The Fallacy of a Low-Fat Diet in Liver Disease

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Abstract
The frequency with which a low-fat diet is routinely prescribed in the treatment of liver disease has stimulated a review of the available evidence dealing with the effect of fat upon human hepatic disease. Restriction of dietary fat has been found to be based upon fallacious assumptions. In many pertinent and well-controlled studies the lack of deleterious effect from a liberal fat intake when offered in a balanced diet has been documented. Diets unrestricted in fat offer many advantages to the patient with liver disease who suffers anorexia. Increased caloric intake, which is associated with the improved palatability and more concentrated calorie content of such diets, results in accelerated recovery and decreased convalescence time in both cirrhosis and hepatitis.

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