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Helping You Feel Your Best! Nutrition Tips for People with Hepatitis C Hepatitis C harms your liver. Your liver plays many important roles. It IIff yyoouu hhaavvee ccoommpplliiccaattiioonnss...... deals with everything you eat and drink. A healthy lifestyle can help you …such as cirrhosis or fluid feel your best and help your body cope with the hepatitis C virus. retention, you need to pay even HHeeaalltthhyy eeaattiinngg aanndd mmooddeerraattee pphhyyssiiccaall aaccttiivviittyy ccaann:: more attention to nutrition. ➤Get tailored advice from your ➤give your body the energy it needs to work well, doctor or dietitian. ➤boost your immune system, ➤Eat smaller meals every few ➤help your liver renew itself, and hours. This may be easier for your body to handle and will help ➤decrease some of the symptoms of your hepatitis C and the side effects keep your energy level up. of treatment, such as feeling tired and sick. ➤You may need to limit your EEaatt wweellll ➤Do not take more than one intake of salt if you have swelling multivitamin per day – and you of the abdomen (ascites) or ➤Choose a variety of foods from all may need one without iron. Talk legs (edema). four food groups of Canada’s to your health care provider ➤Try extra-strength liquid Food Guide to Healthy Eating. about which vitamin and mineral nutrition supplements, available supplements are best for you. from your local pharmacy. Some ➤Get plenty of Grain Products and examples are: Boost Plus Vegetables & Fruit. TTaakkee ccaarree ® ® Calories , Ensure Plus , ® ➤Eat at least 2 servings from the ➤Avoid alcohol. Resource Plus . Meat & Alternatives food group (such as meat, fish, poultry, ➤Enjoy light to moderate physical LLooww--CCoosstt NNuuttrriittiioouuss CChhooiicceess eggs, peanut butter, and dried activity, such as walking, Eating well doesn’t have to be beans, peas and lentils). swimming, gardening and expensive. Low-cost nutritious ➤Focus on lower fat choices within stretching. choices can be found in each food each food group. ➤Build up slowly to 30 to 60 group: ➤Drink 6 to 8 glasses of fluids minutes of activity, at least 4 ➤bread, rice, pasta, rolled oats every day. times a week. ➤Avoid food poisoning by storing ➤carrots, potatoes, frozen ➤Keep your energy level up by and preparing foods safely. Wash vegetables, apples, in-season eating smaller meals and snacks your hands often. berries more often. ➤milk powder, plain milk or yogurt SSuupppplleemmeenntt ccaarreeffuullllyy ➤Talk to your health care provider if depression affects your ability ➤baked beans, eggs, to eat well. dried beans, peas ➤Use only herbal products that and lentils, your health care provider has told canned fish, you are safe. ground beef Brought to you by: FFoorr mmoorree ttiippss,, sseeee AAppppeennddiicceess GG aanndd HH ooff tthhee ffuullll GGuuiiddeelliinneess aatt wwwwww..ddiieettiittiiaannss..ccaa//rreessoouurrcceess//iinnddeexx..hhttmmll SSoommee UUsseeffuull OOnn--lliinnee RReessoouurrcceess HHooww ttoo FFiinndd aa Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating RReeggiisstteerreedd DDiieettiittiiaann Call your local public health unit ➤Visit wwwwww..ddiieettiittiiaannss..ccaa and search wwwwww..hhcc--sscc..ggcc..ccaa//hhppppbb//nnuuttrriittiioonn//ppuubbee//ffooooddgguuiidd//iinnddeexx..hhttmmll “Find a Nutrition Professional.” Canada’s Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living ➤Call your local public health Call your local public health unit or 1-888-334-9769 department, hospital or wwwwww..ppaagguuiiddee..ccoomm community health centre. Dietitians of Canada: Eat Well, Live Well section ➤Call the Consulting Dietitians Includes Your Nutrition Profile, Meal Planner and Virtual Kitchen tour, Network at 1-888-901-7776. nutrition information and tools to compare food choices to recommendations, and personalized advice for making improvements. Registered Dietitians can help you wwwwww..ddiieettiittiiaannss..ccaa//eeaattwweellll meet your nutrition needs by designing a personal meal plan. Food Safety information and materials YYoouu ddeeffiinniitteellyy sshhoouulldd sseeee aa RReeggiisstteerreedd wwwwww..ccaannffiigghhttbbaacc..oorrgg DDiieettiittiiaann iiff yyoouu hhaavvee:: Nutrition labelling education materials ➤complications related to wwwwww..hheeaalltthhccaannaaddaa..ccaa//nnuuttrriittiioonnllaabbeelllliinngg advanced liver disease, such as National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine cirrhosis or fluid retention nnccccaamm..nniihh..ggoovv//hheeaalltthh//hheeppaattiittiisscc//iinnddeexx..hhttmm ➤another medical condition, such as diabetes or HIV Heppo Recipe Exchange ➤a problem with weight loss or Recipes submitted by other people infected with the hepatitis C virus; weight gain not specifically “HepC healthy” unless noted. wwwwww..hheeppccnneett..nneett//rreecciippeess//rreecciippeeiinnddeexx..hhttmmll ➤diarrhea for more than 3 days Hepatitis C and Food ➤trouble eating well Hepatitis C Council of New South Wales, February 2002 ➤diagnosis of fluid retention wwwwww..hheeppaattiittiisscc..oorrgg..aauu//ootthheerr__rreessoouurrcceess//ffoooodd__bbrroocchhuurree..hhttmm requiring a low salt diet Health Canada hepatitis C information wwwwww..hheeaalltthhccaannaaddaa..ccaa//hheeppcc o Other Resources Consult the organizations listed across the bottom of this handout. This handout is based on Hepatitis C: Nutrition Care – Canadian Guidelines for TThhiiss hhaannddoouutt ddiissttrriibbuutteedd ccoommpplliimmeennttss ooff:: Health Care Providers, 2003. wwwwww..ddiieettiittiiaannss..ccaa//rreessoouurrcceess//iinnddeexx..hhttmmll wwwwww..hheeaalltthhccaannaaddaa..ccaa//hheeppcc Another handout in this series is available, Dealing with Discomforts: Nutrition Tips for People with Hepatitis C. This information is not meant to replace the medical counsel of your doctor or consultation with a Registered Dietitian. © Dietitians of Canada, 2003. May only be reproduced in its entirety and provided source is acknowledged. Produced with funding from Health Canada. The opinions expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect the official policies or views of Health Canada. 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