From: PostMaster on
My mother has recently been diagnosed with probable cirrhosis. Biopsy
wasn't able to confirm but clinicaly it's looking that way so far. One
of the biggest problems we are facing is keeping her ammonia level
down. She takes lactalose and for the last couple months 90ml a day
worked fine but then her ammonia level shot up rather suddenly. One of
the things I suspect is a few changes she made in what she was eating
the last couple weeks. Is there a list of foods, food types, food
chemicals, minerals, that can cause the ammonia level to elevate? The
only thing I've been able to find is mention of animal fats, protien,
but thats about it. I'm looking for things like citric acid, calcium,
artificial sweetners, things like that for example. What helps? What
to stay away from? An extensive list would be very helpful.

TIA,
PostMaster