Hanako comforted Uncle Liu not to worry. The doctor did not lie to him. He should really have fatty liver, and the reason may be related to his vegetarianism.
A considerable number of people suffering from fatty liver are strict vegetarians. Why do vegetarians still have fatty liver? This is because vegetarians provide less calories, and vegans tend to eat more rice and flour as staple foods. These foods are rich in carbohydrates, which will be decomposed into a large amount of glucose and absorbed into the blood to stimulate insulin secretion.
Insulin can make tissue cells use glucose, lower blood sugar and promote the synthesis of fat. Excessive synthetic fat will accumulate in the liver, causing fatty liver. Moreover, when eating only vegetarian food, the intake of nutrients is incomplete, which leads to abnormal fat transport in the body and fat accumulation in the liver.
Lean meat contains a lot of protein and iron. If you eat too little meat, it will probably lead to protein deficiency and anemia in your body. Although beans also contain protein and vegetables also contain iron, compared with animal protein and iron, the absorption rate of plant protein and iron is relatively low.
Once in 1985, some scholars made an investigation on monks and nuns in Jiuhua Mountain. Among vegetarians with a ratio of 15 or more, 55% suffer from anemia due to iron deficiency. And vitamin B 12 only exists in animal foods such as fish, meat and eggs. Insufficient intake will induce megaloblastic anemia, leading to sensory abnormalities, memory loss, dementia and other nervous system diseases.
Sugar, protein and fat are the three nutrients of human body, which provide energy for human body. Protein and fat mainly exist in meat. Although beans also contain protein and fat, they are difficult to digest, so vegetarians usually eat vegetables such as potatoes, yams, pumpkins and lotus roots, as well as staple foods such as rice and flour to get energy.
However, these vegetarian foods contain a lot of starch, which will eventually break down into glucose and enter the blood, becoming blood sugar, increasing the burden on islets. If diabetics eat vegetarian food, blood sugar is more likely to rise. It is easier for diabetics to control their blood sugar by being vegetarian.
A low-fat diet is recommended in a healthy way, but it is unhealthy to "boil" the dishes without a drop of oil. Because the recommendation is "low" fat, not "no" fat. Many nutrients are fat-soluble and need to be dissolved in oil before the human body can absorb them.
For example, vitamin A, which plays an important role in optic nerve, vitamin D, which promotes calcium absorption, vitamin E, which has antioxidant and anti-aging effects, and vitamin K, which synthesizes coagulation factors, are all fat-soluble vitamins. If there is no oil in vegetables, it will affect the absorption of these fat-soluble nutrients and lead to corresponding diseases in human body. Therefore, you need to consume a certain amount of oil every day to ensure your health.
A light diet usually refers to controlling the intake of fat, sugar, salt and total calories under the premise of adequate and balanced nutrition.
Control fat: no more than 25 grams a day, eat vegetable oil, avoid eating animal fat, viscera and margarine.
Salt control: no more than 6 grams per day, including "invisible salt" in processed food.
Sugar control: no more than 25 grams per day, mainly refers to the added sugar in food, including sugary drinks, snacks, cakes and the like.
Everyone can limit the total amount of food according to the amount of food they eat, but keep diversity, so as to ensure a balanced intake of nutrients. Replace one third of the staple food with miscellaneous grains and beans, and you can eat half a catty of fruit, 1 catty of vegetables, half a catty of milk, 1 egg, 1, 800 ~ 2000 ml of water and 22 ounces of lean meat every day. This diet is healthier than vegetarian food.