What should I do if I have fatty liver? Because there are no symptoms, some patients take a hands-off approach and just let it go. Even patients who come to the clinic with fatty liver disease have difficulties in taking the self-care measures required by their doctors and are not very motivated to cooperate. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the awareness of self-care among patients with fatty liver. The traditional Chinese concept of healing is “three parts rely on medicine, seven parts rely on nourishment”, which is also very relevant to the treatment of fatty liver. Good lifestyle habits and proper health care measures are the basic treatment for fatty liver. For patients with asymptomatic simple fatty liver and only mildly elevated triglycerides, medication is not necessarily needed, and self-care can be enhanced to eliminate the disease; for patients with steatohepatitis and fatty cirrhosis, active treatment is required, but self-care measures are also an important part of the treatment plan. The “policy” of self-care for patients with fatty liver is the opposite of the economic norm, which is to “reduce income and expand expenditure” on triglycerides. This is done in 3 ways. If the cause of fatty liver is clear, the first step in self-care is to stay away from these causes and not allow them to aggravate the liver pathology. Whether or not alcohol causes the disease, alcohol must be strictly prohibited; those who are caused by obesity need to lose weight; those who are combined with diabetes need to control blood sugar; those who are caused by drugs should avoid using the drug. 2.Control diet Control diet includes adjusting the diet structure and controlling the intake, the purpose is to reduce the further production and accumulation of triglycerides in the body and reduce the load on the liver. A considerable part of simple fatty liver is due to excess nutrition, patients can control half of the disease if they can control their mouth. Obese patients or patients with combined diabetes should have dieted, which is not contradictory to the treatment of fatty liver. Since triglycerides in the body are mostly converted from ingested sugar, the intake of starchy foods, such as rice, noodles, potatoes, sugar and sweet drinks, should be reduced. The total daily intake of starchy foods (equivalent to rice) in an ideal diet structure is about 200-250g (4-5 taels) for women and 350-400g (7-8 taels) for men. However, as a variety of dishes are now available, the amount of food consumed has increased, and rice and noodles, previously known as staple foods, should be reduced accordingly according to the triglyceride content, even to half of the above ideal intake. Eating too little starchy food is not good either, as it can cause the body’s sensitivity to insulin to decrease, which can easily induce hypoglycemia and also induce malnutrition-type fatty liver. Some people say, “I can’t eat more oil because my blood lipids are high. This is a misunderstanding. Animal fats can increase the cholesterol content in the body and must be avoided in large quantities, while vegetable oils do not need to be deliberately eaten less. A normal person’s daily fat intake of no more than 35g can contribute to the elimination of fat deposits in the liver. Protein food should be maintained at about 100g (2 taels) per day, sufficient amino acids are conducive to the synthesis of apolipoprotein, which helps the body fat transfer. Lean meat of various livestock and poultry, river fish and sea fish and other aquatic products, egg white of chicken and duck, dairy products, etc. need to be eaten. Some nutritionists recommend rabbit meat, which is considered to be low in fat and cholesterol and rich in 8 essential amino acids, making it an ideal food for patients with liver disease. In short, the ideal diet should be high protein, low fat, low sugar recipes and maintain the regularity of three meals a day. What should I do if I can’t eat enough at the beginning of a controlled diet? You can supplement with a lot of vegetables and fruits to fill your stomach and add vitamins. Fructose, which is contained in large quantities in fruits, is difficult to be absorbed by the body and has little effect on blood sugar, so you can feel free to eat a little more. As long as you adhere to a few days, the original vigorous appetite will gradually decline, appetite will slowly shrink. 3, strengthen exercise In addition to fatty liver caused by drugs, pregnancy, etc., most fatty liver patients are advised by doctors to strengthen physical exercise, which is very different from viral hepatitis patients need more rest. The purpose of strengthening physical exercise is to consume excess fat in the body. Suitable forms of physical exercise are swimming, jogging, brisk walking, cycling, gymnastics, ping pong, stairs and other aerobic exercises with low intensity and slow pace. The amount of exercise varies from person to person, with a slight shortness of breath and a heart rate of about 120 beats per minute, 45-60 minutes per day is appropriate. The high intensity, fast-paced strenuous exercises that rely on explosive power, such as sprinting, long jump, throwing, single and double bar, playing soccer, basketball, etc., mainly need to obtain energy from the anaerobic enzymatic pathway in the body, consume little fat, and thus do not have much benefit to fatty liver. Obese people especially need to exercise. China’s obesity standard is: body mass index BMI value is equal to “weight (in kilograms) divided by height (in meters) squared (BMI = kg/M2)”, if the BMI value is greater than 23 is overweight, greater than 25 is obese. In addition, if the blood uric acid is not high, drinking green tea helps the metabolism of fat. If the economic conditions allow, buy some health care products to take is not inappropriate, the key is to choose the health care products to really have a role in reducing fat. Patients must have a clear concept that health care products can not replace the above self-care measures.