What should I do if the alanine aminotransferase in my blood is high?

Alanine aminotransferase in the body is a substance involved in the metabolism of human protein and plays a very important role in the human body. If the alanine aminotransferase level is high, it means that the liver function is damaged and needs to be relieved and treated in time.

1. Daily Diet

Patients with high alanine aminotransferase levels should pay attention to comprehensive nutrition, reasonable diet and prevent picky eating. You need to consume adequate amounts of vitamins, fats, carbohydrates and proteins every day. The three meals a day should be reasonably matched, alternating between meat and vegetables, and spicy and other irritating foods should be eaten as little as possible to avoid developing bad habits of picky eating. Drink a glass of milk every day, eat an egg, 2 to 3 taels of lean meat, a piece of tofu, exchange two kinds of vegetables every day, and eat two fruits. In addition, try to avoid eating spicy hot pot, seafood, fried foods, animal offal and other foods that are difficult to digest. At the same time, you should abstain from alcohol and smoking.

2. Fruit

Patients with high alanine aminotransferase should eat some acidic vegetables and fruits in their diet, such as hawthorn, apricot meat, sour jujube, tomato, etc. In addition, edible fungi such as shiitake mushrooms and black fungus contain relatively rich polysaccharides, which are very beneficial for enhancing the immune function of patients with liver disease. Green food is the best choice for protecting and nourishing the liver. For fresh vegetables, patients can eat them raw or cook them into soup and exchange them daily.

3. Personalized diet

As for what to eat for high alanine aminotransferase, patients with high alanine aminotransferase should also follow personalized dietary principles according to the severity of their illness. For example, if a patient with cirrhosis has high alanine aminotransferase, his diet should consist mainly of soft, cool, and easily digestible foods. Patients with high alanine aminotransferase levels should be reminded that they should not only focus on what to eat. Dietary therapy is only an auxiliary treatment and only promotes the lowering of transaminase. They should not put the cart before the horse and ignore the treatment of the cause. Otherwise, the risk of liver fibrosis will still exist, and liver disease will develop into cirrhosis and liver cancer. For example, for hepatitis B patients with high alanine aminotransferase, in addition to enzyme lowering treatment, comprehensive treatments such as antiviral, anti-fibrosis, and liver function restoration are also required.