu for the day, try to include as many different foods as possible in your child's diet. This way he will receive more nutrients and vitamins necessary for his growth and development.

Sample menu for the day:

Breakfast. Rice casserole with dried fruits and candied fruits. Garnish with strawberry yogurt if desired. Unsweetened weak tea.
A banana is good for a snack. For older children, add some walnuts.
For lunch - cream soup with cauliflower and minced turkey meatballs. For the second - vegetable pilaf. Dried fruits compote.
Afternoon snack... Cottage cheese with pear and almond petals. Lingonberry fruit drink.
For dinner stew the pink salmon in a vegetable sauce. Boiled crumbly rice can be served as a side dish. Supplement the dish with vegetable salad seasoned with vegetable oil. For dessert - peeled oatmeal crackers with raisins. Unsweetened tea.

When considering a diet, be guided by your child's taste preferences.

If your baby loves cereals and vegetables more, cook casseroles or cereals. Be sure to include lean meats in your diet. They are needed for the growth and development of the child.

Delicious recipes for kids menu

The children's menu for diet number 5 is very varied. You can combine all the products from the allowed list, getting new and interesting recipes. Such nutrition will help maintain the health of the entire family and prevent possible exacerbations of chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

Lazy dumplings with berry sauce

Take 500 g of 5% cottage cheese. Rub it thoroughly through a sieve. This will make the dish more airy and tender. Add one egg, some salt and a tablespoon of sugar. Add flour until a thick enough dough forms. Stir it thoroughly. Let the dough stand a little and swell.
At this time, place a pot of salted water on the stove. Bring to a boil. Cut the dough into long strips (about two centimeters thick). Cut into cubes. Dip the dough pieces into boiling water. Cook from the moment they rise to the surface for 12-15 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and place on a plate. Excess water should drain off.
Making berry sauce is easy enough. To do this, take any berries. They can be fresh or frozen. It all depends on the season. Boil the berries with a little water (until syrup is formed). Add 2 tablespoons of sugar to about 400-500 g of berries. Mix 1 tablespoon of potato starch with cold water. Stir well to avoid lumps.
When the berries are boiled with sugar for 10 minutes, pour in the starch in a thin stream. Heat, but do not bring to a boil. When the first bubbles appear, remove from the stove. The sauce is ready!
Cool the berry sauce and serve with the dumplings. Garnish with a banana or fresh berries. Rest assured that your little one will love this dish and will certainly ask for more.

This simple and simple recipe will help mothers feed babies with cottage cheese, who categorically refuse any fermented milk products.

Fish casserole with vegetables

Take 500 g of any white fish fillet. Make sure all bones are pulled out. Scroll the fillets in a meat grinder through a fine wire rack. Mix with egg, add a little salt. Soak a couple of slices of wheat bread or rusks. Squeeze the soaked bread and add to the minced meat. Mix thoroughly.
Prepare a baking dish. Spread the edges of the mold with a small amount of butter or vegetable oil. Grate 400 g of potatoes on a coarse grater. Boil separately (not until fully cooked) 300 g broccoli or cauliflower. Cool and chop finely with a knife into fairly small pieces.
Put half of the grated potatoes in the first layer in a greased form, then half of the minced fish, then a layer of broccoli. Alternate layers until you run out of food.
To pour, mix together a couple of eggs, a glass of milk and a little salt. Stir with a whisk. Pour over the casserole. Sprinkle with a little crushed breadcrumbs on top.
Bake the dish in an oven preheated to 200 degrees (30-35 minutes).
Cool it down. Serve with fresh cucumber and dill salad.

Diet No. 5 is an excellent tool for the prevention of exacerbations of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

All nutrients necessary for the growth and development of a child's body are supplied in sufficient quantities with such a diet. If this regimen is followed, the child's digestive problems will recede into the background.