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Can Dietary Changes Make A Difference With Cirrhosis?

The answer to that question is very simple; yes! Dietary changes will always make a difference in your life and overall health. There are many different things you can do to avoid cirrhosis as well as avoid symptoms from becoming worse.

Keep in mind that a liver transplant costs $400,000. Do you have that kind of money? Cirrhosis scars your liver and can be potentially fatal if the damage is so extensive that a liver transplant is necessary.

It’s important to do what you can do in order to prevent cirrhosis or avoid it becoming worse, which means starting with your daily habits

For starters, limit your iron intake. The hepatitis viruses thrive on excessive amounts of liver and too much liver may impair many different aspects of your immune function. Limiting your iron intake will help to weaken hepatitis. Often times, patients who have been diagnosed with hepatitis C are recommended to limit intake of iron-enriched cereals, food cooked in iron pots, multivitamins containing iron, molasses and liver as part of their daily dietary intake.

Also, be aware that Vitamin C increases your iron intake, so supplements of Vitamin C or foods rich in Vitamin C should be avoided as much as possible.

Choline is an amino acid which is found in many different supplements. Alcoholism can cause a choline deficiency, which in turn may promote liver damage. Choline increases the activity of the enzyme hepatic collagenase, which breaks down collagen and prevents cirrhosis.

Another thing you can do is to reduce your fat intake. Studies show that patients who had been diagnosed with hepatitis C who drank alcohol and reduced their fat intake were less likely to progress to cirrhosis than patients who ate a diet high in fat.

Avoid limiting too much fat intake as you need some fat in your diet in order to eat a healthy well balanced diet and to stay healthy.

Vitamin E can helps to maintain levels of glutathione in people who have hepatitis as well as other liver problems. Glutathione is an antioxidant, which can be found in the liver and is your body’s main protector against the oxidizing compounds which lead to cirrhosis. Vitamin E does help to protect the liver, but not all antioxidants are equally as helpful in liver-related issues. A buildup of Vitamin A, for example, can be toxic to the liver.

Eat plenty of cabbage and other cruciferous vegetables. Brussel sprouts also stimulate the liver’s phase II enzymes. This is important to detoxify your system. Other cruciferous vegetables include broccoli, cauliflower, kale, mustard greens, radish and bok choy.