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Is Fasting Good for People with Gastritis
Gastritis is a condition in which the stomach lining known as the mucosa is inflamed. When
the stomach lining is inflamed, it produces less acid, enzymes, and mucus. Initially the absence
of food means that the acid is not neutralized and this can irritate the stomach. Gastritis often
connecting with fasting. Fasting is a spiritual discipline. Simply put, it means not eating and not
drinking. Instead of using mealtime for food, you use it to spend time with your God. Fasting
may begin at sunrise and end at sunset. Fasting it mean not eating and not drinking, so how about
people who have gastritis? if they fasting too, it is good or bad for them? fasting are good for
people with gastritis for many reasons.
When you get gastritis your stomach wall becomes infected and inflamed of course this
causes pain. This happens because the gastritis complaints that arise due to eating irregularity,
consumption of snack foods, such as fatty foods, sour, and spicy all day, consumption of soft
drinks and coffee drinking, smoking and stress factors. Usually with fasting, gastritis pains will
reduced and feel healthier when fasting. Because during fasting, people with gastritis would
definitely eat more regularly. when you fasting you eat two time in the same time every day that
is break fasting and sahur, so their time to eat more regular.
Eating spicy foods and drinking soda can causes gastritis, but when they fasting, of course
possibility to consume soda and spice food tend to be small. Soda beverages have high caloric
value but does not contain enough nutrients. soda can stimulate the stomach for people with
gastritis, especially if taken on an empty stomach. If their consume spicy food, of course there
are chili or pepper contained on it. Spicy foods can stimulate and increase the excretion of excess
stomach acid. So that fasting can reduce risk of get gastritis.
Generally people who fasted will be more patient and control their stress. These are the
things that cause people with gastritis can good when their fasting and gastritis pains will be
reduced. Gastric acid will increase if a person experiencing stress, so if there are deep wounds, of

course, an increase in gastric acid will intensify the complaint. Stress causes the stomach acid
produced 100x more than when hungry. Stress also makes the immune system decrease and then
mess up the balance of metabolism.
In conclusion, fasting also good for people with gastritis. People with gastritis who was
fasting have regular mealtimes. besides that, fasting have many benefits for us, like reduced
calorie consumption increases your resistance to a number of diseases like cancer, obesity, and
etc. But don't forget people with chronic gastritis, if you want to fasting, is better with your
doctors approval.
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