Proper nutrition for liver diseases
| Food group | Recommended | Not recommended |
| Bread and pastries | Bread rolls, rusks, crispbread, mixed bread, wholemeal wheat bread, simple yeast pastries, sponge cake | Fresh bread, cream and cream cakes, puff pastry, fat-fried pastries, fat yeast pastries |
| Egg dishes | Eggs cooked in food, loose scrambled eggs, soft egg | Fried egg or scrambled eggs with bacon |
| Fat(s) | Vegetable margarine and oils, e.g. diet margarine, sunflower oil, wheat germ oil, maize germ oil, little butter | Lard, superheated fat |
| Fish | Low-fat fish varieties, e.g. haddock, redfish, saithe, plaice, cod | Herring, carp, eel, mackerel, oil sardines, breaded fillet |
| Meat and meat products | Lean meat, e.g. veal, chicken, beef, pork, lean ham, poultry sausage | Bacon, fatty meat, breaded or hot-fried meat, fatty sausage |
| Vegetables and salad | Carrots, young kohlrabi, broccoli, asparagus, fennel, spinach, chicory, endive, lamb’s lettuce, lettuce, beetroot, tomato, zucchini | Onions, peas, beans, lentils, white cabbage, red cabbage, savoy cabbage |
| Cereals and cereal products | Rice, oat flakes, semolina, noodles, millet, spelt flour, cereal porridge (whole grain if possible) | |
| potatoes | Boiled potatoes, puree, dumplings of boiled potatoes | French fries, potato salad with mayonnaise, potato pancakes, fried potatoes |
| Milk and dairy products | Milk (1.5% fat), buttermilk, low-fat yoghurt and kefir, skimmed curd cheese, cheese up to 30% fat in dry matter, condensed milk (4.0% fat) | Very fat-rich cheeses, strongly flavored cheeses and cheese preparations |
| Fruit | Ripe apples, apricots, bananas, strawberries, kiwi, ripe peaches, oranges, mandarins | Unripe fruit, plums, gooseberries, currants, nuts |
| Sweets and condiments | Sugar, jam and honey in small quantities; caraway, aniseed, cinnamon, fennel, fresh herbs, lemon juice | Nougat, marzipan, pralines; strongly spiced, acetic acid and salted dishes, hot mustard, chili, garlic, paprika powder, horseradish |
| Beverages | Mineral water, diluted fruit and vegetable juices, mild teas | Highly carbonated beverages STOP! Alcohol is forbidden! |
