Diet in liver disease

What to eat the diseased liver?

A proper diet is one of the most important elements of treatment of liver diseases.

Remember! Most liver diseases can be prevented by eating properly.

The best for the liver will be a light diet with limited fats.

The liver patient should eat 4-5 small meals a day at constant times and dinner 2-3 hours before bedtime.

It is worth adding a vegetable or fruit to every dish. The most valuable vegetables are: broccoli, corn, soya, cabbage, lettuce. They contain vitamins B1, B2, B6 and PP, which play an important role in metabolic processes.

Fibre is also found in vegetables, which makes it easier to digest food and remove excess fat that puts a strain on the liver.

It is also good to add spices and herbs that help digestion: marjoram, thyme, mint, oregano, caraway and juniper. They stimulate the secretion of digestive juices, have a diastolic effect on the bile ducts, and regulate bile flow to duodenum.

Remember! We remove spices that irritate the liver: pepper, curry, hot paprika, vinegar and mustard from the diet.

Avoid drinking alcohol, even low percentage.

Products recommended for patients with liver disease

Lean fish (cod, bream, brood, trout, flatfish, sole, sole, pike, pikeperch), veal, beef, chicken breast and turkey without skin, lean loin and sausage.

Dairy products: sweet and curdled milk (0 and 0,5 % fat), kephir, yoghurt, lean curd, homogenised cheese, egg white.

Small groats (barley, manna), rice and small pasta. Barley groats, barley groats.

Light-wheat bread, rusks, graham bread in limited quantities, yeast cake on egg white.

Products prohibited in the case of liver disease

Cakes and cakes with cream and whipped cream, parcels, packs, favours, french, sand and crisp, sponge cakes and yeast on whole eggs.

Dairy products: milk with fatty and semi-fat milk and fatty quark, yellow, melted, mouldy, fromage, egg yolk.

Sweeties: all that contain fat, cocoa and nuts, chocolate and chocolate (also for drinking).

Wholemeal rye bread, wheat bread, french croissants, wholemeal pasta, brown rice, buckwheat groats and browbread.

Example of a diet diet for patients with liver

Breakfast: wheat bun with butter, 2 slices of poultrymeat, orange.

II Breakfast: half ankle of lean curd cheese with 4 tablespoons of natural yoghurt and peeled tomato.

Lunch: tomato soup on vegetable broth chicken breast baked in foil, 2 boiled potatoes, 2 tablespoons of cooked asparagus beans, strawberry compote.

Dinner: lazy noodles, carrot and apple.

Chicken lettuce for persons with liver disease

Ingredients: medium sized chicken breast grilled or fried in a fat-free pan | 10 dag of mixed lettuce: ice-cream, roux, lamb's lettuce, roman, | 5 cocktail tomatoes

Sauce: 7 tablespoons of olive oil | 3 tablespoons of lemon juice | salt and pepper

Preparation method:

Put the salads into the salad. Prepare the sauce: olive oil is seasoned with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Mix.

Pour over the lettuce with sauce and mix. Place the chicken fillet, sliced and sliced, and tomatoes on top.

Tasty :)

Hepatitis - the most common liver disease

The most common liver condition is inflammation. There are several types of infectious hepatitis, which can be caused by any virus, fungus or bacteria. The most common viral hepatitis is caused by viruses A, B and C. They all produce acute symptoms, but only type A promises a permanent cure. 

Hepatitis A can be contracted by drinking contaminated water or eating virus-infected food. Hepatitis B is contracted through contact with infected blood. Therefore, it is most common in drug addicts, those using shared syringes and healthcare workers in contact with infected patients. Hepatitis C is almost always associated with blood transfusion.

Most often, infection with virus A is asymptomatic. We stay in a place with poor hygiene, eat unwashed food (e.g. fruit and vegetables), and after a few weeks we notice a lack of appetite and a sub-febrile state. The following week, we notice dark-coloured urine (the colour of beer), we have muscle pains, and the whites of our eyes and skin turn yellow. 

The doctor called in diagnoses jaundice and it turns out that we have viral hepatitis. Feeling unwell, fever, muscle aches, poor appetite, jaundice and fatigue are very characteristic of all types of viral hepatitis (A, B and C). However, they differ in the length of the incubation period.

Symptoms of hepatitis A appear 3-6 weeks after infection. The incubation period for infectious hepatitis B and C lasts 3 - 6 months, and there is a risk of subsequent complications. Hepatitis A is rarely the cause of death or long-term complications. Most patients return to normal within a few weeks. 

A large number of patients with hepatitis B and C also recover fully. However, in a certain group of patients, the inflammation takes a very severe, prolonged course. In this case, the acute inflammation of the disease develops into a chronic process, destroying liver cells, which can lead to liver dysfunction and even death.

In addition to viruses and other infectious microorganisms, hepatitis can be caused by alcohol, the neoplastic process (cancer) and numerous toxins.

Alcohol vs liver

Very often, liver disease and inflammation are associated with alcohol abuse. Alcohol addiction at any stage of the disease is associated with nutritional deficiencies. This is because alcohol is a high-calorie product, but it provides no minerals and, in addition, damages liver cells. 

This means that alcohol abusers can have 'liver problems' even when they are eating well. The first symptoms of the harmful effects of alcohol are the accumulation of fat in the liver (fatty liver). This does not cause any symptoms and can reverse itself if alcohol consumption is stopped.

Continued drinking unfortunately leads to prolonged inflammation, 'scarring' and, ultimately, cirrhosis of the liver. In 20 per cent of drinkers it is fatal. Progressive cirrhosis is incurable, but cessation of drinking alcohol prevents the appearance of further scarring foci. 

Thus, it is never too late to discontinue alcohol in these patients. It has now been proven that none of these types of acute viral hepatitis require a special diet. As patients have a poor appetite, they should eat whatever they want, as they need a large number of calories.