Chinese account for half of the global liver cancer patients! 3 Foods That Can Overwhelm Your Liver When You Eat Too Much
The liver is the largest detoxification organ in the human body and an important digestive organ. It participates in the metabolic process of various substances and is also responsible for the secretion and excretion of bile.
Once the liver is damaged, it may threaten the health of the human body. Therefore, it is necessary to protect the liver and stay away from some liver-damaging behaviors.
1. Liver cancer is mostly "made" out?
There are about 700,000 new liver cancer patients every year in the world, of which more than 350,000 cases occur in China. China can be said to be a big country for liver cancer.
More than 95% of liver cancers are caused by continuous infection of hepatitis B, and 5% are caused by liver cirrhosis caused by hepatitis C, alcoholism, fatty liver, etc., and develop into liver cancer.
Clinically, most patients with liver cancer will go through a development process of acute hepatitis-chronic hepatitis-cirrhosis-liver cancer. Repeated attacks of hepatitis may induce liver cancer. It takes an average of 20-25 years to develop from hepatitis to liver cancer.
In fact, liver cancer is mostly caused because the occurrence of hepatitis is related to the infection of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus, as well as obesity, alcoholism, malnutrition, drug abuse, staying up late and other factors .
If you want to stay away from hepatitis and liver cancer, you must stay away from these risk factors in order to avoid increasing the burden on the liver and inducing liver cancer.
2. If there are 4 abnormalities, your liver may be "overwhelmed"
There are generally no obvious symptoms in the early stage of liver cancer, and obvious symptoms will not appear until the middle and late stages. After the liver function is damaged, some abnormal symptoms will appear in the body. The following abnormalities may indicate that your liver is overwhelmed.
1. Pain in the liver area
When liver cancer develops to an advanced stage, with the continuous growth and compression of the tumor, the patient will experience symptoms of pain in the liver area, which generally presents persistent distending pain or dull pain. This symptom should be alert to the attack of liver cancer.
2. Thin
Unexplained progressive weight loss, loss of appetite, malnutrition and other systemic manifestations may also be caused by tumors consuming a large amount of nutrients in the body.
3. Bleeding tendency
After abnormal liver function, it will lead to abnormal coagulation function, and patients will have various bleeding symptoms such as gum bleeding and subcutaneous ecchymosis.
4. Fever
Patients with liver cancer may also have cancerous fever, which is caused by necrosis of tumor tissue and the release of pyrogens into human blood circulation tissues.
3. Eating too much of these 3 foods will also increase the burden on the liver
As the saying goes, "disease enters through the mouth", unhealthy eating habits may increase the burden on the liver. The following foods that hurt the liver should be avoided as far as possible!
1. Moldy food
Moldy food will produce aflatoxin, which belongs to a class of carcinogens and is highly toxic. When it acts on the liver, it will increase the burden on the liver, and even damage the liver and induce liver cancer.
2. Alcohol
After alcohol enters the human body, it needs to be metabolized by the liver. Long-term excessive drinking will increase the burden on the liver, and even lead to liver interstitial fibrosis, induce alcoholic liver, fatty liver, and even develop into liver cancer.
3. Pickled food
Preserved foods such as salted fish and bacon generally contain excessive salt and nitrite, which may produce nitrosamines after ingestion in the human body and increase the risk of liver cancer. It is recommended to eat less preserved foods.
The high incidence of liver cancer in China is related to repeated hepatitis infection in patients. Unhealthy living habits, eating habits and hepatitis virus infection will increase the risk of liver cancer.
Once symptoms related to liver cancer appear, you must be vigilant and seek medical treatment as soon as possible. Try to eat less liver-damaging foods such as mildewed food, pickled food, alcohol, etc., avoid staying up late, and ensure regular work and rest habits to protect the health of the liver.
References:
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[2] "Why are half of the world's new liver cancers in China?" These four reasons are worthy of vigilance! ". Health Times. 2018-08-14
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