Okay Sheryl, here's the info I typed up for you.
First let me say that I have no idea what caused your liver damage and I am not judging you for it at all. There are some things in the paragraphs that follow, that might make you think I’m trying to say what caused it. This is merely an excerpt from a book… take it as such… if the cause doesn’t apply to you, perhaps the cure can still help.
Special Problems in severe liver damage
“Often during liver disease, quarts of liquid accumulate in the abdominal cavity, a condition known as ascites. In this case the injured liver is unable to produce enzymes needed to inactivate a urine-controlling (antidiuretic) hormone, and too little urine is formed. When 2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast have been given at each meal to patients with ascites, rapid recovery occurred. A few times I have been consulted by people who accumulated liquid so rapidly that for months their abdomens had been tapped frequently and the liquid removed; yet after the diet was made adequate, the condition was corrected within a few days.
When the severe stress of liver damage has been so prolonged that ascites occurs, sodium is rapidly lost in the urine; hence a salt-free diet, which is usually recommended, often induces weakness, muscle cramps, lassitude, and low blood pressure. In most cases, instead of salt being withdrawn, salty foods should be eaten. If too much salt is retained, water is held uniformly in all tissues, and not in a localized area.
During severe liver damage, large amounts of amino acids are lost in the urine at the very time quantities of protein are needed for repair. Yet often a high-protein diet cannot be given because toxic quantities of ammonia accumulate in the blood. This ammonia comes from the breakdown of body proteins, accelerated by the stress of the disease, and from the intestine, where it is liberated by bacteria living on undigested protein. Ammonia formed within the body is normally changed to harmless urea by enzymes, provided vitamin B6 and magnesium are adequate, but it accumulates when either is lacking. It can be markedly decreased by an antistress diet, which prevents such unnecessary break down of body protein. The formation of ammonia from undigested proteins can be stopped by taking yogurt or acidophilus milk, digestive enzymes, lecithin, hydrochloric acid, and small, frequent meals.”
Recovery from Liver damage
“As with animals, people with damaged livers or even cirrhosis can recover rapidly, provided their diets are markedly improved. In one study of 102 persons who had lived largely on refined carbohydrates and were grossly deficient in protein, fatty livers caused mild to severe abdominal pain, enlargement of the organ, and tenderness to the touch. Weekly biopsies and numerous tests showed that after their diets were made high in protein and supplemented with cholin, methionine, and vitamin B12, even the worst cases had recovered within six weeks. Improvement is usually much faster when lecithin is given as a source of cholin rather than the vitamin itself, which at times can be destroyed by certain intestinal bacteria.
In a study of 68 people seriously ill with cirrhosis, a high-protein diet supplemented with a multivitamin capsule and 2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast at each meal induced “rapid recoveries” in all, including the most advanced casees. In another group of patients with cirrhosis, the severest scarring was replaced by normal tissue within a few months after the diet was made adequate; and as long as such a diet was adhered to, there was no return of liver damage.
When persons with cirrhosis have been given 10 grams each of cholin and methionine daily but the general diet was not improved, biopsies still showed vast areas of dead cells and extensive scarring months later. If a completely adequate diet is carefully followed, cirrhosis is remarkably reversible, but an irreparable stage is reached if such steps are not taken promptly.
Liver damage caused by various industrial poisons – benzene, nitrobenzene, leaded gasoline, and numerous hydrocarbons – has been corrected by diets high in protein and vitamin C; and damage from such chemicals was found to be greatest when these nutrients were undersupplied. High-protein diets, used as a preventive measure, have also reduced the toxicity of many poisons. Injury to the liver brought on by inhaling carbon tetrachloride has likewise been corrected by an adequate diet. Damage from toxic drugs usually goes untreated; though the drugs may be discontinued, all nutrients which help regenerate the liver should be simultaneously increased.
I can find no medical reports of patients with liver disease having received vitamin E, though they have abnormally small amounts of this vitamin in their blood. Hospital diets given to patients with cirrhosis have been found to supply daily only 17 milligrams of vitamin E and autopsies on persons who died of cirrhosis reveal depositions of the brown pigment characteristic of severe vitamin E deficiency. In cirrhosis, the liver becomes so full of scars that circulation is impaired and hemorrhaging is a frequent cause of death. As in other injuries, the massive scarring forms after damage has been done. Yet, if generously supplied, vitamin E would not only help to prevent scarring but could decrease the need for oxygen and thus keep many cells from dying when swelling and inflammation impair circulation.
During exposure to toxic substances, whether in spraying the garden, taking medication, or working with industrial poisons, cholin, vitamins C and E, and protein, particularly the sulfur-containing amino acids, should be immediately increased; and during sober periods, alcoholics, who are especially subject to cirrhosis, should try to obtain these nutrients.”
First let me say that I have no idea what caused your liver damage and I am not judging you for it at all. There are some things in the paragraphs that follow, that might make you think I’m trying to say what caused it. This is merely an excerpt from a book… take it as such… if the cause doesn’t apply to you, perhaps the cure can still help.
Special Problems in severe liver damage
“Often during liver disease, quarts of liquid accumulate in the abdominal cavity, a condition known as ascites. In this case the injured liver is unable to produce enzymes needed to inactivate a urine-controlling (antidiuretic) hormone, and too little urine is formed. When 2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast have been given at each meal to patients with ascites, rapid recovery occurred. A few times I have been consulted by people who accumulated liquid so rapidly that for months their abdomens had been tapped frequently and the liquid removed; yet after the diet was made adequate, the condition was corrected within a few days.
When the severe stress of liver damage has been so prolonged that ascites occurs, sodium is rapidly lost in the urine; hence a salt-free diet, which is usually recommended, often induces weakness, muscle cramps, lassitude, and low blood pressure. In most cases, instead of salt being withdrawn, salty foods should be eaten. If too much salt is retained, water is held uniformly in all tissues, and not in a localized area.
During severe liver damage, large amounts of amino acids are lost in the urine at the very time quantities of protein are needed for repair. Yet often a high-protein diet cannot be given because toxic quantities of ammonia accumulate in the blood. This ammonia comes from the breakdown of body proteins, accelerated by the stress of the disease, and from the intestine, where it is liberated by bacteria living on undigested protein. Ammonia formed within the body is normally changed to harmless urea by enzymes, provided vitamin B6 and magnesium are adequate, but it accumulates when either is lacking. It can be markedly decreased by an antistress diet, which prevents such unnecessary break down of body protein. The formation of ammonia from undigested proteins can be stopped by taking yogurt or acidophilus milk, digestive enzymes, lecithin, hydrochloric acid, and small, frequent meals.”
Recovery from Liver damage
“As with animals, people with damaged livers or even cirrhosis can recover rapidly, provided their diets are markedly improved. In one study of 102 persons who had lived largely on refined carbohydrates and were grossly deficient in protein, fatty livers caused mild to severe abdominal pain, enlargement of the organ, and tenderness to the touch. Weekly biopsies and numerous tests showed that after their diets were made high in protein and supplemented with cholin, methionine, and vitamin B12, even the worst cases had recovered within six weeks. Improvement is usually much faster when lecithin is given as a source of cholin rather than the vitamin itself, which at times can be destroyed by certain intestinal bacteria.
In a study of 68 people seriously ill with cirrhosis, a high-protein diet supplemented with a multivitamin capsule and 2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast at each meal induced “rapid recoveries” in all, including the most advanced casees. In another group of patients with cirrhosis, the severest scarring was replaced by normal tissue within a few months after the diet was made adequate; and as long as such a diet was adhered to, there was no return of liver damage.
When persons with cirrhosis have been given 10 grams each of cholin and methionine daily but the general diet was not improved, biopsies still showed vast areas of dead cells and extensive scarring months later. If a completely adequate diet is carefully followed, cirrhosis is remarkably reversible, but an irreparable stage is reached if such steps are not taken promptly.
Liver damage caused by various industrial poisons – benzene, nitrobenzene, leaded gasoline, and numerous hydrocarbons – has been corrected by diets high in protein and vitamin C; and damage from such chemicals was found to be greatest when these nutrients were undersupplied. High-protein diets, used as a preventive measure, have also reduced the toxicity of many poisons. Injury to the liver brought on by inhaling carbon tetrachloride has likewise been corrected by an adequate diet. Damage from toxic drugs usually goes untreated; though the drugs may be discontinued, all nutrients which help regenerate the liver should be simultaneously increased.
I can find no medical reports of patients with liver disease having received vitamin E, though they have abnormally small amounts of this vitamin in their blood. Hospital diets given to patients with cirrhosis have been found to supply daily only 17 milligrams of vitamin E and autopsies on persons who died of cirrhosis reveal depositions of the brown pigment characteristic of severe vitamin E deficiency. In cirrhosis, the liver becomes so full of scars that circulation is impaired and hemorrhaging is a frequent cause of death. As in other injuries, the massive scarring forms after damage has been done. Yet, if generously supplied, vitamin E would not only help to prevent scarring but could decrease the need for oxygen and thus keep many cells from dying when swelling and inflammation impair circulation.
During exposure to toxic substances, whether in spraying the garden, taking medication, or working with industrial poisons, cholin, vitamins C and E, and protein, particularly the sulfur-containing amino acids, should be immediately increased; and during sober periods, alcoholics, who are especially subject to cirrhosis, should try to obtain these nutrients.”
