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Diet in fatty hepatosis of the liver
Last reviewed: 04.07.2025

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Diet for fatty liver hepatosis is a set of rules aimed at normalizing and restoring liver function. Let's look at how to eat for liver diseases, as well as several delicious recipes that can be used while following a diet.
Fatty liver hepatosis is a disease in which functional liver cells degenerate into fatty tissue. Most often, hepatosis has a chronic course. In the early stages of development, the symptoms of the lesion are difficult to notice. Since often, symptoms are absent. Let's consider the main ones:
- Pain and heaviness in the pit of the stomach and in the right hypochondrium.
- Nausea.
- Bloating.
- Diarrhea.
- Decreased appetite.
- Drowsiness.
- General weakness, etc.
As the disease progresses, the symptoms will increase. With the development of fatty hepatosis, the functions of other organs may be impaired. Associated diseases may begin to develop, such as:
- Diabetes mellitus.
- Cirrhosis.
- Gallstone disease.
- Cardiovascular diseases.
- Hormonal imbalance, etc.
Treatment of fatty liver disease with diet
Treatment of fatty liver hepatosis with diet is one of the methods of therapy that helps to restore and maintain the functions of the organ. Without a diet, complete recovery is impossible. Most often, when diagnosing hepatosis, the patient is placed in a hospital to monitor the health condition. The doctor makes up and prescribes a diet and drug therapy. Hepatosis of the liver is often found in people who are overweight. In people who abuse alcoholic beverages and fatty foods, suffering from hormonal imbalances.
Most often, the doctor prescribes a comprehensive treatment, including a diet. For a complete recovery from hepatosis, overweight patients need to lose weight, so the diet is very important. The diet allows you to normalize food intake and reduce the load on the liver. The products included in the diet provide the body with all the necessary vitamins and microelements. The energy value of the diet allows you to consume fewer kilocalories, but not feel hungry. Thanks to the diet, you can lose weight, which helps restore the liver.
What is the diet for fatty liver disease?
What is the diet for fatty liver hepatosis? Most often, this question is decided by a doctor if the patient is in hospital. If the patient is in outpatient treatment, this question is dealt with by a local therapist or surgeon.
The doctor prescribes a diet that will help restore and normalize liver function, and in the case of acute damage, reduce the load on the damaged organ. The diet should contain foods that are easy to prepare and contain a large number of vitamins and minerals, as this is very important for a weakened body.
Most often, the doctor prescribes table No. 5. A patient who is in hospital with an acute course of the disease is forced to fast for the first day. This is necessary in order to reduce the risk of further development of the disease and eliminate pain. Compliance with the rules of the diet and the doctor's recommendations allows you to identify the cause of the disease and determine the method of treatment. In addition, the doctor decides whether the patient needs surgical treatment or can get by with drug therapy and diet.
Diet 5 for fatty liver disease
Diet 5 for fatty liver hepatosis is a set of rules and recommendations regarding nutrition. Most often, table 5 is prescribed for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Patients with fatty liver disease, cirrhosis, cholelithiasis and hepatitis should adhere to the diet.
Diet 5 helps to reduce the load on the damaged liver, reduce the number of fat cells. Proper nutrition helps to normalize and restore liver function and enzyme balance. The diet provides the body with the necessary amount of vitamins and microelements, reduces the amount of carbohydrates and fats consumed by the patient. In addition, therapeutic nutrition provides the weakened body with a sufficient amount of proteins. Diet No. 5 helps the patient suffering from excess weight to reduce it without causing harm to the weakened body.
Diet menu for fatty liver hepatosis
The diet menu for fatty liver hepatosis should be filling, as well as light and comply with all the nutritional rules prescribed in diet No. 5. Let's make an example menu that can be used for liver diseases. This diet menu is also suitable for healthy people who adhere to a healthy lifestyle and proper nutrition.
Breakfast:
- A glass of yogurt.
- Oatmeal with fruit.
Dinner:
- A glass of tea.
- Baked salmon with sour cream.
- Mashed potatoes.
Afternoon snack:
- Vegetable casserole.
- A glass of juice.
- Oatmeal cookies.
Dinner:
- Cauliflower puree soup with added cheese and sour cream.
- A glass of tea.
- Steamed beef cutlet.
Second dinner:
- A glass of low-fat kefir.
- Bran bread.
Diet recipes for fatty liver hepatosis
Recipes for a diet for fatty liver hepatosis provide the opportunity to prepare tasty and healthy dishes that will make the diet more varied and appetizing. Tasty and healthy recipes will help you start eating right and conduct passive prevention of many diseases.
Vegetable casserole with zucchini
To prepare the dish, you will need 2-3 medium-sized zucchini, 2-3 eggs and a spoon of sour cream, 50 g of hard low-fat cheese, 1 tomato, some greens and 100 g of minced chicken or turkey. The casserole can be cooked in a microwave oven in a glass dish or baked in the oven.
Wash the zucchini and cut into thin rings, beat the eggs with sour cream, finely chop the greens and grate the cheese. Put the zucchini in the first layer on the bottom of a baking dish or glass pan, then a couple of pieces of tomato and some greens on top. The second layer is zucchini again, put a thin layer of raw minced meat on top of the vegetables, sprinkle with greens, a little cheese and cover with zucchini again. The last layer is the remaining tomatoes, greens and cheese. Pour the egg beaten with sour cream over the casserole and send it to cook. Cooking time in the microwave is 20 minutes at 800-850 degrees, in the oven 30-40 minutes at 200 degrees.
Chicken fillet with pineapple
To prepare the dish, you need to take 2-3 small chicken fillets, 100 g of hard cheese and a can of canned pineapple or 100-200 g of fresh fruit. The fillet must be cut into thin slices and beaten. The meat can be lightly salted for taste and sprinkled with dried herbs. Take two pieces of chicken, put some pineapple between them, sprinkle with cheese and wrap in foil for baking. Put the meat in the oven for 20-30 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees, five minutes before readiness, it is recommended to take the fillet out, open the foil, sprinkle the chicken with the remaining cheese and leave to bake.
Baked apple with honey and nuts
To prepare the dish you will need: 3 apples, 4-5 spoons of honey, walnuts, peanuts and cinnamon. Wash the apples, remove the cores without cutting them. Grind the walnuts and peanuts. Mix the resulting nut mixture with honey. Put the finished filling into the apples from which the cores have been removed. Put the apples with the filling on a baking dish. Sprinkle a little cinnamon on top for flavor, and pour honey over it. The dish is cooked for 10-15 minutes. The dessert turns out tasty and aromatic, and most importantly healthy.
Diet for fatty liver hepatosis is a series of recommendations concerning nutrition that allow you to restore normal liver function and the health of the body as a whole. Diet is an excellent preventive method that helps in the fight against obesity and gastrointestinal tract lesions.
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What can you eat with fatty liver disease?
Surely, every patient suffering from this disease asks himself this question. Let's consider what products can and should be consumed by patients suffering from fatty liver hepatosis.
- Patients can drink still water, weak tea. Herbal infusions such as rose hips, chicory, milk thistle, etc. Compotes, freshly squeezed juices diluted with water. Kefir, fat-free or low-fat. Drinking yoghurt, low-fat milk.
- Meat and fish containing a small amount of fat: chicken, turkey, carp, catfish or silver carp.
- The diet must include seasonal vegetables and fruits. This will help the body to receive vitamins and nutrients. It is also recommended to include cereals (buckwheat, oatmeal, pearl barley, rice) in your diet.
The products should be steamed, boiled or baked. The dishes should be served warm, as this promotes better absorption of food and vitamins contained in the food. Dishes that are served cold or hot injure the intestines and esophagus. In the process of cooking, you can use herbs.
What should you not eat if you have fatty liver disease?
What you can't eat with fatty liver hepatosis - this is a burning question that worries every patient suffering from liver disease. Let's figure out what foods you can't eat.
- It is forbidden to drink coffee and strong tea. Alcoholic and low-alcohol drinks, soda and juices with concentrates.
- You will have to give up confectionery products, as well as bakery products.
- Fatty meat and fish are not allowed. Deep-fried, fried foods, foods with a lot of spices, salt, and sugar are also prohibited.
It is advisable to buy products containing a large amount of protein of both plant and animal origin. Reduce the consumption of fats and carbohydrates.