How to Eat for Hepatitis B Patients

As the saying goes, “Sickness comes and goes.” It may take a moment for a person to suffer from a disease, but it may take a long time to cure a disease, or even a lifetime to live with it. There is also a proverb that says “three parts cure, seven parts recuperation”, the cure of any chronic disease is not only the efficacy of medication, but also recuperation and recuperation. Hepatitis B patients are the same. Hepatitis B patients in life, need to pay attention to some of these dietary issues: 1, absolute prohibition of alcohol Some people say that hepatitis B patients should ban alcohol, white wine can not drink, beer, red wine contains less alcohol, you can drink. In fact, this is a misunderstanding. Hepatitis B patients need to ban alcohol, including white wine, including beer, red wine and other alcoholic beverages. In addition, also avoid eating smoked food and butter mold contaminated peanuts, corn and other foods, as well as added preservatives canned and pickled foods, strong tea, coffee should also drink less or do not drink. Hepatitis B cirrhosis and in the decompensated period of patients, due to esophagogastric fundus varices, so you should avoid eating rough, fibrous, fried, hard, sharp food, such as eating fish to prevent thorns, eat ribs to prevent the fine bone residue; have had blood in stools, vomiting blood phenomenon of the patients forbidden to eat chili, mustard, pepper and other stimulating condiments, but also can not and with the gas drink. 2, eat “three high and one low” diet “three high” refers to: high protein, high calorie, high vitamin; “one low” refers to low fat, moderate supply, should also be added to the less residue, fine and soft food. The food should be low in fat, moderate supply, and should be added with less residue, fine and soft food. Adequate protein protects liver cells and promotes liver cell repair and regeneration. You should eat 1.5-2 grams of protein per kilogram of your body weight every day, and the total amount of protein you eat every day should be 100-150 grams. However, there are exceptions, when patients with liver failure or signs of hepatic encephalopathy, there will often be elevated blood ammonia, depending on the severity of the disease should be strictly control the intake of protein, as for how much protein intake at this time is more appropriate to listen to the doctor’s instructions, do not increase the amount of protein intake without authorization. Jaundice suddenly deepened, mental, personality and behavioral abnormalities, should also be limited or forbidden to eat protein, in order to prevent the induction of hepatic coma. Carbohydrates should be eaten 350-500 grams per day, 4 meals per day (in small amounts), and appropriate consumption of fresh fruit juices, powdered lotus root, pure honey, jam, and Yuanzhen sugar to protect the function and detoxification ability of liver cells. However, excessive sweets and candies should not be consumed. Fat intake to 35 grams per day is appropriate, not more than 58 grams per day. 3, choose diversified, high nutritional value of fresh food Protein food has advantages and disadvantages, the better protein foods are milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, followed by peeling, fat and oil chicken, goose, duck, pigeon meat, beef, lamb, pork, rabbit meat is good for lean meat, and should not eat animal offal. Vegetable protein is the best choice of soybean products, as well as mushrooms, algae food. Vegetables should be selected to use green vegetables as the main color without pesticide pollution of fresh seasonal vegetables. Fruits should be peeled and eaten fresh. After each meal, you can chew a little cashews, pistachios, melon seeds and other nuts, not only helps digestion, but also supplement vitamin E and trace elements. 4, cooking food should not be too salty, soft and easy to digest food patients with compensated cirrhosis should not eat more than 8 grams of salt per day, once the combination of ascites appear swollen feet (loss of compensation), the diet should be less salt or no salt for the appropriate, there is ascites salt intake to 1.2 grams per day or soy sauce 6 ml or so appropriate. The amount of water intake should be limited to less than 1000 ml, and appropriate choice of foods with diuretic and expectorant effects, such as winter melon, loofah, red kidney beans and so on. With esophagogastric fundus varices, it is appropriate to use the method of boiling, stewing, steaming, braising, simmering, to ensure that the food is cooked and soft, easy to digest and absorb. 5, pay attention to supplement food rich in zinc, selenium intake of zinc daily not less than 15 mg to be able to significantly protect the liver cells, so you should eat more lean meat, fish, shrimp, shellfish. You can eat up to 2 egg yolks per day. Cirrhosis patients with anemia can use liver puree, jujube puree, soybean porridge, spinach porridge and other iron-rich diet, appropriate use of selenium-containing anti-cancer foods such as water chestnut, fish, asparagus, onions. 6, discretionary consumption of antifibrotic food and drugs under the guidance of physicians or dietitians, according to the specific circumstances, choose some food or drugs that have the effect of promoting qi and blood circulation, resolving phlegm and diuresis, softening and dispersing hard lumps, and supporting the positive and tonic effects, such as eel, soft-shelled turtle meat, Cordyceps Sinensis, Salvia miltiorrhiza, peach kernel, yujin, chaste tree seeds and astragalus, etc, and they may be used to match the diet every now and then.