HEPATITIS

About Hepatitis

Hepatitis is a serious condition requiring the care of a medical doctor.  Get plenty of bed rest during the acute phase and as health improves resume activity gradually. Avoid strenuous exertion, alcohol and unnecessary drugs and chemicals.  During the contagious phase (2-3 weeks before symptoms appear until 3 weeks after), be especially careful about hygiene and avoid close contact with others.  Avoid working in restaurants or with children or sick people.

There are different types of viral hepatitis: types A, B, C, E, non-A and non-B.  All are contagious.  There is also a form of hepatitis called toxic hepatitis, which is not caused by a virus but by exposure to chemicals such as hydrocarbons and arsenic.

Nutrition Facts & Diet Advice for Hepatitis

The following nutrition guidelines should be considered:

• Clinical experience indicates that eating a natural diet, low in saturated fats, refined foods, sugar, fried foods and animal fat, but high in fibre, increases the elimination of bile acids, drugs and toxic bile substances from the system. 

• With the help of an experienced nutritional therapist or a nutritionally aware physician, follow a cleansing diet for two to four weeks.  

• Artichokes, carrot juice and beet juice, as well as ‘green drinks’ and Klamath Lake Blue Green Algae are particularly good

• Thereafter, continue with these cleansing foods, whilst adding a generally clean and high-fibre diet, preferably largely vegetarian with a little white fish. 

• Avoid sugar, alcohol, animal fat (except fish), all refined foods.

• Investigate juicing and blending of vegetables and fruits (read books by Victoria Boutenko)

Health Supplements for hepatitis:    

(In addition to doctor’s care) 

Often, a combination of supplements may help in alleviating this condition. You may wish to consult a nutritional therapist for personal advice. Supplements that may be helpful in alleviating symptoms are shown below:

• Vitamin C at 2g per day is often preventative. Large doses of Vitamin C (40-100 grams orally or intravenous) were found to improve viral hepatitis greatly in two to four days, with clearing of jaundice within six days (Cathcart. R.F., ‘The method of determining proper doses of vitamin C for the treatment of disease by titrating to bowel tolerance’, J.Orthomol. Psychiat., 1981, 10, pp. 125-32).

• Herb: Dandelion

• Herb: Milk thistle (silymarin)

• Herb: Artichoke

• Vitamin B Complex

• Liver Detox formula (Nutri Ltd)

Recommended Books

health book - Hepatitis A to G: The Facts You Need to Know
health book - Hepatitis C Handbook, The

see also: juicing books   cookbooks