A glass of wine a day is the key to a healthy liver
Non-alcoholic fatty liver infiltration is the most common liver disease, in 5% of cases leading to the development of cirrhosis. The main risk factors for the development of this pathology are similar to the risk factors for the development of cardiovascular diseases and include obesity, diabetes, high triglyceride levels in the blood and high blood pressure. Recommended for people at risk for cardiovascular diseases, moderate alcohol consumption creates a dilemma: is alcohol safe for the heart in relation to the liver?
Scientists at the University of California (San Diego) have found that daily consumption of a small amount of wine (up to one glass) halves the risk of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver infiltration compared with complete abstinence from alcohol. At the same time, in people who consume a moderate amount of beer or liquor, doctors suspected non-alcoholic fatty liver infiltration more than 4 times more often than in wine lovers.
The results remained constant during the analysis, taking into account factors such as age, gender, race, education, income, diet, physical activity, body mass index and other indicators that affect health.
The authors emphasize that the data they obtained are not evidence in favor of drinking a large amount of alcohol and do not concern people with detected liver diseases who should completely abandon alcoholic beverages.
They also note that the identified effect is observed exclusively when drinking wine, so it is necessary to find out whether it is due to alcohol contained in the wine or other components of the drink.
A static population analysis was carried out based on data on almost 12,000 participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), of whom 7211 did not drink alcohol, and 4543 adhered to moderate alcohol consumption. Moderate alcohol consumption was defined as the daily consumption of four ounces (approximately 115 g) of wine, 12 ounces (approximately 340 g) of beer or one ounce (28.35 g) of liquor.
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23.05.2008