The liver performs many important functions in the body such as eliminating toxins, storing and metabolizing substances… Therefore, when the liver is damaged or has problems, health will also be severely affected.
Talking about habits that affect the liver, many people still warn about drinking and smoking. According to experts, this is true but not enough, because many people, including women, have liver problems when they do not smoke or drink alcohol.
PGS.TS.BS Nguyen Thi Lam, former Deputy Director of the National Institute of Nutrition, said that it is the unscientific eating habits that cause the liver to overload, thereby leading to fatty liver and affecting the liver. function of metabolism, elimination of toxins…
Here are some habits related to the Vietnamese regime that affect the liver:
First, eat too much fat and protein
According to Prof. Lam, eating too much saturated fat such as butter, animal fat or trans fat such as fried oil many times… will cause great damage to the liver.
In fact, at present, the direct use of animal fat (jar fat) in food processing is no longer as common as in the past, however, eating foods such as pork, beef (bamboo, meat contains both meat and vegetables). fat and lean), eating vermicelli noodles with fat… will cause a lot of fat to be put into the body.
Using fried oil many times will create trans fat that is not good for the liver. Illustration.
Also related to trans fat is the use of frying oil, frying it many times due to the saving habits of many Vietnamese families, or street food is fried in oil pans, the fat has turned the color of the wings. cockroaches or black.
“Research by the National Institute of Nutrition shows that frying oil for the second or third time has formed trans fats, which cause dyslipidemia and burden the liver,” Assoc. To share.
TS.BS Nguyen Trong Hung – Deputy Head of the Department of Regulatory Nutrition (National Hospital of Endocrinology) also warned that a diet too high in protein is harmful not only to the liver, but also to the kidneys. Accordingly, eating a lot of protein will make the liver and kidneys work a lot, not metabolizing all and accumulating, which is dangerous for a long time.
“To know if a person eats a lot of protein, in addition to observing the daily diet (protein does not exceed 12% of the total energy requirement/day), people can also tell by farting. There is a very unpleasant smell, that is when the digestive and metabolic systems are overloaded. Therefore, you should eat a balanced diet, you can’t get protein to make up for rice and vegetables,” warned Dr. Hung.
Second, Vietnamese people are lazy to eat vegetables
Associate Professor Nguyen Thi Lam said that in the eating habits of many Vietnamese people, there is a paradox, that is, eating too much fat and protein but eating very few vegetables is not enough according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization. (WHO).
Especially with today’s young people, busy lives, many people often use fast food for lunch. These diets are often monotonous, rich in protein and fat, lacking green vegetables and ripe fruits.
In the diet, green vegetables, ripe fruits are foods that provide vitamins and fiber that are very important for the body. Diet with fiber will help “sweep” fat in the digestive tract out of the body. On the contrary, a diet lacking in fiber will cause cholesterol to be reabsorbed into the blood and lead to fatty liver, affecting liver function. According to recommendations, an adult needs to eat 400-500 grams of green vegetables and ripe fruit every day.
Third, liking animal organs
Assoc. This is in stark contrast to the developed countries in the world, when they remove excess fat and visceral organs right from the slaughter stage, and in our country this is a favorite dish on the dinner table.
Many people’s favorite food derived from animal organs causes a series of health consequences. (Illustration)
This expert said that eating animal organs regularly, together with an unreasonable lifestyle will cause high blood fat, from which the liver cannot metabolize quickly and cause fatty liver.
It is worth mentioning that many people with high blood fat but are not overweight or obese, so they subjectively eat more and more, until the condition is discovered, the condition is too severe and must be treated with drugs.
“I directly examined a case where the girl was very young, no alcohol, smoker, very thin and an office worker. When the blood fat test is 9 times higher than normal, there is a fatty liver condition. After asking about it, she found out that this girl “idol” internal dishes, heart porridge, even can be eaten every day and this is the cause of high blood fat. Fortunately, due to his young age, after receiving advice on diet, exercise, and medication, the patient’s condition improved,” said Associate Professor Lam.
Fast food is not good for the liver but many people eat it regularly. (Illustration)
Fourth, regularly load the liver’s “enemy” – sweets
Observations show that in Vietnam, there are many people of all ages who like sweets, young children eat sweets and soft drinks without getting bored, young people need fast food with soft drinks, can drink milk tea. Instead of water, the elderly who use tea also add sugar…
It is this habit that causes many consequences for general health and the liver is the part that suffers the first consequences. When the amount of sugar stored is too much, the liver is easily overloaded and affects its metabolic function.
Assoc. too much will cause liver inflammation. At that time, the main symptoms will be loss of appetite, weight loss, abdominal pain or extreme fatigue and jaundice.
Experts recommend, fatty liver is common in people who drink alcohol, smoke, eat unbalanced, have a sedentary lifestyle, overweight and obese people, people with dyslipidemia, diabetes patients. .
To prevent fatty liver, it is necessary to have a healthy diet, limit fatty meat, increase lean meat, eat more green vegetables and ripe fruits, increase tofu (help reduce blood fat).
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