Can I drink milk if I have chronic gastritis?

The stomach is a relatively important part of our body. Many people have bad eating habits in life, such as overeating, liking to eat irritating food, irregular work and rest time, etc., which will cause certain damage to the stomach. Therefore, more and more people are suffering from stomach problems, among which chronic gastritis is a relatively common condition. When suffering from chronic gastritis, you must pay more attention to conditioning so that the stomach can recover as soon as possible.

Drinking milk may not necessarily be good for your stomach!

Milk can be divided into whole milk and skim milk. Whether milk is good for the stomach depends on what kind of milk it is. Among them, whole milk contains a proper proportion of fat, which can inhibit the secretion of gastric acid. For people who always have acid reflux in their stomach, drinking a little bit is indeed beneficial. However, the fat content of skimmed milk is greatly reduced, even less than one-seventh of that of ordinary milk. Therefore, it not only cannot nourish the stomach, but also easily stimulates the secretion of gastric acid. Therefore, drinking milk to nourish the stomach is not a universal truth, and we should treat it scientifically. Patients with the following three types of stomach diseases should be especially careful.

Three types of stomach problems should not drink milk to nourish the stomach

1 Superficial gastritis

In superficial gastritis, gastric acid is often normal or excessive. Such patients can drink a small amount of milk, or mix milk with rice soup and drink it.

2 Reflux gastritis

Drinking milk when the pain occurs will stimulate the gallbladder to secrete a large amount of bile. The reflux bile not only has an erosive effect on the gastric mucosa, but also stimulates the G cells in the gastric antrum to release gastrin, which increases gastric acid secretion and aggravates the condition. Therefore, it is not suitable to drink milk during the onset of reflux gastritis, and you can drink a small amount of milk during the stable period of the disease, but it is still not suitable to drink a large amount.

3. Gastric ulcer

Patients with gastric ulcers are not suitable to drink large amounts of milk, otherwise it will stimulate excessive secretion of gastric acid and cause pain. Although many people believe that milk and a light diet are beneficial for the treatment of peptic ulcers. However, studies have shown that milk's effect in stimulating gastric acid secretion is stronger than its ability to neutralize gastric acid itself, which means that you cannot rely on drinking milk to treat gastric ulcers. When the patient's condition is stable, he or she can drink a small amount of low-fat milk, which is best mixed with porridge, rice soup, etc.