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Nutritional Diagnosis: Introduction To Nutrtional Diagnosis General Observations Of Nutritional Diagnosis Caloric Nutrition Caloric Undernutrition Portein Nutrition Protein Deficiency Protein Nutrition And Cirrhosis Of The Liver The Kwashiorkor Syndrome Protein Needs For Repletion Carbohydrate Nutrition Lipid Nutrition Absorption Of Lipids Ketosis Lipids And Liver Disease Lipids And Gallbladder Disease Mineral Nutrition Water Intoxication Sodium And Chloride Potassium Calcium Phosphorus Magnesium Sulfur Copper Cobalt Iodine Vitamin Nutrition - General Observances Vitamin A Vitamin B Complex Thiamine Riboflavin Niacin Vitamin B6 Pantothenic Acid Folic Acid Vitamin B12 Choline Biotin Inositol Ascorbic Acid Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K More Articles About Health And Nutrition |
( Originally Published 1956 ) The normal liver contains about 4 per cent fat, the majority of which is phospholipid, the remainder being glycerides and cholesterol. In a number of pathologic conditions, lipids accumulate in the liver cells and this accumulation is often followed by fibrosis and cirrhosis. Fatty livers have been produced in experimental animals by diets high in fat and by diets low in protein and low in fat. Deficiency of choline or methionine appears to be related to the accumulation of lipid in these situations. Abundant evidence suggests that cirrhosis of the liver in man is often due to dietary deficiency. Administration of choline has been shown to result in a decrease in liver fat in fatty alcoholic cirrhosis; both choline and methionine have been found to increase the rate of phospholipid turnover. The value of diets high in protein in the prevention and treatment of experimental cirrhosis is well documented; evidence strongly suggests that this is the case in man. |