Meet my doctor and nutritionist last Thursday. They have put me on a liver reduction diet for 30 days. I not looking to have surgery until September, so why now. Just need a logical answer.

I can't imagine why now, my best answer is to ask them. I've not heard of this before, but I'm sure there's a logical reason.

The thirty day liver shrink diet is definitely something that you do right before your surgery. Some people have a two week and most have the 30 day pre op like i have to do. I would call your doc and make sure. It's super strick and if you are diabetic you can have sugar lows and have to reduce meds bec sugars over all will drop..so be careful.

The liver shrinking diet varies a lot from surgeon to surgeon. I was wondering the same thing since my surgeon had me start on the liver shrinking diet after my first consultation. My surgery hasn't even been scheduled yet! My surgeon's version of the liver shrinking diet seems more strict than most - no dairy, no oils, no fruit, no nuts. However, now that I've been on this diet for three weeks, I've lost 15 pounds. I seriously hope it's ALL from my liver too!

I will say though that the transition to the liquid diet 2 weeks prior to surgery will probably be a lot easier after being on the liver shrinking diet than going from eating normally to liquid only. I'm starting to incorporate Protein shakes into my daily routine now to hopefully ease the pain later.