Dear Colleagues,

The liver is not only the organ deputed to the transient storage, distribution, and metabolism of all our nutritional fonts but synthetizes several molecules that are indispensable in our body and is also the only organ responsible for the clearance of some end products that, if accumulated in the case of hepatic dysfunction, become life-threatening. At the same time, its pivotal role with respect to nutritional intake makes the liver particularly susceptible to dietary manipulations.

Currently, due to the important socio-economic impact of non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases, and particularly of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, a large number of publications have focused on this issue; however, patients’ demand for precise nutritional indications to be adopted in case of other liver diseases other than compensated or decompensated cirrhosis remains high.

For this Special Issue, we invite articles (original articles or reviews) related to the most suitable nutritional strategies for the treatment of the broad spectrum of pathological conditions involving the liver (acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, NASH-NAFLD (Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis-Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease), alcohol abuse, cirrhosis, decompensated cirrhosis, liver transplantation, biliary diseases, gallstones, malnutrition from other pathologies, liver disease during TPN (total parenteral nutrition)). It will be particularly interesting to include articles dealing with special dietary recommendations in liver-transplanted patients since their use of immunosuppressive drugs potentially induces sarcopenia. Moreover, the role of nutraceuticals, pre-and probiotics, as well as new theoretical nutritional approaches, for the cure of liver diseases is of great interest.

Prof. Dr. Michele Barone
Guest Editor

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• Chronic Liver Disease
• Liver Cirrhosis
• Hepatic Insufficiency
• Liver Decompensation
• Ascites
• Hepatic Encephalopathy
• NAFDL
• NASH
• Post-Transplant Obesity
• Post-transplant NASH
• Acute Liver Rejection
• Hepatic Cholestasis
• Post-Cholecystectomy Diarrhea