What should patients with fatty liver eat?

People with bad living habits, eating and drinking indiscriminately, and irregular meals are particularly prone to fatty liver, so living habits must be good, especially for people who like to drink. People usually suffer from fatty liver and should drink less alcohol. In addition, fatty liver patients are mostly obese people. Also control your weight. So, in order to prevent fatty liver, how can we eat healthily? Let’s study it together today.

Patients with liver disease should follow personalized dietary principles according to the severity of their condition. For example, patients with cirrhosis should eat soft, cool and easily digestible foods, such as steamed buns, noodles, egg soup, ham, etc., and avoid eating hard and overheated foods to prevent getting angry and constipation. They should also avoid eating fried foods, hard foods (such as pancakes, radishes, etc.) and thorny foods (such as carp, crucian carp, grass carp, etc. which have many thorns), because thorny foods are likely to scratch the patient's varicose gastric fundus and esophageal veins, causing gastrointestinal bleeding. Patients with cirrhosis should avoid consuming large amounts of high-protein foods in a short period of time to prevent a sharp increase in blood ammonia concentration and the resulting hepatic coma. In addition to paying attention to the above matters, patients who have already developed esophageal or gastric varices should avoid eating raw, crude fiber, fried, spicy and other irritating foods that are difficult to digest, and should not eat too quickly or too fast. Keep bowel movements smooth and avoid exerting too much force to prevent varicose vein rupture and bleeding. Patients with advanced liver cirrhosis should also pay attention to controlling their high-protein diet to prevent hepatic encephalopathy.

(1) Diverse diet: Since patients with cirrhosis have poor appetite and digestive ability, their diet should be as diverse as possible and should be fresh and delicious to stimulate appetite and improve digestion.

(2) Eating high-protein foods When choosing food, you should first try to eat a certain amount of high-protein foods containing essential amino acids, such as fish, lean meat, eggs and milk, to meet your recovery needs.

(3) Ensure sufficient carbohydrates and vitamins.

(4) Appropriately limit the intake of animal fat because the digestion of fat depends on the secretion of bile by the liver, and the decomposition and utilization of fat after intake mainly takes place in the liver. Therefore, consuming too much fat not only increases the burden on the liver, but also causes fat infiltration of the liver because the fat that enters the liver cells cannot be broken down in time, thereby aggravating liver damage. It is recommended that the daily fat intake be controlled at around 4.0 to 5.0 g. Excessive restriction will affect appetite.

(5) Be cautious when eating certain foods. Spicy foods (including onions, garlic, etc.), raw foods, and vegetables high in plant fiber should also be eaten with caution, because irritating foods or foods with too much residue can cause varicose esophageal veins to rupture and bleed.

The occurrence of fatty liver is mainly caused by drinking and irregular eating habits. In addition, obese people should also strengthen their physical exercise and arrange their living habits reasonably. Eat more light food and have a regular meal schedule. If you find that you have fatty liver, you must go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination and receive treatment in time. I believe that with doctor's treatment and attention to one's own diet, fatty liver can be restored to normal.