The unexpected reason why skinny people still have fatty liver

Not only a disease of people who are overweight, obese, drink a lot of alcohol, fatty liver can also be seen in thin cases.

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.

Diet prone to fatty liver

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lam, former deputy director of the National Institute of Nutrition, shared that 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 Associate Professor Lam, the foods that cause high blood lipids and fat metabolism disorders that cause fatty liver are saturated fat (fat, butter) and trans fat caused by using fried oil and fat many times. fries, fried chicken, donuts…). The darker the oil and fat used for frying, the more trans fat.

'The 3rd reuse of 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, long-term use causes fatty liver, "Assoc.

According to experts, people who have a habit of eating animal viscera (heart, liver, oval, pig intestines.) are at high risk of dyslipidemia. Even during the medical examination, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lam once met 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 ate animal organs.

'This is a patient's favorite dish, rich in cholesterol. Eating for a long time causes an increase in blood fat, leading to fatty liver, "Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lam shared.

Eating a lot of animal organs, high cholesterol also causes high blood fat.

Third, today's industrial lifestyle makes many people forget to eat green vegetables and ripe fruits. Especially for young people, due to their busy lives, lunches often use quick meals such as noodles and 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 fat in the digestive tract. A diet lacking in fiber causes cholesterol to be reabsorbed into the blood and leads 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 rich in 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. Nutritionists recommend eating too much sugar will cause an excess of energy, leading to overweight and obesity and easily leading to fatty liver.

Symptoms of fatty liver

According to experts, sweet foods contain glucose when entering the body 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.

A diet high in fat, low in green vegetables and ripe fruits also causes blood fat, leading to fatty liver.

In the process of converting 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.

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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.