With the improvement of living standards, the population suffering from fatty liver is also expanding, and will occur in all age groups, there are many small fat children, also become patients with fatty liver, many people also have a lot of misconceptions about fatty liver. Myth 1: Thin people do not suffer from fatty liver. In many people’s impression, fatty liver is only fat people’s “patent”, thin people will not suffer from fatty liver. In fact, this view is one-sided. Although obesity is one of the main causes of fatty liver, but thin people can also suffer from fatty liver, in the 1960s three years of natural disasters, there are many people suffering from fatty liver. The thinness of thin people can easily develop fatty liver if it is caused by malnutrition due to long-term dieting or intestinal lesions. The low level of protein supply or malabsorption causes a decrease in albumin synthesis in the body, which leads to lipolysis and fat utilization, resulting in the release of large amounts of fatty acids from the adipose tissue into the liver, leading to the accumulation of fat in the liver and the formation of a malnourished fatty liver. Many people think that since eating too much fat, meat and sugar is easy to get fatty liver, it is better to eat all vegetarian. Experts say that even if you don’t eat cholesterol-containing foods, your liver still processes and synthesizes cholesterol night and day, so eating a completely vegetarian diet can affect your health due to insufficient protein intake. The second misconception: the treatment of fatty liver on the lipid-lowering drugs, can not be cured. Although thin people also suffer from fatty liver, but most fatty liver is still caused by obesity. Many people believe that the treatment of fatty liver caused by obesity mainly relies on liver-protective drugs or lipid-lowering enzymes and other “special drugs”. Many patients often turn to major hospitals or pharmacies to seek special drugs to treat fatty liver, but in fact, no panacea for fatty liver has been found at home and abroad. For simple obese fatty liver, weight loss through diet and exercise is more important than liver-protective medication; for non-alcoholic fatty liver with elevated transaminases, weight loss is an important prerequisite for the effectiveness of liver-protective medication. In addition, not all people with fatty liver have to take lipid-lowering drugs, and the improper application of lipid-lowering drugs sometimes does not reduce fatty liver, but can aggravate liver damage. The reason for this is that the appearance of fatty liver shows that the liver has reached the limit of lipid metabolism, and then the use of lipid-lowering drugs will increase the burden on the fatty liver, and improper application is also prone to drug-related liver disease. Fatty liver is an early manifestation of various hepatotoxic injuries. If the cause is removed and the primary disease is controlled in time, fatty deposits in the liver can be completely eliminated within a few months. Myth 3: Fatty liver is not a disease, do not have to be too concerned. Some people know that they have obese fatty liver, but they think it does not matter, as long as they drink less, eat less meat and exercise more naturally, there is no need to treat it. This attitude can make patients ignore the development of fatty liver disease and miss the best time for treatment. Fatty liver is generally divided into two main types: alcoholic fatty liver and non-alcoholic fatty liver. Regardless of which type, if they are not treated in time, in one to three years, some people with fatty liver will be aggravated to varying degrees, from mild fatty liver to moderate or severe fatty liver, and individuals will develop to liver fibrosis and cirrhosis. To treat fatty liver, the most important thing is to find the right cause, prescribe the right medicine, actively cooperate with the doctor and adhere to the treatment. Myth 4: There is no harm in eating more fruits and drinking more milk. In the daily diet, “more fruits and milk before bed” is a healthy lifestyle, but this is not appropriate for obese fatty liver patients. Fresh fruit is rich in water, vitamins, fiber and minerals, and it is undoubtedly good for health when consumed regularly. However, fruit contains certain sugar, long-term excessive eating can lead to blood sugar, blood lipid elevation, therefore, obese fatty liver patients should not eat more fruit. A glass of milk before bedtime can easily lead to excess calories, which is also inappropriate for obese fatty liver patients, who should usually drink skimmed milk or yogurt. It is inappropriate to favor a vegetarian diet for thin people suffering from fatty liver, and it is important to balance the dietary structure and ensure adequate protein intake to stay away from malnutrition.