A sample menu for liver cirrhosis:
Breakfast (coffee and boiled sweet potatoes with tomatoes fish sauce).
2 cups of coffee (1 teaspoon coffee).
3 medium size boiled sweet potatoes (cooked with skin).
3 oz sardine fish, 1 cup tomatoes paste.
1/2 cup onions paste.
1/4 cup bell pepper.
1 tablespoon olive oil.
Mid breakfast: 1 medium size cucumber
Lunch: (Beans porridge with vegetables).
2 cups of boiled beans.
1 cup of pumpkins leaves.
1/2 cup of moringa leaves.
1/4 cup tomatoes 🍅 paste.
1/2 cup onions 🧅 paste.
2 tablespoon olive oil.
1 teaspoon locust beans (dawadawa).
1 teaspoon crayfish 🦐.
Mid lunch: 2 small apples 🍏.
Dinner: Yam amala and jute soup with tomatoes 🍅 fish 🐟 sauce.
- 1 and 1/2 cup of mould amala. 1/2 cup jute soup (ayoyo or ewedu).
- 1/4 cup tomatoes sauce.
- 1 tablespoon olive oil.
- 1/2 cup onions paste add to the tomatoes sauce.
- 2 oz fish.
Bedtime:
- 1 and 1/2 cup mixed vegetable salad (cabbage, lettuce and green pea).
- 1/2 cup grounded groundnut flakes (kulikuli).
Note:
- the protein in the diet comes from plant origin and fish, the fish and olive oil supply the unsaturated fat (omega 3 fatty acid) to keep the liver healthy.
- Meat should be restricted due to high saturated fat and purine which will cause the production of uric acid, this can complicates the condition.
- The sodium in the diet must be very low (300-400mcg) Sugar should be avoided completely instead use honey to taste ( pure honey).
- Take at least 8 to 10 cups of water daily.
- Exercise by walking at least 20 to 30 minutes everyday. Avoid unnecessary intake of drugs remember the liver cirrhosis is already weaken the liver and can't remove toxins in the systems as usual.
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