“I’ve never eaten meat, how can I get fatty liver? The diagnosis is wrong, right? ”
Ms. Li from Guangdong has been eating a vegetarian diet for six years since she retired. When she went to the hospital for a routine physical examination this year, not only did she not reduce the possibility of cardiovascular disease because of her weight, but she was found to have fatty liver, which made Ms. Li feel incredible.
Ms. Li said that her usual diet is extremely light, and she never eats meat and other fishy foods, so how can she have fatty liver? Ms. Li insisted that the test results were wrong.
So Ms. Li went to two other hospitals for examination, but what she didn’t expect was that the results were both fatty liver.
In this regard, the doctor felt very helpless, although examples like Ms. Li are rare, but each example is very painful, and it is completely the so-called health preservation that harms him. Many people think that eating a vegetarian diet equals health, so they are extremely restrained in their diet, but they don’t know that long-term vegetarianism is also one of the causes of fatty liver.
1. Don’t ignore any of the 3 causes of fatty liver
Regarding fatty liver, obesity and alcohol are the most common causes, but there are three causes of fatty liver, and don’t ignore any of them.
The first reason, which we most often call alcoholism, is alcoholism. Long-term alcohol abuse can lead to excessive intake of ethanol, which is catabolized by the liver. After catabolism, ethanol will evolve into acetaldehyde, acetaldehyde will bring greater adverse stimulation to the liver, excessive accumulation will also lead to liver function damage, and then induce liver dysfunction, causing abnormal fat metabolism, in this case, acetaldehyde and fat can not be metabolized out of the body in time, and the accumulation in the body will form fatty liver and alcoholic liver.
The second is obesity, which is not difficult to see from the scientific name fatty liver, which is caused by too much fat in the body. Obese people have too much fat in their bodies, and the liver cannot digest and metabolize fat in time, and fat accumulates in the body, which naturally forms fatty liver.
The third, and the most overlooked, is malnutrition. Many people have the misconception that vegetarian people must have a drop of visceral fat, but eating only a vegetarian diet will lead to insufficient protein intake in the body, causing hypoproteinemia. At the same time, it will lead to a deficiency of choline and amino acids, and the body cannot consume enough energy, and if you want to maintain normal function, you can only supply it by mobilizing fat and protein in other parts. In this process, a large amount of fat enters the liver, and the liver is overloaded, and dysfunction will occur, resulting in the inability of fat to be excreted in time, causing fatty liver to occur.
2. These manifestations of the body may be an “early warning” of fatty liver
Patients with mild fatty liver can often achieve the purpose of treatment through life adjustment, and after suffering from fatty liver, the body will have a series of abnormal manifestations, what are the specifics?
When fatty liver is in the early stage, the body generally does not have obvious abnormal symptoms, and most patients are discovered incidentally during physical examinations, and there may be a slight feeling of fatigue in daily life.
When fatty liver disease develops to a moderate degree, the body will experience uncomfortable symptoms such as loss of appetite, fatigue, bloating, and belching. Some patients may experience symptoms such as epigastric fullness after meals, which are very similar to digestive tract abnormalities, and these symptoms can easily be misdiagnosed as digestive tract diseases.
More than 70% of patients with severe fatty liver will have mild liver enlargement symptoms, and some patients will have typical liver abnormalities such as spider angioma and palmar liver.
Most of these fatty liver diseases are caused by obesity, and the symptoms of alcoholic fatty liver disease are significantly different from those caused by other triggers. The symptoms of such patients are generally glossitis, angular cheilitis, abnormal numbness of the limbs and other symptoms, which are not peripheral nerve inflammation symptoms, and once they appear, they need to be vigilant.
3. How to eat “fatty liver”?
A few years ago, Lao Huang was diagnosed with fatty liver, and he felt that the sky was falling, and he was very scared. However, the doctor told him not to worry too much, his fatty liver is still in the mild stage, and he only needs to be well relieved through life conditioning.
Subsequently, under the guidance of the doctor, Lao Huang adjusted the high-oil and high-salt diet pattern, and maintained a regular work and rest, quit alcohol and maintain regular exercise. After three months, Lao Huang was told that the fatty liver index had returned to normal during the re-examination, and he could continue to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Clinically, there are many patients with mild fatty liver, and even some young people in their 20s have been found to have fatty liver. Patients with mild fat can return to normal only through life conditioning, and pay attention to long-term persistence in life conditioning, otherwise fatty liver will soon come back.
However, some patients with moderate to severe fatty liver often do not have good results through life conditioning. It is necessary to cooperate with life conditioning on the basis of drug treatment, and when the index drops to mild, you can stop taking medication under the guidance of a doctor and change to life conditioning.
The so-called life conditioning is nothing more than 3 points, that is, diet, exercise, and living habits. For example, don’t eat so fat, don’t sit all the time, go out and exercise more, and don’t stay up late all the time.
Fourth, there are 4 tips to prevent fatty liver
There is a great relationship between the occurrence of fatty liver and daily bad lifestyle habits, and there are four things that need to be done to prevent fatty liver disease.
1. Scientific and reasonable diet
Diet is an important part of preventing fatty liver disease, and the daily diet should maintain a variety of foods, eat more fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains and other plant foods, and at the same time combine a small amount of animal foods. So that the body can consume a variety of nutrients, the diet should be low-fat, low-calorie, low-fat.
2. Appropriate weight
Being underweight or overweight can easily cause fatty liver disease, and controlling your weight within the normal range is of great health benefit. The value of BMI should be kept between 18.5~23.9, and the formula is calculated as weight (kg)/height squared. If the calculated value is too low, you need to strengthen your nutrient intake, and if it is too high, you need to reduce your nutrient intake to control your weight.
3. Drink alcohol in moderation
Long-term drinking or a large amount of alcohol in a short period of time may induce fatty liver disease, and in order to prevent fatty liver disease, it is necessary to control alcohol intake, and it is best not to drink alcohol.
4. Prevention and treatment of primary diseases
Some patients with fatty liver are caused by some primary diseases, such as diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia and other diseases, and it is necessary to actively control the primary disease in daily life to avoid its further development and cause fatty liver disease.
Xiaobian hereby reminds that if you find out that you have fatty liver in your life, you must actively intervene and treat it. Some people who do not have fatty liver should also maintain good lifestyle habits and prevent fatty liver as much as possible.
