1, what are the hazards of fatty liver?
1, abnormal liver metabolism
Fatty liver caused by overnutrition is a benign liver disease. If there are not many liver cells involved, patients often have no specific symptoms. The abnormal liver metabolism reflected by fatty liver may affect other organs to produce serious diseases. Fatty liver is the early manifestation of various hepatotoxic injuries.
2. Liver function is impaired
Fatty liver reduces the synthesis of phospholipids and plasma lipoproteins in the liver, which will affect the functions of nerves and blood vessels for a long time, causing memory loss and arteriosclerosis.
3, transformed into cirrhosis.
Some people worry that fatty liver will become liver cancer. In fact, fatty liver is not directly related to liver cancer, but if you have viral hepatitis at the same time, or continue to drink too much, you may soon form cirrhosis. Studies have shown that 70% of liver cirrhosis will eventually develop into liver cancer, so liver cirrhosis is considered as a precancerous state.
4, systemic tissue recession
The accumulation of liver fat reduces the ability of liver to synthesize albumin, which is an important protein for maintaining the function of tissues and organs. People with low albumin have poor appetite, fatigue and weakness, and are prone to many diseases.
5, life expectancy is shortened
Fatty liver caused by different reasons and its complex basic diseases will have a light or heavy, near or far impact on patients' lives. For example, obesity, diabetes complicated with fatty liver, although patients have no worries, but the quality of life is greatly reduced.
2. Causes of fatty liver
1, alcohol
Alcohol is the most common cause of fatty liver. It seems that China people's feelings are enhanced at banquets. Long-term drinking leads to alcoholism, which has a direct toxic effect on the metabolism of liver triglycerides, leading to a decrease in liver fat oxidation and a large accumulation of fat. Nearly 60% of chronic alcoholics have fatty liver, 20%? _30% will eventually develop into cirrhosis and liver cancer.
2. Overnutrition
Eating big fish and meat, fried food and sweets for a long time makes the liver fat synthesize too much. When the fat content in food is too high, it exceeds the limit of liver treatment, which increases the burden on the liver, interferes with the metabolism of fat, breaks the input-output balance of the liver, and fat accumulates in the liver, forming fatty liver.
3. Obesity
About half of obese people tend to have fatty liver. Domestic scholars have found that 8 of 10 "chubby children" suffer from fatty liver. The main reason is that the blood of obese people contains a lot of free fatty acids, which are continuously transported to the liver, greatly exceeding the transport and metabolism capacity of the liver, causing the accumulation of liver fat and causing obese fatty liver.
4. Diabetes
About half of patients with type II diabetes have fatty liver. This is because glucose and fatty acids in diabetic patients are not well utilized, and lipoprotein synthesis is also hindered. Most glucose and fatty acids are converted into fat in the liver, and finally fat accumulates in the liver, causing fatty liver.
5, hyperlipidemia
The fatty substances in blood are collectively called blood lipids. Lipids in plasma include cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids, etc. They combine with different protein in blood and exist in the form of "lipoproteins". Hyperlipidemia refers to the high content of cholesterol and triglyceride in blood or the low high density lipoprotein cholesterol. When the lipid in the blood exceeds the limit that the liver can handle, it will cause the accumulation of fat in the liver and cause fatty liver.
6. Malnutrition
Some people may wonder that overnutrition can lead to fatty liver, so why can malnutrition also lead to fatty liver? It's actually quite simple. Overnutrition belongs to excessive raw materials, and malnutrition belongs to insufficient auxiliary materials in the processing process, and it is impossible to produce qualified products. When malnutrition occurs, protein deficiency leads to the decrease of synthesis of very low density lipoprotein, the disorder of triglyceride transport in the liver, and the accumulation of fat in the liver, which leads to fatty liver.
3. What food should fatty liver eat?
1, bean products
Soybean products are the first choice for diet treatment of fatty liver, including soybean milk, tofu and bean sprouts. Modern nutrition research has proved that bean products are not only nutritious, but also have the function of reducing blood fat. If you consume 30 ~ 50g soy protein every day, you can significantly reduce the serum total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein and triglyceride levels, without affecting the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level.
2. Chinese wolfberry
Lycium barbarum not only has the health care and health care functions of protecting liver and tonifying kidney, nourishing blood and improving eyesight, preventing aging and resisting aging, but also has the health care functions of protecting liver and preventing fatty liver. This is because Lycium barbarum contains an effective ingredient-sweet theophylline, which can prevent excessive storage of liver fat and fatty liver. Therefore, patients with chronic liver disease, especially patients with fatty liver, may wish to eat Lycium barbarum often.
3. Hawthorn
After hawthorn enters the stomach, it can enhance the function of enzymes, promote the digestion of meat and contribute to the transformation of cholesterol. It contains ursolic acid, which can reduce the deposition of animal fat on the blood vessel wall. For people with fatty liver or obesity, eating hawthorn, hawthorn slices, hawthorn pill or soaking hawthorn in water can help digestion and remove fat, which is a good liver-protecting food. Therefore, eating hawthorn regularly is of great benefit to mild fatty liver.
4. Green tea
Tea polyphenols extracted from green tea can reduce the content of lipid peroxide in liver tissue and the levels of total cholesterol and triglyceride in plasma, which has a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on fatty liver.
Step 5: carrots
Carotene contained in carrots has a good antioxidant effect, can reduce the existence of body fat, and has a certain nourishing effect on the liver; The dietary fiber contained can strengthen intestinal peristalsis and reduce the existence of toxins in the body. Can effectively prevent the damage of bacteria to the liver, and then effectively prevent fatty liver.
6.tremella fuciformis
Tremella fuciformis is rich in protein, fat, dietary fiber, trace elements, colloid and tremella fuciformis polysaccharide which is very beneficial to human body. Tremella polysaccharide can not only improve human liver and kidney function, but also reduce serum cholesterol and triglyceride, promote the synthesis of protein in liver and enhance human immunity.