title: Tentative diet for liver failure containing well-polished rice.
abstract: A liver-failure diet (low in protein) that contained rice polished to 50% to reduce the protein content of the diet was given to patients with uncompensated liver cirrhosis and compared with a standard liver-failure diet containing conventionally processed rice. The amount of boiled rice served in each meal could be increased by using well-polished rice and the use of supplementary sources of energy (powdered starch syrup, jelly, cookies, and candy sugar) was unnecessary. In the liver-failure diet containing well-polished rice, the methionine contents could be reduced and the Fischer ratio could be increased. The ingestion rate of the diet with well-polished rice was 80% and the diet was rated favorably in a questionnaire on palatability. Decreases in blood ammonia concentrations were observed in three patients given the liver-failure diet with well-polished rice for 2 wk by the crossover method.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuwabara
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hioki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yago
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kugu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akira
mesh_terms: D000641:Ammonia / Q000097:blood; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000097:blood / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008715:Methionine / Q000032:analysis; D008875:Middle Aged; D012275:Oryza / Q000737:chemistry; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D004044:Dietary Proteins; D000641:Ammonia; D008715:Methionine