Therapeutic diet number 5 is indicated for chronic diseases of the liver and biliary tract - hepatitis, cholecystitis, cirrhosis of the liver without the acute stage in the absence of concomitant diseases of the stomach and intestines.

The purpose of table number 5 is to promote the restoration of impaired liver function by the following effects:

• accumulation of glycogen in the liver;
• normalization of liver fat metabolism by limiting dietary fats, mainly refractory ones, as well as the introduction of lipotropic substances and vitamins;
• reducing the intoxication effect on the liver by regulating bowel function;
• stimulation of bile secretion;
• exclusion of foods that irritate the liver.

Diet number 5 includes a physiological norm of proteins, a slightly increased amount of carbohydrates, a moderate restriction of fats and the exclusion of foods rich in cholesterol. Compound:

• proteins - 80-100 grams;
• fats - 60-70 grams;
• carbohydrates - 450-500 grams.

Energy value - 2800-3000 kcal. The culinary processing of products by frying is excluded. Food products containing nitrogenous extractives, purines, oxalic acid, fat breakdown products - acroleins (obtained during frying) are contraindicated. The amount of table salt is 10-12 grams per day.

Foods excluded from the diet with diet number 5

• Fresh bread, muffins, puff and fried dough products.
• Fatty meat, lard, fatty fish, salted fish, duck, goose, liver, brains, kidneys, sausages (most), smoked meats, mushrooms.
• Meat, mushroom and fish broths, green cabbage soup, okroshka.
• Fried eggs, hard boiled eggs, fried scrambled eggs, fatty and spicy snacks.
• Legumes, onions, garlic, radishes, radishes, spinach, sorrel, pickled foods, mustard, peppers, horseradish.
• Cream confectionery, chocolate, ice cream.
• Black coffee, cocoa, cold drinks.

Products recommended for diet number 5

• Bread of yesterday's baking, from rye, peeled and wheat flour of the 1st and 2nd grades.
• Soups on vegetable broths with the addition of cereals and pasta, dairy, fruit soups, borscht, beetroot soup, vegetarian cabbage soup.
• Lean meat without tendons and fascia. Dishes boiled and baked after boiling, meat soufflé, meatballs, dumplings.
• Milk sausages, doctor's sausage.
• Dairy products, cottage cheese, cheese - low-fat.
• Eggs - limited in the form of a protein omelette, yolk - 0.5-1 piece per day in meals.
• Vegetables - raw, boiled, stewed.
• Fruits, berries in raw, boiled form - non-acidic.
• Black and green tea, coffee with milk, rosehip broth.

Diet number 5 involves frequent meals in small portions (5 times a day), as well as fluid intake in the amount of 1.8-2 liters per day.