Nowadays it is the time to get together everywhere to eat New Year’s Eve dinner, which is one of the ways to enhance the feelings of friends and family, but not to lose your health because of it, so remind fatty liver patients, do not be reluctant to accept the challenge of losing more than you gain. The Chinese tradition of gathering is a great way to promote relationships, but it is also a dangerous way to eat. Especially for fatty liver patients, excessive drinking and eating large amounts of high-calorie foods can contribute to the development of liver disease, and can even be complicated by critical illnesses such as acute pancreatitis. Professor Fan Jiangao, director of the Department of Gastroenterology at Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, reminds fatty liver patients to stick to their dietary treatment principles and not to reluctantly take on challenges that are not worth the cost. Patients with fatty liver are more prone to alcoholism – drink more plain water Wine is an indispensable beverage for gathering and eating. For most people, a small amount of alcohol is not harmful, but patients with fatty liver should not drink alcohol. Domestic studies have found that about 2/3 of patients with cirrhosis and liver cancer often have a history of excessive alcohol consumption, and alcohol consumption increases the incidence of cirrhosis and liver cancer in patients with chronic viral hepatitis, and the age of onset is much earlier. In addition to causing liver disease, heavy alcohol consumption can also increase the incidence of neuropsychiatric disorders, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases by 20% in the general population, and up to 50% in severe alcoholics, increasing the mortality rate by 1 to 3 times. The number of people poisoned by alcohol in China is more than ten million every year. Because of the infiltration of fat into liver cells, which affects the metabolism of alcohol in liver cells, fatty liver patients are more likely to get drunk than normal people, leading to alcoholism. Director Fan suggests that patients with over-nourished fatty liver drink water 20 minutes before meals or at social functions to make the stomach feel full, which can reduce appetite, reduce the amount of food eaten and help lose weight. Modern people like to drink a variety of drinks, and people’s choice is also unusually rich, the best drink is actually the most “original” plain water, milk, soy milk, various drinks and soups can not replace plain water. These drinks certainly contain a lot of water, but also a certain amount of protein, sugar and salt, eat too much, will increase the need for water. Coffee and strong tea can not replace water, because both have diuretic effect, more to drink will sometimes cause more than enough, resulting in water shortage in the body. So plain water is the most economical and healthy drinks, but also optional light green tea, chrysanthemum tea, etc.. Avoid fat and sweets eating too much fat can increase calories, which is not conducive to control calorie intake. Too much saturated fatty acids in the diet can induce abnormal lipid metabolism, atherosclerosis and hypertension; too much unsaturated fatty acids can easily cause fatty liver and gallstone disease, and promote the occurrence of breast cancer and colon cancer. Therefore, patients with fatty liver should have a low-fat or moderate fat diet. However, the essential fatty acids in fat are involved in the synthesis of phospholipids, which enable the smooth transport of fat out of the liver and are beneficial to the prevention of fatty liver. Fat also has the effect of inhibiting the synthesis of fatty acids by the liver, and glycerol from fat decomposition can control obesity. Therefore, fatty liver patients do not need to overly restrict dietary fat intake, even if there is liver dysfunction. Therefore, foods rich in saturated fatty acids and cholesterol should be avoided at the table, such as fatty meat, meat skin, chicken and duck skin, offal, fish roe, crab yolk, and fried foods. Dim sum is a staple food source at the table, but many of them are based on high-sugar pastries, which are highly inappropriate for patients with fatty liver, while dumplings, wontons and other dim sum are healthier. Director Fan pointed out that for fatty liver patients, the intake of sugar should be appropriately reduced, and complex and easily digestible polysaccharides from rice, various vegetables and fruits should be chosen, and foods rich in monosaccharides and disaccharides, such as high-sugar pastries, candies, and beverages, should be consumed as little as possible to promote fat elimination in the liver. Keep an eye on protein and vegetables and fruits Meat is often the dominant dish on the table. Fatty liver patients should keep an eye on animal foods that are high in protein and low in fat, such as fish, lean meat, eggs and soy products. Many amino acids in protein, such as methionine, cystine, tryptophan, threonine and lysine, have anti-fatty liver effects. High protein can provide anti-fatty liver factors such as choline and methionine, so that fat becomes lipoprotein, which can be smoothly transported out of the liver to avoid fat accumulation in the liver, and can facilitate the recovery and regeneration of liver cell function. In addition, the dietary fiber and vitamins contained in fresh vegetables and fruits are also essential nutrients for fatty liver patients, and can be consumed in appropriate amounts to ensure comprehensive and balanced nutrition while increasing satiety and reducing the intake of high-calorie foods and fat absorption. Many people can’t help themselves when it comes to the table, but their own health depends on themselves to grasp, in order to health to take the initiative to the end of a healthy diet! If you can’t control your diet at the dinner table, you should reduce the number of drinks you have as much as possible.