Lack of substance also causes fatty liver

The name fatty liver makes people think of obesity or a high-fat diet. In fact, the state of burning also causes this disease.

Photos of fatty liver cross-section appear white spots . (Photo: SK & D)

Among the causes of fatty liver is obesity, heavy drinking or infection with viruses that cause hepatitis. But in fact, poor nutrition can also lead to fatty liver. The lack of substances reduces the metabolism of fat in the liver or reduces the function of fatty acids, causing the deposition of fat and fatty acids in the liver, leading to fatty liver status.

The body is in a long-term starvation (common in excessive diets) that will make the blood sugar level too low, the function of stimulating absorption of the sympathetic nervous system increases, resolving fat into energy granted to the body. When breaking down fat, too much fatty acid enters the blood, causing free fatty acids in the blood to rise, leading to accumulation of fat in the liver.

The body lacks protein for a long time will hinder the formation of apoprotein, blood fat cannot be metabolized in time, leading to an increase in blood fat - an important condition to form fatty liver.

The lack of vitamins, inorganic salts . also obstructs fat metabolism, causing fatty liver . The uneven supply of nutrients also causes a lack of amino acid content of fat-transporting proteins, so the body does not timely move triglycerides in liver cells, leading to fatty liver.

Most fatty liver is chronic, mild level may not have clinical symptoms. At moderate or severe levels, there are symptoms such as loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal distention. Some people also expressed lack of vitamins causing inflammation of nerve endings, lip glossitis, bruising on skin, skin horns, nails, hair . People in severe body also suffer from jaundice, ascites. Without treatment, it will lead to complications such as cirrhosis and liver cancer.

When determining the cause of fatty liver due to malnutrition, doctors will base on mild, moderate and severe levels to have appropriate treatment regimen. Mild and moderate levels are usually treated with food, while injecting drugs into a vein. Regarding eating, should follow the principle of absorbing a lot of energy, protein, vitamins and fiber.

Due to lack of nutrition in the long term, the function of the digestive system decreases so when adding nutrients from plants, it must depend on the absorption capacity of the body. When necessary, digestive enzymes can be added, such as taking insulinase. When adding more protein, pay attention to the quality of protein, can eat a lot of meat, fish, beef, goat meat, eggs.

Avoid excessive fat absorption . Only supplement the amount needed in the body. Those who lack nutrition at severe levels, poor absorption and digestive functions, must first eat less fat, after the normal digestive function returns to increase. In addition, based on the illness, can be treated with nutritional ingredients such as intravenous amino acid infusions, vitamins .

For prevention , do not eat a specific food to prevent malnutrition. Should not blindly reduce fat, because it is easy to lead to anorexia, conditions to form fatty liver disease. If you want to reduce fat, you need to combine eating with proper exercise to reduce fat gradually. If you lose 5 kg every month, the risk of fatty liver is very high.

For those suffering from ulcers of the digestive system, dementia, chronic gastrointestinal disease, etc., it is necessary to actively treat, adjust nutrition, not to malnutrition or imbalance in food drink that causes fatty liver. Special attention should be given to malnutrition in children when weaning, when there must be more substances for children, especially protein.

Doctor Tran Quoc Minh