Alcohol free booze

[Jazzfields]

Is Alcohol free beer ie: 0.05% ok to drink if you have liver issues?

[Richard-Allen]

It would depend upon whether your liver disease was due to alcohol abuse or not.

If you were to develop end-stage liver disease and further complications were to develop and you were in need of a liver transplant. The liver transplant assessment team would not find you as being a suitable candidate and you would be turned down. Your case would be reviewed again six months later.

Alcohol-related liver disease is considered to be a mental condition as some people are driven by an addiction, they are therefore drinking because they have to. The taste is very much a trigger for some people. If a person was to continue to drink so called alcohol free drinks, then it is assumed that they are still drawn to the taste. The chances of someone slipping and having a full alcohol drink is considered a too higher risk.

Please have a look at page six of this publication. This document has been put together by many of the Psychiatry Nurses based at the six national liver transplant centres. This is to ensure that everyone is in agreement and all transplant centres operate and accept the same concerns and procedures: flipbooks.leedsth.nhs.uk/LN...

Better safe than sorry.

[Hidden in reply to Richard-Allen]

So, I have NAFLD fibrosis, does the same apply to me? (I am aware alcohol puts undue strain and as such I have not so far been drinking at all)

[Richard-Allen in reply to Hidden]

NAFLD can be caused by a number of factors, such as poor diet. But alcohol can also add to the buildup of fat on the liver. But because alcohol abuse isn't the main cause of your liver condition then you should be alright.

It should be noted though that alcohol is just one more poison for the liver to have to deal with and process. But then the liver is doing it's job by filtering out toxic chemicals from the body. Drinking alcohol just adds more pressure for the liver to have to deal with.

[Hidden in reply to Richard-Allen]

Absolutely agree, I was just thinking of letting myself have a glass at xmas and maybe a liqueur or two.

[sophiaS1980 in reply to Hidden]

I think you should talk to your doctor.

[Hidden]

Haha, I'd love to - it was hard enough before the pandemic, I haven't been able to get through to them on the phone, been trying to book a diabetic review, they sent me a text telling me to book it then I can't get through to them , it's a joke.

[Zukosmile07]

I really don't have the answer but what I can tell you from my own experience is that there is no point of any 0 % alcohol. Don't try to tell someone who actually liked drinking that it's the taste. Because that is not true. Anybody who would rather have a 0% alcoholic beverage over a fizzy britvic 55 with loads of Ice is a requirement issue taster. Or more than likely wants to nip to the pub and sit with his/her friends all getting pissed pretending that you are not interested. But any alcohol affects the liver when it has reached the point of no return, so stay away if you can. If it hasn't believe me I'm over the moon for you but drink something that you like more.Just an observation. Good luck.