Patient's question:
I am a businessman. I often attend banquets, and naturally, I have developed fatty liver. It has been a long time, and recently I feel it's getting a bit serious. I need to take good care of myself. I don't know what to eat or do without health supplements if I have fatty liver.Doctor's answer:
For alcoholic fatty liver, abstinence from alcohol and stable nutritional status are the basic treatments. A ban on alcohol consumption and correction of malnutrition can cause most cases of fatty liver to disappear within 1 to 6 weeks, though some may take 4 months or longer. The diet should primarily consist of high calories, high protein (less than 60g per day of normal protein intake), and sufficient digestive vitamins. Insufficient protein intake can force the body to convert glucose into fat, contributing to fatty liver.For obesity-related fatty liver, the focus is on weight loss. Losing weight can stabilize diabetes and hyperlipidemia associated with obesity and cause the fatty liver to resolve. Dietary therapy and exercise are the foundation of weight loss. Losing 10% of body weight can normalize elevated liver enzymes caused by fatty liver.