The liver, the engine in your body, the food pantry, the refinery, the food processor and the waste disposal plant, is your guardian angel. But the annoying thing is that the liver is often silent, and when it has problems, it doesn’t complain a word until it causes major damage. Therefore, you need to keep it in a healthy state every day without having to give yourself hepatitis. It is often difficult to maintain a normal eating pattern during hepatitis treatment. Both the medications and the disease itself, can cause changes in appetite, food preferences and taste sensations in patients. Common GI symptoms common to patients with all different types of viral hepatitis include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, altered sense of smell, altered sense of taste, and loss of appetite. Loss of appetite In patients with hepatitis, loss of food or even nausea and vomiting is a common symptom. At this time, patients often do not think about eating. When liver function impairment reaches a certain level, weight loss occurs. Practical suggestions to address dietary problems are as follows: Some patients tend to have a good appetite in the morning. If this is the case, breakfast should be a more substantial intake and use healthy recipes. For example, you might schedule 1/3 of your daily protein requirement at this time, and consider using supplements instead at other times when you have a poor appetite. Changes in taste and smell People with hepatitis often eat a certain type of food and then don’t want to eat it anymore. This is especially true with protein foods such as red meat. But protein foods are very important to the body. It not only supplies energy, but also helps fight infections and get better healing results. If you have an aversion to red meat, try other protein foods such as chicken, fish, beans, dairy and eggs. The smell of cooking fumes or baked goods makes some people with hepatitis feel uncomfortable. You can try cold dishes, increase ventilation, use a microwave oven or use boiling to reduce the odor produced. When patients experience this while hospitalized, ask a nurse or family member to open the lid covering the food before bringing it into the room to allow the odor to dissipate. Nausea Nausea is an unpleasant sensation in the back of the throat and/or stomach, and can cause vomiting. Nausea sometimes causes even more pain to the patient than vomiting. Vomiting is the elimination of stomach contents from the mouth. This reflex process is controlled by the vomiting center of the brain. It can be caused by various stimuli, such as smell, taste, pain, movement, low blood flow, etc. A person does not want to eat when he/she feels nauseous. However, a person cannot go without food for a long time. Eating a small amount every 2 to 3 hours may be a good solution. In this state, a balanced recipe seems secondary to eating in. In times of nausea, try to avoid citrus juices (e.g. orange juice, grapefruit juice, pineapple juice, etc.) as they contain acids that can irritate the stomach. Instead, apple juice, grape juice, chicken soup, tea, and sports drinks can be consumed slowly. If you are troubled by early morning nausea, eat some cookies when you wake up in the morning. Also, wake up as slowly as possible. Avoid spicy, greasy and fried foods with strong flavors. After using the above methods, if your nausea problem is still not resolved, then it is time to consult your doctor. Feeling full soon When the liver is inflamed or enlarged, it can press on the stomach to produce a feeling of fullness. To solve this problem, you can eat less at each meal and drink liquid food after a break. Because drinks can take up space in the stomach, thus reducing the amount of food intake. The traditional 2 to 3 large meals can be replaced by 6 small meals per day. Although you will eat less each time, you will eat more often and the amount will still increase.