Can hepatitis patients eat meat, and how to eat meat? In folklore, there was a rumor that “hepatitis patients can not eat meat”. In the outpatient clinic once encountered a chronic liver disease patients, middle-aged men, chronic hepatitis B history of many years, come to the clinic when the body is thin, yellowish, but the liver function results show that aminotransferases are basically normal, only the albumin level is relatively low, the comprehensive ultrasound examination of the abdomen did not find cirrhosis of the liver. Generally speaking, only cirrhosis stage or very serious liver injury will appear low protein, this patient is not very serious, how can low protein? After careful questioning, we learned that the patient never ate meat because he heard the old man say, “Hepatitis should avoid greasy diet, can not eat meat,” and he was basically a vegetarian on weekdays. Therefore, insufficient protein intake leads to malnutrition and low serum albumin. Later, I met some similar patients, and realized that the people have misunderstandings about the problem of eating meat in patients with liver disease. 1, hepatitis patients under what circumstances can not eat meat: acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis acute activity is often accompanied by obvious digestive symptoms, the doctor will recommend a light diet, because this stage of the patient’s digestive function is reduced, eating a greasy diet is not only no benefit, but also aggravate nausea, vomiting symptoms. Therefore, it is correct not to eat greasy food and less meat at this stage. The folk saying that “hepatitis can’t eat meat” may also come from this. However, for patients with chronic hepatitis, during the period of stabilization of liver function, or although there is a mild abnormality of liver function, but there is no obvious gastrointestinal symptoms, it is possible to eat a normal diet, you can eat meat. If you don’t eat meat for a long time, on the contrary, it may lead to protein deficiency and malnutrition, which is not conducive to the recovery of liver disease. 2.What kind of meat should chronic hepatitis patients eat? Patients with chronic hepatitis can eat meat, but not all meat is suitable. Patients with chronic liver disease should limit the intake of “fat meat”, that is, fat. The reason is that hepatitis patients have poor metabolism of lipids, and excessive fat intake will easily aggravate the burden on the liver and lead to the formation of fatty liver. Therefore, patients with liver disease are more suitable to consume meat with lower fat content. Meat can be divided into three categories according to its color: First, bright red or dark red color: such as pork, beef, lamb, etc., also commonly known as red meat. The second is tender white meat: for example, chicken, duck, goose, rabbit and fish, etc., commonly known as white meat. The third is almost colorless: mainly aquatic shellfish: clam meat, oyster, crab meat, etc., known as colorless meat. White meat and colorless meat are more suitable from the point of view of providing low-fat and high-quality protein because of their lower fat content. …… 3. Which meat is suitable for you? It is often easy for the general public to misinterpret scientific knowledge, such as what is good to eat, and think that it is absolute, but in fact it is not. Should eat does not mean that must be suitable for you to eat, such as taste, personal digestive ability, habits from childhood and many other factors will affect the protein digestion and absorption. So each person should also choose a delicious and healthy meat according to their own situation. Just use the above suggestions as a reference when choosing.