Diet for hepatitis B

Diet for hepatitis B is a proven method of treatment that has no contraindications. Consider the basic nuances of nutrition, the rules for making menus and useful recipes.

Diffusive inflammatory diseases that affect the liver require special treatment. The diet is prescribed for patients of all ages with any severity and form of the disease. Thus, acute inflammation requires strict adherence to medical prescriptions for nutrition. But for the treatment of chronic form it is necessary to adhere to certain recommendations over a long period of time, and even the whole life.

• Dietary therapy is aimed at reducing the load from the liver and digestive organs. On the day there should be 4-6 meals every 3-4 hours. Fractional mode will speed up the recovery process of the affected organ. Contraindicated to pass during the day and eat up before going to bed.
• The daily caloric content of the diet should not exceed 3000 kcal. Thus it is necessary to observe the daily proportion of proteins, fats and carbohydrates (90-350-100 g).
• From the diet should disappear any alcoholic beverages, smoked and spicy dishes, spicy seasonings and spices. It is not recommended to eat vegetables that contain essential oils (radish, garlic, onions).
• Food should be warm, cold and too hot dishes better not to eat. We will have to give up foods rich in cholesterol, since they negatively affect the functioning of the whole organism.

If hepatitis B is of an acute viral nature, then a rigid diet is prescribed for treatment. Particular attention will have to be given to the method of cooking and choosing food.

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Treatment of hepatitis B diet

A diagnosis such as inflammation of the liver of an infectious nature requires special medical attention. Treatment of hepatitis B diet is shown from the first days of illness. The patient is assigned a dietary table number 5, which allows to restore health. The therapeutic diet relieves the load from a sick liver, which is unable to cope with its work, that is, to filter and spread the blood throughout the body in sufficient quantities. Without proper therapy, organ dysfunction leads to intoxication of the body and the development of serious complications.

Treatment of hepatitis B diet is based on the observance of such rules:

• You need to eat often, but in small portions. On the day there should be three full meals and two or three snacks.
• Need to give up alcohol and smoking. In the diet should not be fatty, fried, salty, peppery and sweet. The use of culinary fats worsens the work of the liver, can lead to an exacerbation of hepatitis. Salt disrupts water exchange processes, causing degradation and dysfunction of vital systems and organs.
• Particular attention should be paid to the drinking regime. A day must drink at least 2 liters of purified water. You can drink freshly squeezed fruit, berry and vegetable juices, fruit drinks, compotes, various herbal infusions and green tea. From strong black tea and coffee will have to give up. Under the ban come carbonated drinks, packaged store juice and sweet cocktails.

Compliance with the above recommendations facilitates the work of the sick body and accelerates the process of its recovery. In addition, proper nutrition helps to normalize the weight and functioning of the body as a whole.

The essence of the diet for hepatitis B

Along with drug therapy for the treatment of diseases of internal organs, use diet therapy. The essence of the diet for hepatitis B is based on reducing the load from the liver and improving the entire body. Depending on the form of the disease and its severity, the patient can prescribe one of these diets:

Dietary table №5

• Assign for chronic and acute hepatitis, cholecystitis, cirrhosis, inflammation of the biliary tract, violations of biliary tract and liver function.
• The main essence of nutrition is to normalize the impaired functions of the affected organ, regulate fat and cholesterol metabolism, accumulation of glycogen in the liver, stimulate the motor activity of the intestine and bile secretion.
• Dietary diet energy is full, contains a sufficient number of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. Treatment involves the exclusion of foods rich in cholesterol, essential oils, purines, nitrogenous extractives. At the same time, the amount of fiber, liquid and lipotropic substances is increased. The energy value of the diet is up to 3000 kcal. Food is not allowed to fry, it is better to cook, cook steamed, bake or simmer.

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Dietary table №5а

• The main indications for use: exacerbation of chronic and acute hepatitis, cholecystitis in the initial stage, the state after operations on the biliary tract, pronounced inflammatory diseases of the stomach and intestines, ulcer of the duodenum and stomach.
• The purpose of nutrition - the restoration of impaired functions of the biliary tract and liver, the accumulation of glycogen in the liver, stimulation of bile secretion with the use of mechanically and chemically sparing stomach food.
• The diet is full, the balance of nutritional and energy values is observed. Implied limitation of the use of refractory fats, salt, products with purines, oxalic acid, cellulose, cholesterol. The recommended daily calorific value should be in the range of 2700 kcal. Food is used only in crushed, grated or liquid form.

Diet in chronic hepatitis In the liver  

The prolonged course of any diseases, negatively affects the functioning of the whole organism. The diet for chronic hepatitis B of the liver is aimed at alleviating the painful symptoms. Therapeutic diet is constructed so as to relieve the load from the inflamed organ and gradually restore its normal functioning.

• Therapy implies a fractional mode of eating, maintaining the water balance and eating only the allowed products. Particular attention should be given to the method of preparation, the products can be boiled, baked, stewed, steamed. It is forbidden to fry with the addition of vegetable and animal fats.
• If the disease occurs in pregnant women or people with additional digestive problems, the diet should include foods that prevent constipation: boiled beets, sour-milk products, salads with vegetable oil.
• The bulk of the daily ration should be vegetables, fruits and cereals. Vegetables can be consumed fresh, but it is better to bake or cook for a couple. It is allowed to eat bread from wholemeal or rye flour. Dairy products, lean meat and fish should be present.

• In rare cases, you can pamper yourself with uninspired, fresh pastries. From store sweets with oily oil creams it is better to refuse, as they can become the reason of an aggravation of illness.

Nutrition in the chronic form of hepatitis should be rational, without strict limitations. But it is necessary to adhere to dietary rules. The only contraindication is the use of alcohol, since it has a hepatotoxic effect.

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Diet for hepatitis in adults

Treatment of liver diseases in adult patients, as a rule, is quite difficult. This is due to the difficulties in rebuilding the diet and switching to a healthy diet. The diet for hepatitis B in adults is a number of restrictions that allow the work of the diseased organ to be adjusted. The liver is an important part of the digestive system, which takes part in the processes of hematopoiesis and metabolism, the production of enzymes, hormones, insulin and other substances necessary for the normal functioning of the body.

Therapeutic diet means the use of easily digestible products that do not exert a burden on the affected organ. The menu should be rich in vitamins and minerals. It is forbidden to use products with irritating effect and stimulating secretion of digestive organs. Under the ban is food that is rich in cholesterol and has a destructive effect on liver cells. For patients of all ages, prescribe a therapeutic diet number 5. This diet should become a habit, which will avoid the aggravation of the disease and its further progression.  

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Diet with a healthy carrier of hepatitis B

In the human body in a sleeping state there can be many viruses and infections, which under the influence of certain factors make themselves felt. Diet with a healthy carrier of hepatitis B is indicated for patients whose blood showed a disease virus.

Let's consider the basic indications on a feed for maintenance of a healthy condition of an organism:

• In order to prevent hepatitis from knowing it is necessary to minimize the use of food, which has a chemically and mechanically irritating effect on the liver. With care it is necessary to concern to spices, seasonings and other food additives.
• It is not recommended to abuse alcoholic beverages, but it is better not to use them at all. Nicotine addiction is also unsafe for the liver and for the health of the body as a whole.
• It is recommended to minimize the consumption of fats of animal and vegetable origin, various smoked products, fatty varieties of meat, poultry and fish, sausages, canned food. It is undesirable to abuse such vegetables as: spinach, mushrooms, radish, sorrel, garlic. When choosing beverages, you should not eat a lot of strong black tea, coffee, sweet fizzy drinks, store juices with preservatives.
• Particular attention is paid to the diet. You need to eat often, but in small portions. Enough 4-6 meals a day for normal operation of the gastrointestinal tract and liver. Overeating and night snacks can lead to obesity and the activation of the disease.
• Food should be cooked, steamed, baked or stewed. The use of fried with the addition of various oils and fats should be minimized. Since the food prepared in this way is rich in cholesterol, which adversely affects the health of the liver.

Observing all the above recommendations, patients who have found a healthy carrier of hepatitis B protect themselves from the appearance of the disease.

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Menu diet for hepatitis B

When treating liver diseases, patients need to follow a variety of medical recommendations. The main provisions concern the diet. Consider an approximate diet menu for hepatitis B, which allows you to transfer the disease much easier.

Monday

• Breakfast: oatmeal in milk, green tea.
• Snack: an apple or a banana.
• Lunch: mashed potatoes with steamed fish and baked vegetables.
• Snack: vegetable salad, tea or juice.
• Dinner: buckwheat porridge with a steam chicken cutlet.
• The second dinner: a glass of yogurt, a biscuit biscuit.

Tuesday

• Breakfast: cottage cheese with dried fruits, kefir.
• Snack: a handful of crackers with tea.
• Lunch: vegetable soup, pasta with boiled chicken breast.
• Snack: salad with vegetables and dressing from vegetable oil and flax seeds.
• Supper: casserole from pasta and egg whites, tea.
• Second dinner: a glass of kefir.

Wednesday

• Breakfast: wheat porridge, green tea.
• Snack: an apple, a banana or any other fruit.
• Lunch: milk soup with noodles, meatballs with mashed potatoes.
• Snack: oatmeal cookies, fruit juice.
• Dinner: baked chicken meat with apples and vegetables.
• The second dinner: green tea with honey.

Thursday

• Breakfast: milk porridge with fruits, green tea.
• Snack: cottage cheese with dried fruits.
• Lunch: borscht on vegetable broth, rice with meatballs and boiled beets.
• Snack: green tea, baked apple.
• Dinner: vegetable salad with walnuts, boiled meat.
• Second supper: yogurt, unleavened biscuit.

Friday

• Breakfast: a bun, green tea.
• Snack: any fruit.
• Lunch: buckwheat soup, buckwheat porridge with steam chop, vegetable salad.
• Snack: a fruit salad with dressing from honey and orange juice.
• Dinner: baked fish with vegetables.
• Second dinner: yoghurt, biscuit biscuits.

Saturday

• Breakfast: cottage cheese with honey, green tea.
• Snack: vegetable salad and a couple of slices of rye bread.
• Lunch: any porridge with meat, vegetable broth with breadcrumbs.
• Snack: any fruit.
• Dinner: Baked pumpkin, green tea.
• Second dinner: a glass of kefir.

Sunday

• Breakfast: oatmeal on water with fruits.
• Snack: salad from boiled beets and walnuts with vegetable oil.
• Lunch: homemade noodles with sour cream sauce and chicken.
• Snack: fruit or vegetable juice with breadcrumbs.
• Supper: rice casserole, kefir.
• Second dinner: yoghurt.

Diet recipes

To ensure that the diet is not boring and the process of recovery has passed quickly, there are delicious diet recipes. Consider simple and useful recipes that can be prepared for hepatitis B:

1. Dietary cabbage rolls

• Peking cabbage or white cabbage leaves 200g
• Carrot 1 pc.
• Onions 1 pc.
• Rice 50 g
• Chicken or turkey mince 200 g
• Vegetable broth 200 ml
• Sour cream 50 g
• Butter 10-15 g
• Spices and herbs to taste

If you use Peking cabbage, then it must be disassembled on the leaves, cut the thickening and separately prepare the vegetable broth. If a dish is prepared from white cabbage, then it must be boiled in salted water, peeled into leaves and cut thickenings. Separately, pour a little vegetable broth. Carrot and onion chop and fry in a frying pan with the addition of butter. Rice boil, mix with minced meat and ½ cooked vegetables. Stuff out the cabbage leaves, roll the stuffed cabbage and put it in a saucepan with vegetable broth. Mix sour cream with the remaining vegetable broth, add vegetables, spices or herbs to taste, mix. Pour over the stuffed cabbage and send it to the oven or on a slow fire for 30-40 minutes.

2. Spicy Baked Pumpkin

• Pumpkin 500 g
• Honey 20g
• Apple 1-2 pcs.
• Cinnamon
• Dried ginger
• Vanilla sugar

Pumpkin to peel, cut into small portions, spread on a baking sheet with baking paper. Cut the apple and mix it with honey and spices. The resulting mixture gently put on pumpkin slices and send baked in the oven for 40-50 minutes at a temperature of 150-160 degrees.

3. Oat flakes cake with dried fruits

• Oat flakes 1-2 glasses
• Kefir 1 glass
• Egg 1 pc.
• Any dried fruit
• Butter for oiling the mold

Pour oatmeal kefir for 30 minutes. As soon as the flakes swell to add an egg and dried fruits to them, mix thoroughly. Form a baking sheet with parchment and grease with butter. Pour the cupcake into a mold, send it to the oven for 40 minutes at a temperature of 170 degrees.

4. Protein casserole from yesterday's pasta

• Pasta
• Egg whites 4 pcs.
• Sour cream 50 g
• Hard cheese 100 g

Egg whites to whip in foam, add to them sour cream and a portion of grated cheese on a fine grater. Mix the pasta with the protein mixture, put it in the baking tray, top with the remaining cheese and send it to the oven for 20-25 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.

5. Salad with eggplants and cheese

• Eggplant 1-2 pcs.
• Vegetable oil 5 g
• Brynza 100 g
• Oregano seasoning
• Sea salt

Eggplant cut into thin strips, add salt and let stand for 10 minutes. As soon as eggplants are allowed to juice, rinse well under water and dry on paper towels. Salt allows you to remove bitterness from the vegetable. Each slice should be greased with vegetable oil, spread on a baking sheet or a plate, sprinkled with oregano and sent baked in a microwave oven for 5-7 minutes at maximum temperature or in the oven for 15-20 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees. Once the vegetables are ready, transfer them to serving plates and grate cheese on top.

What can you eat with hepatitis B?

In order to treat inflammatory and infectious diseases quickly and effectively, it is necessary to adhere to all medical recommendations. Very often, patients are prescribed a diet, and many of them are interested in what can be eaten with hepatitis B.

Permitted products:

• Low-fat varieties of fish and meat.
• Various cereals and cereals.
• Dairy products with low fat content.
• Eggs (only protein).
• Yesterday's bread, crackers, uneaten flour products, a long biscuit.
• Vegetables (boiled, steamed), fruit, greens.
• Natural juices, fruit drinks, herbal tea, green tea.

The food should be high-grade. According to the chemical composition it is necessary to adhere to such a proportion: carbohydrates up to 400 g per day, proteins 100 g per day (60% animals), fats 90 g (30% vegetable). The daily energy value of the diet should not exceed 3000 kcal. In a day you can consume no more than 4 g of salt and up to 2 liters of liquid.

You need to eat often, but in small portions, that is, adhere to a fractional regime. Food should be steamed, boiled or baked. Before consumption, it is desirable to grind the products, especially if the disease is in an exacerbation stage. Ready meals should be at room temperature, do not use hot or cold food.

What can not be eaten with hepatitis B?

Therapy of any disease is a complex process, during which the patient has to face many limitations. The first thing the patient has to do is change his usual diet. Consider the basic rules of nutrition and what can not be eaten with hepatitis B:

• It is necessary to completely exclude the use of saturated, strong mushroom, fish or meat broths, they contain extractive substances. These substances increase the load on the liver, as there is an increased production of food juices.
• You have to give up food rich in cholesterol (egg yolk, offal). Cholesterol causes a contraction of the gallbladder and stimulates the cells of the damaged organ.
• Under the ban come products with oxalic acid (sorrel, spinach, chocolate, strong black tea, tomatoes). This substance enhances intestinal peristalsis and stimulates the process of digestion, but dietary nutrition is directed to the shaking of the digestive tract.
• It is necessary to refuse from the use of products with essential oils or to reduce their use to a minimum. This is garlic, mustard, onion, radish. These essential oils are irritating and stimulate the process of digestion.

• You can not drink alcohol and carbonated drinks. Alcohol contains ethanol, which damages the liver cells. A soda overloads it, as it stimulates the secretion of the digestive system.

Compliance with the diet minimizes the burden on the digestive system. This helps to eliminate the inflammatory process and improve the body.

Reviews about diet

Diet for hepatitis B is popular in patients of all ages who have been diagnosed with liver disease. Numerous reviews of the diet confirm its medicinal properties. And this is not surprising, since the food is built in such a way that the body receives all the necessary vitamins and minerals for normal functioning. The therapeutic diet accelerates the healing process and minimizes the burden on the injured organ.