Even physical activity and a healthy diet significantly reduce the likelihood of death in connection with liver injury. American scientists have reached this conclusion. The work was published in "Hepatology magazine".
The study is based on data on more than 60,000 participants of a large national survey conducted by Nhanes in the United States. Information on food habits, physical activity and alcohol use has been compared to the data of the national mortality registry.
It turned out that any level of daily use of alcohol, from moderate to too much, increases the risk of death from liver disease. However, regular exercises and vegetables, fruits, grains, seafood, plant protein and "good" fat significantly reduce this risk. Physical activity in people withdrawal of deaths from liver disease reduced by 36-69%, and a healthy diet is 84-86%.
The protective influence was especially noticeable in women. Despite the fact that they are more vulnerable to the influence of alcohol, a healthy lifestyle provides them with more obvious protection.
"Our work shows that a healthy diet and physical activity contribute to the reduction of mortality from alcoholic liver disease at any level of alcohol use. This is an important argument in favor of comprehensive prevention, "said Naga Chalaum, a professor at the Indiana University Medical School.
The authors emphasize that socially vulnerable groups of the population are at risk, as they are more common among them, poor food and low physical activity.
Translation of: Euromedia24.com
