Here are some tips concerning the diet for those who have cirrhosis. The majority of the diet is the same but there are a few differences.

1. Do not eat raw vegetables but steam them instead. These include carrots, potatoes, cauliflower, or any "hard to chew" vegetables. Juicing is preferred.

2. Avoid meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, salty foods, coffee, and caffeine

3. Suggested fresh juices:
Carrot, beet, and cucumber; Carrot and spinach; Carrot, celery, parsley

4. Take 2-3 plums with pits and crush them. Add one cup of boiling water, mix and obtain the juice. Drink in the morning and the evening

5. Cook soybean sprouts and adzuki beans (1/2 and 1/2 in amounts), cook into a light soup and eat.

6. Add lecithin to foods and take as a supplement, up to 1500 mg. per day

7. Take 800 mg. of vitamin E per day in dry form. If you have not taken Vitamin E before start with a lower dosage (200 mg per day) and slowly increase.

8. Good foods to eat are broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, onions, garlic, legumes (beans, lentils) , cabbage, peppers (mild), whole grains, artichokes, beets, dandelion and herbs such as cinnamon, licorice and turmeric

9. Do not take Vitamin C with meals as it enhances the absorption of iron. Take at least 1-2 hours after eating.