Saturday, January 12, 2008

Patients with liver cirrhosis how reasonable diet?

(1) carbohydrate food : sufficient supply of sugar. Generally, carbohydrates in the diet accounted for 40%, sugar not only protect the liver, enhance the body's defenses and reduce protein decomposition. As patients impaired liver function, and too much sugar lead to body fat, even forming fatty liver, liver heavier burden. (2) protein food : patients with cirrhosis, protein should be added to the protein level and the lack of illness, patients can eat using oral, while serious indigestion, poor absorption, and we should consider the importation of amino acids, protein and plasma. Daily meals are efficient 60g protein to meet the needs, interchangeable food fish, lean meat, eggs, milk and bean products. When a tendency to liver damage, not more than 20g per day. (3) lipid food : cirrhosis, lipid metabolism be affected and lipid metabolism can cause liver damage, So obviously impaired liver function, the strict low-fat diet, to reduce the burden of the liver, to replenish protein and carbohydrates, to prevent fatty liver. (4) added vitamins and trace elements : cirrhosis due to a variety of factors could result in vitamins and trace elements and the lack of fresh vegetables, fruits rich in vitamins, minerals, trace elements, is the best food. To add vitamin B1, B2, C, E and K, such as trace elements such as zinc selenium, there vitamin deficiency symptoms should be taken orally or subcutaneously or muscle. (5) limit water and salt : edema or ascites patients must control the salt and water intake. (6) esophageal varices, fasting hard food, fried, crude fiber food, to prevent injury and bleeding esophageal mucosa.

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