Fatty liver vitamins

[pau7]

Can i take vitamin multi tablets.

I dieting and worried about not earing the right foods.

[AyrshireK]

Only me again, I would hold off taking any additional multi-vitamins until you have seen the consultant and learned more about your condition.

If your liver is really struggling then taking additional supplements even vitamins can be harmful. Wait till you have seen a consultant and ask them. Every person and everyone's liver illness/damage is different and what might be good for one may not be good for another - even someone with a similar diagnosis to your own may be able to tolerate or may need different than you plus if you start taking stuff now before your appointment it may possibly throw out different blood results. Best to see a dietician if one is available after you've seen consultant.

In the interim concentrate on a healthy and properly balanced diet, the BLT has a liver diet guide which may give you some guidance in the meantime. This page shows their guides :- britishlivertrust.org.uk/li...

My hubby for example has been told no additional supplements - we had asked about Vit B12 for energy but he was told nothing other than what are contained in his prescribed supplement drinks and the calcium and iron he is also prescribed. In his case he has cirrhosis due to auto-immune liver disease & is awaiting transplant.

Add it to your list of questions to ask the health professionals.

All the best, Katie

[pau7 in reply to AyrshireK]

Thank you, glad I've just read you answer,I will ask the consultant.

[acjb007]

I take many vitamins and have been for 3 yrs. My blood tests go from strength to strength.

[pau7 in reply to acjb007]

Thank you.I will start to take them Now

[Hidden]

I would say ask your doctor, I think your condition is still under investigation?

With a struggling liver, its best to avoid taking iron, you could even have a condition where the liver stores too much iron and becomes inflamed (haemochromatosis)

I have suggested in your other thread to see an expert and same applies here, also be careful with google and finding "liver healing" supplements and herbs, some have actually ran into trouble buying and consuming these with a liver issue

[fornels1 in reply to Hidden]

The ferritin test seems to be a good indicator of how much iron someone is retaining. Presumably cirrhotic patients have a tendency to retain it.

[pau7]

Thank you so much for your advice.

[nutrimar]

At the risk of being controversial.... The 'safe' place for a doctor to be is to stay within the realms of their training. So saying 'don't take any supplements' is their fallback position, as they do not have any proper training in nutrition.

If you do your proper research (Phillip Day, Mike Adams, Dr Mercola et al) you will find out that no one has been proven to have died of a vitamin overdose, no matter their health condition. Indeed, some would claim that their life and health have been restored because they supplemented with vitamins and minerals.

Because of the research I did I decided to take supplements before my transplant, and I am taking them post transplant too. I am convinced they have aided my recovery, especially as I take them in their bioavailable form disolved in water so they are easily absorbed.

At the end of the day it is your health at stake, so make any decision about what you do an informed one.

Good luck. M

[pau7 in reply to nutrimar]

Really good advise thank you,

hope you continue to feel well.

I'm am going to read about eating a health diet and vitamin.

than you

[Bolly]

You can lose weight and still eat the 'right' foods. Control portion sizes! Continue to eat a well balanced diet which means cutting out convenience foods (full of salt and sugar), cutting down on sugar (which means fewer biscuits, cakes, chocolate etc) and cut down on salt. Eat less than you burn in calories and you will loose weight. Regular gentle exercise, ie housework or walking, burns as many if not more calories than occasional visits to the gym.