Nutritionists point out 5 bad habits that increase the risk of fatty liver disease. (Image/Pixels)
Modern people have many diseases of civilization, and some of these bad habits may cause fatty liver to find you. Nutritionist Cheng Hanyu shared 5 bad habits that damage the liver, including lack of sleep, sitting for long periods of time, etc. Among them, smoking is the most serious bad habit.
Cheng Hanyu first suggested that the daily sleep time should be 7 to 9 hours. She also pointed out that in April 2018, Stanford University in California published a research report that analyzed the sleeping habits of 17,245 Americans. , divided into five groups according to sleep time, it was found that 15.9% of people sleep less than or equal to 5 hours a day; 23.8% of people sleep for 6 hours; 27.1% of people sleep for 7 hours; 26.3% of people sleep for 8 hours. Only 7% of people sleep more than 9 hours a day.
According to the research results, compared with people who sleep 9 hours a day, people who sleep less than 5 hours have a 35% increased chance of abnormal liver function and a 45% increased chance of fatty liver; those who sleep 6 hours, 24 % chance of abnormal liver function and 33% chance of fatty liver; people at 7 and 8 hours have no increased risk of abnormal liver function and fatty liver. In addition, studies have shown that sleeping less than 5 hours can easily lead to obesity and diabetes.
Secondly, many people sit and work in the office for long periods of time. She suggested that they should get up and move around frequently, and it is best to develop a habit of exercising every day. In addition, in non-alcoholic liver disease (NAFLD), body mass index (BMI), insulin resistance (HOMA) and triglycerides have poorer implementation of the Mediterranean diet, and those with sedentary habits, insufficient sun exposure and long-term Western-style diet People will make fatty liver more serious. Third, Cheng Hanyu recommends that everyone should bask in the sun for at least half an hour to one hour every day, and it is most efficient to bask in the sun at noon. Their research also found that low serum vitamin D concentration is related to fatty liver degeneration, necrosis, and inflammatory damage.
Fourth, Cheng Hanyu would like to advise those whose livers have been damaged to quit smoking, for the sake of themselves, their families, and the furniture at home (third-hand smoke). The harm caused by smoking is systemic, not only directly affecting the health of the respiratory tract, but also many digestive system diseases have been proven to be related to smoking, including liver cancer, gastric ulcer, pancreatic cancer and inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn’s disease.
In addition, cigarettes will affect the oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells, and the body’s metabolism and the transportation of oxygen and iron ions in the blood will also be greatly interfered with, thereby affecting liver health. At the same time, the human body has many different immune responses. Smoke can cause changes in cytokines in immune cells, further causing damage to the liver, and is also related to the canceration process of liver cells.
Many epidemiological data at home and abroad show that smoking may be related to the occurrence of liver cancer, and the correlation is stronger for patients with chronic liver diseases such as hepatitis B and hepatitis C. In other words, if patients with chronic liver diseases such as hepatitis B and hepatitis C have a smoking habit, the chance of developing liver cancer in the future is 1.2 to 2 times higher than that of patients who do not smoke. Therefore, patients with chronic liver disease are best not to smoke.
Finally, Cheng Hanyu appealed to everyone not to eat random foods and herbal remedies of unknown origin. As for supplements, they should not take random supplements or eat them randomly, and pay attention to the dosage. The vast majority of drugs, whether they are Chinese medicine, Western medicine, herbal medicine, tonics, folk remedies or health foods, need to be metabolized by the liver after being taken. If the drug is hepatotoxic or is taken in too much, it will damage the liver.
2023-10-23 05:04:16
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