Why Does Fatty Liver Find Me? Half Of Middle-aged And Elderly People Do Not Understand "sugar Control" 3 Diet Steps To Stay Away From Fatty Liver

According to the latest nutrition awareness and health behavior survey, although Taiwan's middle-aged and elderly people have high health awareness, less than 50% of them implement dietary sugar control. The doctor pointed out that sugar has a considerable impact on health, not only related to three highs, cardiovascular disease, but also to fatty liver.

Excessive sugar intake Beware of fatty liver

Most people think that "eating too much greasy" will cause fatty liver. Ou Hanwen, a functional medicine physician, pointed out that excessive sugar intake is actually the main cause. A high-sugar diet not only increases the risk of fatty liver, but also increases the chance of developing non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; foreign studies have shown that the fructose intake of patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver is 2 to 3 times higher than the average person.

Why does sugar intake cause fatty liver? Ou Hanwen explained that our intake of sugar will make our blood sugar rise. Generally, under the action of insulin, blood sugar will be converted into liver sugar, but if there is too much liver sugar, the liver will store the excess liver sugar in the form of triglycerides. , the accumulation of too much will form fatty liver.

In Taiwan, the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is about 11.5%, but it is as high as 50% for people over 65 years old! Ou Hanwen reminded that if fatty liver is left unchecked, it may continue to deteriorate into hepatitis, liver fibrosis, and even develop into liver cirrhosis and liver cancer, which will seriously affect liver function.

Steatohepatitis is almost asymptomatic

Because of the slow progression of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, it is usually asymptomatic until the disease is advanced or worsens, and is often diagnosedIt is the terminal stage, and the only treatment is liver transplantation; therefore, it is particularly important to prevent the occurrence of fatty liver in advance.

According to the Quaker Nutritional Perfection Program, in cooperation with 16 community colleges and health examination centers in Taiwan, the "Survey on Nutritional Supplement Cognition Preference of Middle-aged and Elderly Students in Community Colleges" was conducted among more than 4,500 middle-aged and elderly people. The survey results showed that most Middle-aged and elderly people have high health awareness, 80% of them pay attention to a balanced diet and understand the importance of sugar control; but only half of the population can control sugar intake in their daily lives.

3 Tips for Daily Sugar Control

How to implement "sugar control" in life? Ou Hanwen suggested that you should pay more attention to food ingredients when choosing meals. If you can choose the amount of sugar by yourself, try to choose sugar-free; ” concept to adjust three meals a day, so that you can eat balanced nutrition.

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