Is It Okay To Drink Coffee If You Have Liver Disease?
The answer is yes. Coffee is actually quite beneficial for your liver.
According to the Canadian Liver Foundation, coffee has the following benefits for your liver:
- Improves abnormal liver blood tests, including elevated ALT, AST and GGT
- Reduces the risk of fatty liver disease by improving insulin resistance
- Enhances the response to treatment for chronic hepatitis C
- Reduces the risk of cirrhosis due to alcohol or viral hepatitis
- Reduces the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer)
These are quite extraordinary benefits! Studies show that the beneficial dose required is 3 cups a day. Researchers don’t yet know all of the explanations for why coffee is so good for the liver, but it is high in polypenols, which are a type of powerful antioxidant.
Gary Fagan is the president of the Canadian Liver Foundation, a health charity that supports education and research in liver disease. He made an interesting statement: “There is now significant evidence that coffee can help prevent liver disease with scientists learning and discovering more each day. Since many do not discover that they have liver disease until it reaches an advanced stage, it’s good to know that their daily coffee may actually be helping as opposed to hurting their livers”.
This is very true; liver disease often remains hidden until it reaches an advanced stage. This is why I recommend everyone asks their doctor for a liver function test every year, to check on the health of this vital organ. This is especially critical if you experience symptoms of liver damage, such as indigestion, abdominal bloating, bad breath, fatigue and an inability to lose weight.
It’s good to know that one of the most popular beverages can have such amazing benefits for your health. There’s a big difference between a long black and an iced coffee with cream, ice-cream and caramel syrup though! Don’t undo the benefits by adding a lot of sugar and artificial additives. If you need to sweeten your coffee, try adding Nature Sweet; it is all natural and calorie free.
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We are pleased you have found solace knowing that someone cared enough to answer.
People have differing concepts of what a low carb diet is, and because of your cirrhosis, your low carb diet would be better reduced to a ketogenic level, and you are advised to take your coffee without dairy or grain based milks.
Kind regards
Victoria
Naturopath for Dr Sandra Cabot MD
Being on a low carbohydrate, unprocessed food eating plan is just what is needed to restore your liver to its best potential.
If the sugar in your coffee is the only way you are having sugar in your diet, then it is fine.
Supplements to hasten liver healing Livatone Plus, NAC, Vitamin C. To soften and reduce cirrhotic tissue, Dr Cabot prescribes Vitamin E and Serrapeptase.
Kind regards
Victoria
Naturopath for Dr Sandra Cabot MD
NASH is an alternative name for Fatty Liver and this article offers important information to help you reverse it,https://www.liverdoctor.com/fatty-liver-2/. Diet, juicing and supplementation may reverse this increasingly common condition in 3 to 12 months, depending on the severity when it was diagnosed.
Coffee is very good for your liver and you may find your system may be able to tolerate more if you drink it less strong, without milk.
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Victoria
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NASH does not tend to occur because of the cream in your coffee, as long as it is pure cream and not a highly processed and perhaps sweetened product, but cream is often related to fluid retention if that is of any concern to you.
Please read the article at the following link, and keep for treatment options and future reference,https://www.liverdoctor.com/fatty-liver-2/.
You are quite correct, it is sugars including fruits and juices, starches, processed products and oxidised highly processed seed oils that contribute to much Fatty Liver (NASH).
We are delighted to let you know that Dr Cabot has recently released her 15 Day Cleanse - Two weeks to begin your journey toward improved overall health and function, utilising both supplements and a tasty, easy to prepare dietary regimen. This is an anti-inflammatory program and the supplements are immune boosting, body alkalinising and gut healing.
After completing the Cleanse, we recommend you remain on this style of eating and you can then begin the Maintenance plan.
To boost liver health and your vitality, Dr Cabot prescribes
Livatone Plus – 1 to 2 capsules twice daily, to improve liver function.
N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC 600mg) – 1 to 2 capsules twice daily well away from food, if any upset occurs take at the beginning of your meals. This supplement works well with Livatone Plus to get your liver better faster. This supplement is the precursor nutrient of glutathione; the body’s strongest anti-oxidant and potent detoxifier.
MSM + Vitamin C – ½ to 1 teaspoon twice daily in vegetable juice or water to reduce oxidation, inflammation and boost liver health.
You may purchase these supplements and Dr Cabot’s books athttps://shop.liverdoctor.com/
Victoria Taylor
Naturopath
We recommend you eliminate grains, sugar, processed food and takeout meals.
There is some info in this article:https://www.liverdoctor.com/liver-function-tests/
There is an excellent eating plan in Dr Cabot's book 'Fatty Liver: You Can Reverse It'.
We recommend you take
Livatone Plus 2 caps twice daily to improve liver function.
These can be purchased here:http://shop.liverdoctor.com/livatone-plus-120-capsules.html
Let us know how you get on.
Kind Regards,
Jessah Robinson
Nutrition Consultant for Liverdoctor.com
Black coffee is preferable, and without sugar. If you need to sweeten it use Stevia or Dr Cabot's product Nature Sweet.
We recommend eliminating gluten, sugar, processed food and takeout meals with fatty liver.
There is some dietary information in this article:https://www.liverdoctor.com/what-should-you-eat-if-you-have-fatty-liver/
There is an excellent eating plan in Dr Cabot's book 'Fatty Liver: You Can Reverse It'.
We recommend you take
Livatone Plus 2 caps twice daily to improve liver function and protect liver cells.
N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) 2 caps twice daily at least 2 hours away from food, if any upset occurs please take with meals. NAC is the precursor to glutathione; the body's most potent antioxidant. This supplement works well with Livatone Plus to get the liver better faster.
These supplements can be purchased here:https://shop.liverdoctor.com/
Let us know how you get on.
Kind Regards,
Jessah Robinson
Nutrition Consultant for Liverdoctor.com
As long as it is good quality coffee, not instant coffee.
Kind Regards,
Jessah Robinson
Nutrition Consultant for Liverdoctor.com