How to control the diet of fatty liver patients? Fatty liver is a “disease of affluence”, which is essentially a disease of excess energy and metabolic disorders. Many patients and their families are often confused: they say that fatty liver patients should have a strictly controlled diet, but how much should they eat? The formula for calculating calories is too complicated for ordinary people to grasp and apply. In response to this problem, we have systematically summarized our clinical experience and developed practical guidelines for fatty liver patients’ diet control, which we hope will be helpful to you. First of all, it is still important to emphasize that patients with fatty liver must control calorie intake, measure out for in, and ensure a mild negative energy balance. Also, since everyone has different physical activities and consumes different calories, it is important to adjust your dietary calories according to the calories you consume each day. We have developed three different methods for our patients and friends with different knowledge levels and occupational characteristics. 1.Professional calorie control method: Suitable for professionals or friends with a high level of education Daily human body calorie requirement = calories consumed by basal metabolism + calories required for exercise + calories required for digesting food – calories consumed by basal metabolism during sleep time. Simplified formula: Daily body calorie requirement = basic metabolic calorie consumption × 1.066 + calorie requirement for exercise × 1.1. The formula for calculating the basic metabolic rate is as follows: male: 66 + (13.7 × weight) + (5 × height) – (6.8 × age); female: 55 + (9.6 × weight) + (1.7 × height) -(4.7×age). The unit of weight is kilogram, and the unit of height is centimeter. Exercise calorie calculation standards: men: light 35, moderate 40, heavy 45, women light 30, moderate 35, heavy 40, in units of calories/kg. Day. The calculated result is the total daily exercise, which needs to be converted into hourly requirements and then multiplied by the daily exercise or work time. Calories needed to digest food = (calories consumed by basal metabolism + calories needed for exercise) × 0.1. After calculating your daily calorie needs, you can get the number of calories you can eat daily by reducing 200~300 calories (kcal) per day according to your actual situation. You can lose 1 kg of weight for every 7,700 calorie reduction. If you reduce an average of 250 calories per day, you can lose 1 kg of weight in 1 month. Since the formula for calculating food calories is more complicated and each person eats different ingredients every day, it is impossible and unnecessary to take out every food and calculate it. We recommend eating according to the following dietary proportions and portions according to the daily target calories. . 2.General calorie control method Some patients feel that the above professional formula is too complicated, then they can follow the method recommended in this table to roughly estimate their daily calorie needs according to their body weight and their physical exercise situation. After calculating your daily calorie needs, eat in the same proportions and portions as in Table 2. Simple method of calculating daily calories (in calories/kg. Weight) Overweight >10% Ideal weight (plus or minus 10%) Underweight <10% Bedridden 20 20-25 30 Mild physical 20-25 30 35 Moderate physical 30 35 40 Severe physical 35 40 45 3. Practical calorie control method Because the above calorie calculation method is complicated and difficult for ordinary people to master and apply skillfully, and because many people have irregular diets, food calories cannot be calculated. Therefore, this simple calorie control method is recommended. (1) The basic principles of this method are: (1) Regular and quantitative eating every day: First of all, determine the regular eating habits to ensure that the total number of calories is basically the same every day, and the timing and rhythm of meals are basically the same. (2) Appropriate proportions: Ensure that the nutrient content of food is reasonable, and that the right proportion of food is more beneficial to health under the premise of equal calories. The proportion of food can be referred to Table 2. (3), gradually control and correct bad eating habits: such as snacking, fruit after meals, late night snacking, drinking a lot of alcohol, eating sweets, high-calorie foods (such as chocolate, coffee, etc.). (4), gradually reduce the amount of food method: After the above steps are successful, the food portion of each of the 3 meals will be reduced by 10%, such as the usual noon to eat 1 bowl of rice, then reduced to 0.9 bowl of rice, if you feel hungry, then you can properly increase the amount of vegetables. If the body can accept it and feel okay, then reduce the food portion by 10% again and increase the amount of vegetables mainly when you feel hungry, for 2-3 months. The advantage of this method is that it is slow-paced, allowing the body to gradually adapt to the hunger discomfort and psychological unpleasantness brought about by the reduction in calories, and the patient is able to make adjustments according to his or her own characteristics, which is simple and easy to operate. Calorie control is one of the core aspects of weight loss. Through calorie control, together with increased exercise and gradual weight loss, fatty liver, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases can be effectively prevented, making the body healthier and the family happier. Weight loss requires active participation of patients, support and encouragement of family members; perseverance and determination, as well as proper skills and methods. I hope that obese friends can gain something from this article and can successfully get rid of the torture of obesity and make their bodies healthier.