HI Mike, I have trouble gaining weight and really don't like to eat (but I do). Everything I've read just suggests a health low salt diet. More chicken and fish than beef, lots of fruits and vegetables. I rely heavily on Ensure Plus. In addition to a lot of healthy stuff it has 350 calories per bottle and i drink 2 a day.

Another thing that is really good because it cleanses the liver is lemon juice. I drink 1 1/4 ounce in hot water and honey every morning before i put anything else in system even coffee. I swear it's how I keep my meld score between 6 and 7. Google lemon juice and the liver, there are several articles written about it.

By the way Mike, where are you on the MELD score? I was curious to see if you are on or qualify for the transplant list.

I have a trainer and work out at the gym twice a week. Mainly weights. The goal is to keep your body as healthy and strong as you can.

Blessings, Diane

Oh i worry all the time , couple bad habits sandwhich for lunch , been cutting back on everything , my doctor said the less you eat less your liver has to work , why i am going to a new one ! I raced cross country motor cycle till 2015 so I know whats bad and what good just hard to except, but I havent had a drink since that night and I proud of it !,

@rosemarya Unfortunately I really don't remember too much about what was told to me about eating healthy foods so I can't be much help to @mikej. I do recall that I should eat protein but eat it in limited amounts, if eating beef keep it to a 4 oz serving or less. I guess some people were almost eliminating protein and that was causing malnutrition. I also recall limiting salt but I had been doing that for years already so it wasn't something new to me. From my personal experience, I think beef may have been a big culprit in my HE episodes.

Of course I was told no alcohol at all. I wish I could remember more and I wish that I had kept a journal of the whole process, but as they say, "hindsight is always 20/20".
JK