Hepatitis C: Diet

Hepatitis C is a dangerous viral disease, quite common these days. Treatment of hepatitis is usually difficult, requiring effort from the patient and the treating doctor. The diet for hepatitis C is one of the mandatory aspects of treatment, it will help to bring about recovery and prevent the development of any complications.

• What you need to know - the essence of diet
• What you can eat
• What not to eat with hepatitis
• Diet for exacerbation and chronic hepatitis C
• Recipes

The hepatitis C virus affects the liver, causing various irregularities in its normal functioning. At the same time, the disease rarely shows itself immediately, it happens that decades pass before it is detected. During this time, the liver can be dealt a sufficiently strong damage.

What you need to know - the essence of diet

In addition to the main antiviral therapy, hepatoprotectors are used to restore liver function, but it should be noted that without the diet and effort on the part of the patient, the effect will not be so noticeable. The best result can be achieved using medicines and diet.

Proper nutrition during the treatment of hepatitis C will help to avoid possible complications for the gastrointestinal tract. After the virus disappears, the liver will recover faster, without the use of additional funds.

In general, the diet is aimed at reducing the load on the liver, pancreas and digestive tract in general. You can list the main aspects of proper nutrition in hepatitis C:

1. Totally for a day you need to eat no more than three and a half kilograms of food, you should drink enough. The optimal number of meals a day - 5 - 6 times, portions at the same time should be small, when there is a feeling of hunger between meals are advised to drink water.
2. Cooking as meat, and vegetables are advised to steam or cook. You can also bake, but in this case, use additional oils or fat is unacceptable.
3. Vegetable oils should not be heated, they can only be added to cooked cold food, preferably in vegetarian dishes. When heated, the vegetable oil acquires choleretic properties, which are undesirable in diseases of the liver.
4. It is recommended to avoid too hot or cold dishes, temperature differences in food negatively affect the gastrointestinal tract.
5. Vegetables and non-acid fruits, berries should occupy a special place in the diet, fresh are most preferable. They have a positive effect on the process of digestion in diseases of the liver, hepatitis C. Consumption of meat and fish should be limited as much as possible, only low-fat varieties are allowed.

These are the basic rules of nutrition, which should be based on choosing a diet for hepatitis C. It is necessary to adhere to proper nutrition until complete recovery, then some time after, until the liver function is completely restored.

Important!Before selecting a diet should consult with your doctor, it is possible that the diet plan will have to be adjusted depending on the individual characteristics of the disease.

What you can eat

With hepatitis C, the diet is not as severe as in most diseases, in which table number 5 is used. However, there is a list of products whose presence in the diet on an ongoing basis is highly desirable:

1. Low-fat varieties of meat, the most useful turkey, chicken, rabbit, seafood. Sausages are acceptable without fat and spices.
2. Fresh non-acidic fruits, berries and vegetables. They should be made the basis of the diet, the main source of vitamins and other useful elements.
3. Cereals and pasta are acceptable in any form. You can add cereals to soups and make casseroles out of it.
4. Low-fat dairy products, however too acidic, are also undesirable. Low-fat yogurt without additives, low-fat cottage cheese and sour cream are useful for liver damage in hepatitis as a prophylaxis of dysbiosis.
5. Cereal bread and bread products with bran. The most desirable are toasted toasts, breadcrumbs and bread. From sweet let's say natural marshmallow without additives, fruit marmalade, jam not from sour berries or fruits.
6. Vegetable unrefined oils. However, it should be remembered that with liver diseases they can not be heated.
7. Of the beverages permissible are not strong natural teas, sometimes coffee with milk, vegetable and fruit juices, broth of dogrose, kissels. Also, you should drink enough water every day, it is desirable to avoid feeling hungry or thirsty for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

Despite the fact that this diet is recommended to avoid seasoning, you can sometimes add turmeric to your diet. This spice is quite useful for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

What not to eat with hepatitis

When hepatitis C should completely abandon the products that have an additional burden on the liver, the digestive tract as a whole. It is also advised to avoid food that promotes increased gas production and irritation of the intestine. In general, the following products should be avoided:

• fatty grades of meat and fish, including pork, duck, offal, smoked products, fatty sausages with spices, semi-finished products, canned food;
• beans, especially for peas and beans, all products leading to increased gas production;
• fruit and berries with a sour taste;
• spices, herbs, some vegetables with a high content of active substances, which can irritate the intestines and digestive system in general, include onions, garlic, sorrel, spinach, horseradish and mustard;
• mushrooms and mushroom products;
• marinades, brines, pickles, other canned products of this type;
• spicy, spicy foods, any broths, by-products and meals from them;
• sweets with a high fat content, chocolate, ice cream, baked pastry, white bread.

During the treatment, alcohol, strong coffee without milk, carbonated and other gastrointestinal irritants are completely banned. It has been proved that hepatitis brings the greatest harm to people who continue to drink alcoholic beverages after diagnosing the diagnosis.

Also, avoid excess salt and sugar. Sugars a day should consume no more than nine teaspoons, including products containing glucose. The acceptable amount of salt is no more than ten grams per day.

Important!During treatment of hepatitis C, it is also important to completely abandon bad habits, start a healthy lifestyle.

Diet for exacerbation and chronic hepatitis C

To make it easier to navigate and create your own diet, you can bring a sample menu for a week. For more convenience, you can make it in the form of a table by day of the week.

The number of meals can be increased to 5 - 6, preferably small snacks. In their quality, toast with avocado pulp, a small amount of fat-free yogurt, fresh fruit and vegetables.

The diet after hepatitis C may be less strict if the treating doctor resolves. In general, it is desirable to adhere to such a diet until the normal performance of the liver and the entire gastrointestinal tract is completely restored.

Important!To adhere to such a plan of nutrition follows some time after the end of the basic treatment.

Recipes

You can give a few simple recipes for dishes that are allowed in hepatitis C. These recipes are simple enough for cooking at home, all ingredients are available, any person can cope with them.

1. Soup - puree from cauliflower and potatoes. Cauliflower and a small amount of potatoes, one small carrot should be boiled, then cut cabbage and potatoes in a blender. Carrot cut into circles. Add a little vegetable stock to the resulting mass, pour the milk, not leading to a boil, cook a few minutes. Can be served to the table.
2. Potato casserole with chicken. Chicken should be cut into small pieces, add a little carrot to it, put it out until the fillet turns white. Kourou put a thin layer on a baking tray, on top to put the mashed potatoes. Pour sour cream or low-fat cream, bake until cooked.

In general, despite the severity of the diet, it is possible to eat quite a variety. It is worth remembering that proper nutrition is one of the main factors of the fastest recovery in hepatitis C.