Health diet

While preparing a diet plan for cirrhosis patients, some important points should be kept in mind for making recovery from disease fast and also for reversing architectural distortions of cirrhosis, which may take very long time and may not be able to reverse completely if not taken care of in a proper manner. Without observing the important points the diet plan of cirrhosis may not be complete.

The following points are important and should be kept in mind and followed strictly while preparing a diet plan for cirrhosis:

1. Diet of cirrhosis patient should be soft and easily digestible, as the liver is damaged in cirrhosis the metabolism of the food that a patient take may not be proper and easily digestible foods are helpful.
2. If the patient is very sick, he/she may require liquid diet, till the patient is fit enough to take solid food. The liquid diet may be taken 6 to 8 times a day or every few hours to maintain adequate nutrition. After patient recover from acute illness, he/she can be given soft and well cooked diet for easy digestion.
3. The patient should be encouraged to eat adequate amount of food which he/she can digest easily. The food served to the patient should attractive, appetizing, well cooked, and acceptable to the local customs and traditions and to the liking of the patient, so that patient is encouraged to eat. Likes and dislikes of the patient are important for encouragement, so patient takes adequate amount of food to maintain nutrition.
4. The salt intake should be restricted, both for cooking as well as for table use.
5. Large meals should be avoided and instead of large meals small and frequent meals should be taken. This will make digestion easy and faster.
6. Foods to be included in liberal amounts are sugar, honey, glucose, cereals, pulses, milk and milk products, eggs, fruits, and vegetables. Foods to avoid are fried and fatty foods, fats, oils, nuts and oilseeds, strongly flavored vegetables etc.
7. Complete avoidance of alcohol is must for speedy recovery and for proper reversal of architectural distortions of cirrhosis, at least for one year and if possible alcohol should be stopped for life. The avoidance of alcohol for life can reduce future problems to a great extent.

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