NUTRITION AND DIET CLINIC – LIVER PROTECTION DIET
Food Group | Allowed Foods | Restricted Foods |
Beverages | Skimmed Milk or Yogurt, Plain Tea, Linden Tea, Herbal Tea | Coffee, Cocoa, Instant Coffee, Carbonated Drinks (Cola, Soda, Soft Drinks), Packaged Fruit Juices, Alcoholic Beverages, Cigarettes |
Meat, Fish, Poultry | Lean, Boiled, Grilled, or Baked Beef, Lamb, Chicken, Turkey, Fish | Fried or high-fat meats Sausage, Salami, Bacon, Cured Meats, Lamb and Kidney Meat, Offal (Liver, Tongue, Spleen, Heart, Tripe, Feet, Kidney) |
Eggs and Cheese | Low-Fat Cheese, Skimmed Cottage Cheese, Curd | Fried Eggs, Fatty Cheeses |
Grains and Products | White Bread, Crackers, Rusks, Plain Sugary Dry Cakes and Pastries, Baked Phyllo Dough Pie, Couscous, Pasta, Vermicelli, Semolina, Rice, Bread Made from Whole Wheat Flour | Whole Grain Cereals, Bulgur, Wheat, Lentils, Black-Eyed Peas, Dry Beans, Chickpeas, Lima Beans, Corn |
Soups | All | Packaged Soups, Meat Broth, Chicken Broth, Tripe Soup |
Vegetables | All | Fried Vegetables |
Fruits and Fruit Juices | All Freshly Squeezed Fruit Juices | Packaged Fruit Juices |
Desserts | Sugar, Jam, Honey, Milky Desserts (Pudding, Rice Pudding, etc.), Compotes | Fried Pastries, Chocolate, Cream, Tahini, Tahini Halva, Chocolate Cakes and Pastries |
Oils | 2 tablespoons of liquid oil per day | Burnt Oils, Solid Fats (Margarine, Butter, Tail Fat, Internal Fats) |
Flavor Enhancers | Salt, Dried Fruits, Homemade Tomato Paste, Lemon Salt, Fruit Leather, Dried Mint | Nuts, Coconut, Fenugreek, Spices, Garlic, Pickles, Pickled Vegetables, Cream, Mayonnaise |
- Eat small, frequent meals (5-6 times a day).
- You can consume compote, lemonade, freshly squeezed fruit juices between meals.
- Consume at least 2 servings of vegetable dishes and 2-3 servings of fruit per day.
- Cook your meals by boiling, grilling, or baking.
- Avoid salt and salty foods when your body retains water (edema).
- You can eat 1 boiled egg 1-2 times a week.
- Do not consume the following foods if they cause gas: