Fatty liver disease is still at risk in the thin group of people

According to doctors, the most common cause of fatty liver is alcohol. But there are still patients with fatty liver who are not in the heavy drinking group. In addition to alcohol, there are some other common causes such as: Obesity; high cholesterol; diabetes; genetics; weight loss too quickly; side effects of some medications.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lam, former Deputy Director of the National Institute of Nutrition, shared, one of the causes of fatty liver comes from people with high blood fat. High blood fat for a long time is deposited in the liver due to incomplete elimination, causing fatty liver. In addition, a sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy eating will cause overweight and obesity. Over 50% of overweight and obese people have dyslipidemia.

According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lam, the foods that cause high blood fat, fat metabolism disorders that cause fatty liver are eating a lot of saturated fat (fat, butter) and trans fat caused by using oil, fried fat. fried over and over again (fried potatoes, fried chicken, donuts…). The darker the oil and fat used for frying, the more trans fat.

“The third time used oil and fat will turn into saturated fat and increase with the number of times of frying. In the family, we should use the right amount of oil to fry, fry and then pour it out. Many families save money, using oil and fat to fry again and again to produce saturated fat, which causes fatty liver when used for a long time.

Also according to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lam, people who have a habit of eating animal viscera (heart, liver, oval, pig intestine…) are at very high risk of dyslipidemia. Even during the medical examination, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lam once encountered a patient who was very thin but had high blood fat and a fatty liver. The patient was very surprised when he had fatty liver. However, when the expert asked carefully about the diet, the new patient shared that he often eats offal of animals. “This is a patient’s favorite dish, rich in cholesterol. Eating for a long time increases blood fat, leading to fatty liver, “Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lam shared.

Third, today’s industrial lifestyle makes many people forget to eat green vegetables and ripe fruits. Especially for young people, because of their busy lives, lunches often use quick meals such as noodles, fried chicken. This diet is often high in protein and fat, lacking in 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. A diet high in fiber will help roll out the fat in the digestive tract. If the diet is high in fiber, it will cause cholesterol to be reabsorbed into the blood and lead to fatty liver.

Fourth, a diet with too much energy also causes overweight, obesity and affects liver function.

Currently, the Vietnamese diet tends to increase fat in the diet. If in urban areas the diet is excess of fat, in rural areas the quality of fat is not guaranteed (eating a lot of trans fats).

Fifth, consuming foods high in sugar is a common habit among Vietnamese people today. Nutrition experts recommend, eating too much sugar will cause an excess of energy, leading to overweight and obesity and easily leading to fatty liver.

According to experts, with sweet foods containing glucose, when entering the body, it will reach the liver. In the liver, glucose is stored as glycogen. The function of glycogen is as a secondary long-term energy storage source, with the primary storage being fat located in adipose tissue. Muscle glycogen is converted to glucose by muscle cells and liver glycogen is converted to glucose to be used by the entire body system.

During the breakdown of glycogen into glucose, blood sugar is always elevated and creates a burden on the liver.

Fatty liver rarely has obvious symptoms. The first symptoms are usually just a warm and slightly uncomfortable stomach. Clinically, your doctor may find that your liver is slightly enlarged. When there is too much fat in the liver, it can cause liver inflammation. At that time, the main symptoms will be loss of appetite, weight loss, abdominal pain or extreme fatigue and jaundice.

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Lam recommends that fatty liver is common in people who drink a lot, smoke, eat unbalanced, have a sedentary lifestyle, overweight and obese people, people with dyslipidemia, and patients with diabetes. Street.

In order to prevent fatty liver, the most important thing is to have a healthy diet, limit fatty meat, increase lean meat, and eat a lot of ripe green vegetables.

Ngoc Trang

Silent as fatty liver: causes, symptoms and treatmentAlcohol, diabetes, habit of staying up late… can cause fatty liver. However, the disease has no obvious symptoms in the early stages, making the patient subjective and neglectful.