Inclusion Criteria:  • Clinical diagnosis of alcoholic hepatitis defined as:  Regular consumption of alcohol with an intake of >60 g daily or >420 g weekly on average for men and >40 g daily or >280 g weekly on average for women for 6 months or more  AND  MELD <21 Serum total bilirubin >3 mg/dL AST >50 IU/I; AST:ALT ratio >1.5; Both AST and ALT <400 IU/I  OR Histologic evidence of AH.  Exclusion Criteria:  Pregnant or breastfeeding women Patients with gastrointestinal bleeding within 2 weeks Active infection (positive blood or ascitic fluid culture) Overt encephalopathy Renal failure and/or on dialysis Medications that alter muscle protein metabolism Myopathies Other end-stage organ diseases Malignancy Solid organ or hematopoietic transplantation Active alcohol withdrawal or ongoing participation in a Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment (CIWA) protocol History of recent upper gastrointestinal resection within past 6 months Acute or chronic liver disease due to other active causes, in addition to alcoholic liver disease Inability to provide consent Creatinine >2mg/dL Platelets <60,000k/ul PT/INR >1.7 Presence of pedal edema Use of anti-platelet/anticoagulation drugs or medications that interfere with blood clotting