Dietary management of liver disease

Dietary management of liver disease.

This paper is only intended to present a brief outline of the benefits, or otherwise, of using a modified diet to treat the symptoms of those liver conditions most commonly met with in the clinical situation. Liver disease may have a nutritional origin, as in the fatty liver seen in kwashiorkor, when the diet has contained sufficient energy in the form of carbohydrate but is deficient in protei...

Dietary management of liver disease

This paper is only intended to present a brief outline of the benefits, or otherwise, of using a modified diet to treat the symptoms of those liver conditions most commonly met with in the clinical situation. Liver disease may have a nutritional origin, as in the fatty liver seen in kwashiorkor, when the diet has contained sufficient energy in the form of carbohydrate but is deficient in protei...

Dietary Composition Independent of Weight Loss in the Management of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Poor dietary composition is an important factor in the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The majority of NAFLD patients follow diets with overconsumption of simple carbohydrates, total and saturated fat, with reduced intake of dietary fiber and omega-3 rich foods. Although lifestyle modifications including weight loss and exercise remain the keystone of NAFLD management,...

Utility of Modeling End-Stage Liver Disease in Children with Chronic Liver Disease

Introduction: Chronic liver diseases consist of wide spectrum disorders that may be complicated by cirrhosis and therefore need to transplantation. The pediatric end-stage liver disease (PELD) score and model of end-stage liver disease (MELD) score has been used as predictors of mortality chronic liver diseases listed for liver transplantation. The aim of this study is evaluation of relation be...

Management of hydatid disease of the liver.