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# What should NAFLD patients eat?
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/nafld_0529141221/
- Published: 2014-05-29T13:19:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:24:21.000Z
- Description: A report in Przeglad Gastroenterologiczny advises people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease to take 40 to 50 percent of calories from complex carbohydrates, under 30 percent from mono- and polyunsaturated fat and 15 to 20 percent from protein, and to avoid fructose.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Diet, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

Thursday may 29, 2014 (foodconsumer.org) -- A report in Przeglad Gastroenterology recommends that patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) should eat a nutritionally balanced diet as the diet play a key role in the treatment of NAFLD. 

Authors say that a balanced diet leads to weight loss and improves the condition of NAFLD and they recommend that patients with NAFLD should use 40 to 50 % calories from complex carbohydrates, less than 30% calories from fat which should be mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids, and 15 to 20% calories from protein. 

Specifically, the authors advise that fructose should be avoided as this sugar is linked to the etiology of NAFLD.

Dr. Colin T Campbell, nutrition professor at Cornell University conducted research and found evidence suggesting that milk protein consumption makes humans prone to developing liver diseases including liver cancer. His studies suggest that a plant-based diet can help prevent chronic liver disease. (David LIu)

Reference

Prz Gastroenterol. 2014;9(1):18-23\. Epub 2014 Mar 1.

Dietary recommendations for patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Kargulewicz A, Stankowiak-Kulpa H, Grzymis?awski M.