Diet in case of problems with the liver should help restore its functions, and also normalize the processes of biliary excretion and bile formation.
First of all, the food should be tasty and easily assimilated, after all, with an illness of the liver, the appetite suffers. The therapeutic diet for liver disease differs from the usual diet by the availability of easily digestible protein, minerals and vitamins, fiber on the one hand, and on the other hand by the restriction of fats, in particular animal origin and foods that increase the secretion of digestive juices. Such conditions correspond to the diet number 5 according to Pevzner. This diet with an enlarged liver is a five-time meal every 3-4 hours.
Diet with an increase in the liver resolves:
- honey, pastille, marmalade, jam;
- milk, and also dairy products;
- flour and cereals;
- boiled low-fat fish (perch, squirrel, pike-perch, navaga);
- vegetable soups, dairy, cereals;
- vegetables, fruits, vegetable dishes, sauerkraut.
Limitations:
- butter - not more than 50gr;
- eggs - no more than two per week;
- cheese in small quantities;
- sausage only doctoral, dining room, dietary;
- caviar is only salmon;
- tomatoes - no more than 2 pcs. in a day.
Completely prohibited:
- alcohol;
- all kinds of pickled and fried foods;
- brains, liver;
- tomato juice;
- nuts;
- beans, onions;
- spicy seasonings;
- ice cream;
- pork, lamb, goose meat.
Hepatomegaly of the liver and diet are two concomitant factors. It is impossible without a proper diet to fully restore the function and work of your body. During the examination, the treating doctor may have additional restrictions added that will be related to the specific features of the particular disease. The duration of such a diet will also be determined by your doctor. But some of the restrictions can remain for life.