Recipes and Diet for people with Appendicitis (or prevent it)

Published: 08/14/2010 - Updated: 08/13/2019

Appendicitis is the inflammation of the appendix, a small segment of finger-shaped that highlights in the intestine near the point where it joins the small intestine. The causes of this condition may be many, however, as in any condition, diet is essential both to prevent and to all those who have undergone surgery of the appendix.

Recommended Diet

Foods not recommended are animal fats, eliminate meats, dairy and animal products (cheese, yogurt, processed, and so on. Only try homemade yogurt or kefir) and refined sugar products (sodas, bread, cakes, candy, etc.) which are the main causes for accumulation of toxins and harmful fats in the intestines and stomach and intestinal problems there.

Vegetable stock

Ingredients

  • 188 grams of potatoes
  • 116 grams of carrots
  • 145 grams of beans
  • 58 g of celery
  • 58 grams of garlic leeks
  • 58 grams of cabbage
  • 70 grams of Swiss Chard
  • 58 g of onion
  • 116 grams of natural Tomato
  • Vegetable broth
  • 15 grams of salt

Preparation

  1. Sauté in suitable container with butter, chopped vegetables, and add the broth.
  2. Simmer 25 minutes, season with sea salt.

Brown rice with vegetables

Ingredients

  • 300 gr. of brown rice
  • 1 onion
  • 150 gr. of green beans
  • 1 green pepper
  • 1 carrot
  • 8 broccoli florets
  • 8 cauliflower florets
  • 1 tomato
  • 100 gr. of peas
  • 100 gr. of beans
  • 1 l. of vegetable stock
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Salt

Preparation

  1. Cook the rice at high heat. Ideally, put the pan on a diffuser, and is more even cooking.
  2. When it boils, lower the heat, at minimum. It actually requires rest 5 minutes covered with a clean dish towel.
  3. Add remaining ingredients and mix.

Fresh apple and pear sweet

Ingredients

  • 2 kg of apples
  • 1 kg of pears
  • Rice molasses to taste
  • 1 cup of water
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 orange

Preparation

  1. Peel and take the heart of apples and pears, cut into quarters and put them in a pan with the bottom covered with water and lemon juice. Boil until fruit softens.
  2. Retire from the fire, pass through the food mill. Place the puree back into the fire, very slowly, and add the sugar, always stirring to avoid sticking.
  3. When boiling again, the end of cooking and let cool in a dish or rectangular mold. Cover the surface with a 'film' transparent dipped in sweet anise and refrigerate.

Chicken Soup

Ingredients

  • 1 chicken of 2 pounds
  • 6 cups of water
  • ½ teaspoon of salt
  • 1 small onion
  • ½ teaspoon of cumin
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 6tomatoes
  • 3 small potatoes, peeled and chopped
  • 2 or 3 spoons of angel hair pasta (noodles)

Preparation

  1. Cut the chicken into quarters; boil all ingredients except noodles and potatoes. Once chicken is tender, remove and drain the soup through a strainer to remove spices, return the chicken broth and add potatoes and noodles, cook for about 15 minutes until potato is tender.
  2. Serve with lemon and avocado.

Steamed Vegetable Salad

Ingredients

  • 50g of sprouts
  • 50g of carrots
  • Zucchini 80g
  • 1 cup of steamed chayote
  • 125g of natural low-fat homemade yogurt
  • A piece of steamed beets
  • Olive oil 5g
  • 30g of whole bread

Preparation

  1. Cook vegetables by steaming and stir in the sprouts.
  2. Mix all ingredients and add the yogurt sauce. Serve with bread.

About the author
  • Dra. Loredana Lunadei

    Dr. Loredana Lunadei is a specialist in food, dietetics and nutrition. She studied at the University of Milan where she obtained a Master in Food Science and Technology. Subsequently, she continued her studies, completing her PhD also at the University of Milan. Linkedin.

3 Replies to “Recipes and Diet for people with Appendicitis (or prevent it)”
  • Jeremy says:

    Delicious and awesome, I love when you publish recipes, and I love trying them, well they are not always perfect but I do my best while doing them. Anyway, I had this surgery but a long time ago so I don?t know if they still work for me, however they seem healthy and surely I?ll include them in my diet next week, especially the last one, which is really easy to prepare

  • jack says:

    if you get this illness, you need to go to the hospital as soon as possible, you cannot stop to eat while you are having appendicitis, that’s too weird….

  • Stacy says:

    I have never had appendicitis and I am super glad about that. I would really like to prevent any sort of serious medical condition like that, and it’s great to use food to heal oneself!! Thanks for the wonderful recipes, they look awesome! I’ll definitely be using that recipe to make my own vegetable stock.