High Protein Diet Versus Normal Protein Diet in Treating Patients With Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy

Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of cirrhosis of any etiology * Men and women between 18 and 70 years. * Right-holders of the Mexican Social Security Institute * Patients who agree to participate in the study and signed the informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Recent history of alcohol abuse and/or drugs (less than 6 weeks). * Illiterate * Alcoholic cirrhosis * History and/or diagnosis of overt hepatic encephalopathy * Consumption of psychotropic medications (benzodiazepines, antiepileptics) * Patients under treatment with lactulose, lacitol, rifaximin, neomycin, metronidazole and/or fiber supplements. * History of chronic renal disease or heart failure * Patients with gastrointestinal bleeding * History of neurological or psychiatric disorders that affect the ability to develop neuropsychological tests * Diagnosis of bacterial overgrowth * Diagnosis of liver cancer * Patients with ophthalmologic disorders