Diet for patients with liver cirrhosis

  Cirrhosis is a common chronic progressive liver disease that seriously affects human health and life expectancy. In daily life, improper diet may aggravate the disease, and reasonable diet can play a positive role in the stabilization of the disease.  Reasonable use of protein. The liver is the site of protein synthesis, with 11 – 14 grams of albumin synthesized by the liver every day. When cirrhosis occurs, the liver is not able to synthesize protein very well. Patients with compensated cirrhosis should have a high-protein diet, and protein can be provided more often by fish, lean meat, eggs, cow’s milk, soy products and other protein foods containing high biological potency; patients with decompensated cirrhosis should have a diet that is easy to digest and rich in nutrients, and limit protein intake to prevent the occurrence of hepatic encephalopathy.  1, to have enough calories.  Adequate heat can reduce the consumption of protein, reduce the burden on the liver and facilitate the synthesis of tissue protein. Patients with cirrhosis should consume high-calorie, vitamin-rich and easily digestible food.  2. Eat less and more meals.  Patients with cirrhosis have reduced digestive capacity and should not eat too much each time to avoid increasing the burden on the liver. To eat less and more meals, especially in the presence of ascites, pay more attention to reduce the amount of food, so as not to increase the feeling of fullness and discomfort.  3, prohibit the consumption of alcohol.  Alcohol in the body is mainly metabolized through the liver and excreted. Drinking alcohol will increase the burden on the already declining liver. Therefore, it should be absolutely prohibited to drink all drinks containing alcohol.  In short, cirrhosis diet has a more important relationship with the changes in the disease, reasonable nutrition can promote the recovery of liver cells and shorten the disease, patients need to follow the medical advice and under the supervision of family members to adjust a reasonable diet, with drugs and other comprehensive treatment to stabilize the disease, avoid unreasonable diet, in order to reduce the burden on the liver and promote the recovery of liver function; avoid aggravating the disease.