Nutrition expert Cheng Hanyu (Taiwan, China) said that it is not considered for weight, fat people or thin people can have fatty liver disease.If obese people are at a higher risk of fatty liver, so are the malnutrition and excessive dieters.

“Fatty liver disease is most easily explained by excess fat accumulated in the liver.When the liver cannot treat and decompose fat in the body, the fat will accumulate causing fatty liver.Not considering the total amount of body fat or body mass index (BMI), just the amount of fat accumulated in the liver accounts for more than 5% of the liver weight, you have fatty liver. ”- He said.

He also listed 4 common habits that cause fatty liver disease, though not related to grease or fat.That is:

1. Drink a lot of alcohol

Most of us know how to drink a lot of alcohol very harmful to the liver but often think of cirrhosis, liver failure and progress to liver cancer.However, fatty liver disease is also easy to form in people who drink a lot of alcohol and also contribute to the malignant tumor in the liver.

According to Dr. Cheng, alcohol can cause acute or chronic liver fatty fatty through three mechanisms: increase liver fat, reduce fat from the liver and increase the mobilization of fat tissues in the body.

“Drinking alcohol increases fat mobilization from reserve tissues, increases carbohydrates and glucose acid phosphate due to liver reduction, leading to increased fatty acid esters, and finally increased triglyceride.Alcohol reduces oxidation of fatty acids outside the liver.The decline in liver function combined with poor diet in drinkers will limit the synthesis of lipoprotein and inhibit liver fat excretion, increasing liver fat.Liver cells with fat -filled cavities will push the cell nucleus to one side ”- He explained.

2. Eat too much sugar

According to Dr. Cheng, the liver uses fructose to create fat.Excessive gathering sugar accumulates fat in the liver and leads to liver diseases.Some studies show that sugar can be harmful to the liver like alcohol, even in overweight people.Therefore, he recommends that we control the amount of sugar and sweet food in the diet to prevent fatty liver disease.

Similarly, people with diabetes are at a higher risk of fatty liver than healthy people.The reason is that when the blood sugar level increases, the liver's "bad")) of liver's liver (cholesterol "removal.For a long time, cholesterol accumulates more in this organ, causing fatty liver.

Conversely, when blood sugar is low (due to fasting), the body must release a certain amount to compensate for energy.This situation often increases the amount of fat in the liver.

3. Lack of sleep prolonged

Few people know that staying up late, lacking sleep is very harmful to the liver.The habit can cause fatty liver disease even if you eat healthy, do not use alcohol.

Dr. Cheng quoted research from Stanford University (USA) in 2018 indicating: Compared to those who sleep 9 hours a day, those who sleep less than 5 hours at risk of abnormal liver function increased by 35% and danger.Fatty liver muscles increased by 45%.This figure in people who sleep less than 6 hours is 24% and 33% respectively.People who sleep for about 7-8 hours do not increase the risk of abnormal liver function and fatty liver.In addition, studies show that sleeping less than 5 hours can lead to obesity and diabetes - factors that increase the risk of liver disease.

He explained:“The long -lasting time of nerves is correlated with alanine aminotransferase (ALT) abnormal serum and the development of non -alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).Lack of sleep disrupted the hypothalamus - pituitary gland - adrenal gland, thus contributing to liver dysfunction and fatty liver development due to alcohol.At the same time, staying up late, lack of sleep that makes ALT serum disorders important to the liver ”.

4. Losing weight too fast, excessive diet

As Dr. Cheng said, thin people, even malnutrition can have fatty liver, even higher risk than people with average weight.The reason is that the body does not synthesize apolipoprotein due to nutritional deficiencies, causing triglycerides to accumulate in the liver leading to excess fat in the liver.

Or people who lose weight too quickly are susceptible to fatty liver because this process stimulates lipolysis in the body, causing the amount of fat to increase rapidly.At the same time, the lipid peroxide process is also stronger, which will cause liver cells to be damaged and fatty liver.In addition, excessive dieting or too fast weight loss is easy to cause many consequences for overall health.

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