After your liver transplant, you may need to adjust your diet to keep your liver healthy and functioning well and to prevent excessive weight gain. You should maintain a healthy weight, which can help prevent infections, high blood pressure and other complications. Your nutrition specialist (dietitian) and other members of your treatment team will work with you to create a healthy-eating plan that meets your needs and complements your lifestyle.
Your dietitian will provide you with several healthy-food options and ideas to use in your eating plan. Your dietitian's recommendations may include:
- Eating at least five servings of fruits and vegetables each day
- Eating lean meats, poultry and fish
- Eating whole-grain breads and cereals and other grains
- Having enough fiber in your daily diet
- Drinking low-fat milk or eating other low-fat dairy products, to help maintain enough calcium
- Maintaining a low-salt and low-fat diet
- Following food safety guidelines
- Avoiding alcohol
- Staying hydrated by drinking adequate water and other fluids each day
- Avoiding grapefruit and grapefruit juice due to its effect on a group of immunosuppression medications (calcineurin inhibitors)
July 11, 2013Original article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diet-nutrition/art-20037197