Cirrhosis Diet

Cirrhosis is a common liver disease in the human body. Suffering from cirrhosis is very harmful to physical health. It can also easily lead to abdominal pain, which is bad for the body and needs timely treatment. Cirrhosis also requires more attention to diet. You can eat more seafood or soy products. Soy products can effectively supplement the body's protein and promote liver cell regeneration.

What to eat for liver cirrhosis?

1. Choice of staple food: All kinds of staple food can be chosen. Try to choose coarse grains that preserve more B vitamins, such as whole wheat bread and noodles, soybeans and soybean products, red beans, etc.

2. Meat, a good choice, skinless poultry and lean meat, skinless chicken, duck, crucian carp, carp, black fish, yellow croaker, hairtail, lean pork, lean beef, lean lamb, etc., skim milk, skim cocoa milk, etc.

3. When choosing vegetables, you can choose green leafy vegetables rich in vitamin C and those with high cholesterol content, such as lettuce, lotus root, carrot, celery, cauliflower, etc.

What to eat for liver cirrhosis

1. Soy products

Soy products are high-protein, low-fat foods. Patients with cirrhosis should eat more soybeans and soy products. They not only contain rich protein, calcium, iron, phosphorus, vitamins B1, B2 and other nutrients, but also help promote the repair and regeneration of liver cells.

2. Seafood

It is rich in lecithin, which is beneficial to the liver; it contains high-quality protein and nutrients that regulate immunity and promote liver cell repair; it is rich in minerals and trace elements. Therefore, it is beneficial for patients with cirrhosis to choose fish, seafood, oysters, crabs, etc. in moderation and eat selectively.

3. Vegetables

(1) Spinach. Spinach is rich in chlorophyll, which can not only maintain the body's acid-base balance, but also prevent cancer, regulate liver and gallbladder function, and relieve physical and mental stress. It has a very important impact on the treatment of cirrhosis and the patient's own health care.

(2) Radish. Vitamin A is one of the important nutrients for nourishing and protecting the liver. It is also rich in vitamin A. It is recommended that patients consume it regularly. This can not only effectively improve their own vitamin levels, but also indirectly prevent the occurrence of liver cancer, thereby reducing the difficulty of treatment.

(3) Mushrooms. Hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer are the trilogy of liver diseases. If not treated in time, cancer will occur. Mushrooms contain a variety of nutrients such as protein, vitamins, fat, inorganic salts, etc., which can improve the body's immunity, enhance disease resistance, and also have the effect of preventing cancer, so patients with cirrhosis should eat more mushrooms appropriately.

(4) Winter melon. When cirrhosis develops to a certain extent, it may induce complications such as ascites, which will increase the difficulty of treatment. Therefore, in response to this situation, experts recommend that patients eat winter melon regularly, because it contains nutrients such as protein, multiple vitamins, carbohydrates, carotene, crude fiber, potassium, etc., especially a high content of potassium salt, which is very suitable for patients with cirrhosis or ascites.