Diet Plan Tips For Reducing Fatty Liver

What is the best fatty liver diet?

If you’ve been diagnosed with or suspect you may have fatty liver disease, then one of your first questions might be, “What foods should I eat to maintain healthy liver function?”

The easiest and most accurate response to that question is, “It depends”. Finding an all-in-one solution when it comes to a fatty liver diet plan is virtually impossible. There are too many factors at play and the best diet will depend on the underlying causes of fatty liver.

For example, the best fatty liver diet for someone with diabetes may differ from the best plan for someone without diabetes. Other questions that must be considered include:

What is the patient’s age?

What stage of the disease is present? (Fatty liver disease progresses through four stages from simple steatosis to Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis or NASH)

Is the cause alcoholic or non-alcoholic?

Are obesity and other conditions present in the patient?

With that being said, all cases of fatty liver disease do have some similarities when it comes to diet and nutrition.

First, understand fatty liver disease can’t be “cured”. It can merely be regulated and kept from progressing through a balanced, healthy diet. In some cases, the condition will even reverse or improve, but it is never “cured” in the sense of completely going away.

A healthy, balanced diet is absolutely critical if you want to reverse and improve fatty liver disease. The liver is a critical organ in the body because everything you ingest, whether good or bad, goes through the liver. When you eat a poor diet, you constantly leave your liver under attack.

Vitamins and minerals should be an important part of any fatty liver diet plan because they are needed for metabolism, growth, development, and as catalysts in energy production from fats, proteins, and carbohydrates.

They also play roles in creating hormones and red blood cells. However, not all vitamins and minerals are healthy for people with fatty liver if taken in excess.

Examples of good vitamins and minerals that are liver friendly include folate (folic acid), vitamins B1, B2, B6, and B12, manganese, and selenium. Vitamins and minerals which should not be taken in excess include biotin and vitamins A, D, and E.

Recent studies have shown some success using vitamin E supplements in fatty liver patients, but this treatment needs further testing as too much vitamin E can lead to other problems which can harm the liver and other organs in the body. Vitamin K and vitamin B3 (niacin) are necessary and helpful in moderate quantities but can be dangerous for fatty liver patients and can cause liver damage in large quantities.

A diet plan for fatty liver should focus on moderation and balance. Eat foods of high nutritional value and eat nothing in excess.

Since fatty liver disease involves fat accumulations in the liver, it only makes sense that a fatty liver friendly diet should limit the intake of high fat foods. Avoid saturated fats as much as possible and instead eat foods with unsaturated fat, but do so sparingly.

People with fatty liver should avoid eating too much protein as this can put further stress on the liver. Protein should come from foods like seafood, lean meat, beans, and other vegetable sources. Focus on white meats such as chicken or turkey rather than dark meats such as pork or beef. Scrape away any raw fat before cooking and eating, and cook with as little oil as possible.

A good diet for reducing a fatty liver should also be rich in fruits and vegetables. Greens and leaves along with fruits contain folic acid which is important for liver health. Fruits are also rich in vitamin C which is gaining popularity as a fatty liver treatment.

Fatty liver diets high in fiber are great and carbohydrates should make up the bulk of your energy source. Whole grains, brown rice, wheat bread and pasta are all good sources of carbohydrates. However, keep in mind the carbohydrates you consume should be complex carbohydrates and not simple carbohydrates like those found in candy and other sweets.

Alcohol should be avoided, particularly in the case of alcoholic fatty liver.

A good rule of thumb for fatty liver patients is to follow a diet plan that consists of 20-30% protein, 60-70% carbohydrates, and 20-30% fats. Fat intake is the most important and should never exceed 30%.

A good diet plan for fatty liver is not much different from a healthy diet for the average person. The key is to reduce the fat content and encourage the body to fully use calories for energy so excessive storage of fat and carbohydrates does not occur.

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