{"id":37131,"date":"2021-07-27T17:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T21:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=37131"},"modified":"2021-08-05T14:53:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T18:53:29","slug":"how-to-prevent-liver-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-prevent-liver-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prevent Liver Disease\u2014Backed by Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Can liver disease be deadly? Is there a way to prevent it? Is alcohol healthy or not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 65, 000 people die from liver disease every year which includes cirrhosis and liver cancer. Many of those deaths can be prevented by practicing four simple behaviors: 1) maintaining a healthy weight, 2) consuming less fat, 3) avoiding excessive alcohol consumption, and 4) using your own needles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, we&#8217;ll take a look at how to prevent liver disease and explore the causes and mechanisms of action of its three major types (fatty liver disease, hepatitis, and alcoholic liver disease). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Understanding <strong>Liver Function<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All blood coming from intestines passes through the liver first.<\/li><li>The liver metabolizes nutrients and deactivates toxins.<\/li><li>You can survive without a kidney, stomach, and gallbladder, but you can\u2019t survive without a liver.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Liver Diseases<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll cover three major types of liver disease:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Diet-induced fatty liver disease<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This is the most common cause of chronic liver disease, affecting 70 million people in the US. Nearly all severely obese people have liver disease.<\/li><li>Mechanism of action:&nbsp;<ul><li>Fat deposits in liver cause inflammation, which cause liver scarring, which leads to liver failure.<\/li><li>Cholesterol overload causes cholesterol to crystallize. White blood cells try to eat cholesterol crystals and die, causing inflammatory compounds to leak out and cause liver disease.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Diet causes big changes quickly:<ul><li>One week of a fast food-heavy diet can cause pathological liver function tests.<\/li><li>One can of soda per day raises fatty liver disease by 45%.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Studies show animal fat and cholesterol cause liver disease. Eating the equivalent of &gt;14 chicken nuggets per day of meat causes 3x the rate of fatty liver disease compared to &lt;7 nuggets per day.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alcoholic liver disease<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Excessive alcohol consumption causes fatty liver, which leads to inflammation in the liver and irreparable scarring. What is excessive? It\u2019s defined as &gt;2 drinks per day for males, or &gt;1 drink per day for females.<\/li><li>Heavy drinking can lead to fatty liver in 3 weeks. Luckily, in most people, stopping drinking allows the liver to resolve within 4-6 weeks.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hepatitis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are five types of hepatitis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hep A\u2014foodborne through feces, preventable with vaccine.<\/li><li>Hep B\u2014bloodborne, transmitted sexually and maternally through birth. Also preventable with vaccine.<\/li><li>Hep C\u2014bloodborne, transmitted through needle sharing. No prevention. Hep C is the leading cause of liver transplants.<\/li><li>Hep D\u2014only infects people with hep B, so prevent hep B and you won\u2019t get hep D.<\/li><li>Hep E\u2014pigs may be the primary reservoir. 11% of pig livers show Hep E virus. Pork consumption in countries correlates with liver disease. Hep E is highly risky for pregnancy, so, while pregnant, cook pork well or avoid entirely.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Preventing Liver Disease<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In their book <em>How Not to Die<\/em>, Gene Stone and Michael Greger give four guidelines on how to prevent liver disease: 1) <strong>don\u2019t be obese, 2) eat less fat and cholesterol, 3) don\u2019t drink alcohol heavily, and 4) don\u2019t share needles.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foods shown to be good for livers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Oatmeal<\/strong><ul><li>A double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in overweight people showed oatmeal reduced liver inflammation and led to weight loss.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/refined-foods\/\">Refined grains<\/a> like white rice are associated with an increased risk of liver disease.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Cranberries<\/strong><ul><li>Beat out other common fruits in suppressing liver cancer cells <em>in vitro.<\/em><\/li><li>Extracts failed to match the anticancer effects of whole cranberries.<\/li><li>It\u2019s best to eat them fresh or frozen, not juiced or dried.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Coffee<\/strong><ul><li>In the group at highest risk for liver disease, people who drank &gt;2 cups of coffee per day showed less than half the risk of chronic liver problems.<\/li><li>Among smokers, &gt;4 cups of coffee per day showed 92% lower risk of death from chronic liver disease.<\/li><li>Mechanism of action: coffee may reduce DNA damage, increase the clearance of infected cells, and slow the scarring process.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Is Alcohol Protective?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether alcohol is healthy or not has been the source of continuous flip-flopping in the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The simple facts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Alcohol decreases mortality, but only for those in poorer health.<\/li><li>Drinking decreases heart disease, but increases cancer risk. Since heart disease is more common, this may be why alcohol is net protective.<\/li><li><strong>People who are reasonably healthy show no protective effect from alcohol.<\/strong> \u201cReasonably healthy\u201d means people who exercise 30 minutes a day, don\u2019t smoke, and eat at least one daily serving of fruits\/veg<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can liver disease be deadly? Is there a way to prevent it? Is alcohol healthy or not? More than 65, 000 people die from liver disease every year which includes cirrhosis and liver cancer. Many of those deaths can be prevented by practicing four simple behaviors: 1) maintaining a healthy weight, 2) consuming less fat, 3) avoiding excessive alcohol consumption, and 4) using your own needles. 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