Diet for 72year old male with cirrhosis of liver?

Anyone with liver disease should eat a low fat diet. If he is having symptoms of decompensation, then protein & salt should be restricted. Some people can live many years with cirrhosis if he/you abstains from alcohol and lives a healthy lifestyle. In people with HCV, sometimes doctors will put them on a maintenance dose of interferon to arrest progression of further fibrosis. I'm hoping that he/you is going to a specialist such as a gastroenterologist. Best wishes.

Decompensation is when the liver starts to fail.Other symptoms occur, such as: ascites (fluid accumulation in the abdomen), hepatic encephalopathy (mental confusion, cognitive problems), variceal bleeds (vomiting blood- needs immediate ER care). Report It

No alcoholic beverages!

first, why would you post such a serious question here instead of asking a doctor?

but I will tell you this, at that age with that condition, it doesn't really matter what the person does or doesn't eat... without a liver transplant, it is a terminal condition
so I say, eat what you want, enjoy what time you have left on this earth

Proteins normally help the body with tissue repair. They also prevent fatty buildup and damage to the liver cells. In people with severely damaged livers, these proteins are not properly processed. Waste products that are poisonous to the body may build up and affect the brain. In this case, protein may be restricted.