Anyone suffering from fatty liver should change their lifestyle. In addition to a healthy diet and sufficient exercise, sleep also plays an important role. Find out how healthy sleep can reduce the risk in this article.
Fatty liver (steatosis hepatis) is one of the most common liver diseases in Germany. Every third adult and every third overweight child is now affected. Doctors speak of a fatty liver when more than half of the liver cells are fatty. There are several risk factors that can lead to the disease, such as excessive alcohol consumption – which not only promotes alcoholic fatty liver – and the wrong diet. The good news, however, is that it is usually curable with dietary changes and certain foods. 24vita.de reveals how, according to researchers, the quality of sleep also plays an important role in the development of fatty liver.
Healthy sleep promotes health, well-being and healthy aging. However, more and more people suffer from sleep problems or even sleep disorders. This can also affect the liver, as scientists at Sun Yat-sen University have now discovered. In their study, they examined the sleep behavior of over 5,000 participants who suffered from fatty liver disease. In addition, it was then checked whether and to what extent the risk factor of obesity has an amplifying effect. The researchers wanted to find out whether obesity had an impact on the observed effects on sleep quality.
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