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Dietary therapy liver diet

Special dietary measures are of major, often even of decisive importance for several types of liver disease or associated complications. Here, too, the false, universal claim that there is no liver diet is invalid. In the same way that treatment of a liver condition is indeed possible, there are also dietary measures for certain forms or complications of liver disease. After an exact diagnosis has been established, there is often a necessity for dietary therapy depending on the respective hepatological situation. [Pg.852]

Cholesterol enters the small intestine from two sources the diet and bile (Figure 1). Dietary intake of cholesterol is about 300 mg/day (Briefel and Johnson, 2004 Ishinaga et al., 2005 Valsta et al., 2004), whereas the bile contributes 800-1400 mg/day (Duane, 1993 Grundy and Metzger, 1972). The liver not the diet—is therefore the primary source of cholesterol available for absorption, a point that is often underappreciated. Consequently, therapies that block cholesterol absorption are effective at lowering LDL cholesterol mainly because they prevent the reabsorption of endogenous... [Pg.166]

Gout is treated with diet and with several drugs. Dietary control (i.e., reduced consumption of food that is rich in nucleic acids such as liver and sardines) depresses uric acid synthesis in some individuals who are susceptible to primary gout. Allopurinol and colchicine are often used in gout therapy. Because allopurinol... [Pg.529]


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