The liver, the largest detoxification organ in our body, has strong physiological functions, but it is also very fragile. Some of the foods we eat wrong can be invisibly hurting it!
Everyone knows that drinking alcohol is bad for the liver, but they don't know that drinking sugary drinks is also bad for the liver!
In September this year, an article in the well-known medical journal Nutrients showed that people who drank large amounts of sugary drinks every day had a 60% increased risk of fatty liver compared to those who did not drink sugary drinks.
Some people usually choose artificial sweeteners such as sugar substitutes or zero-calorie sugar during sugar control, but this is not what we think, and the risk of switching to artificial sweeteners increases by 78% and becomes higher!
If you drink more than one type of sugar substitute drink, the risk of fatty liver disease will increase to 98%!
And how exactly do these sugary drinks come to our liver?
Fatty liver: Sugar stimulates the liver to synthesize more fat, which can be triggered when the liver is unable to metabolize and excrete these fats efficiently, causing fat to accumulate in the liver. Fatty liver disease not only adversely affects liver function, but may also further evolve into serious diseases such as liver fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer!
Inflammatory response: High sugar levels in sugar-sweetened beverages can cause a sharp increase in blood sugar levels, prompting an increase in insulin secretion. Long-term high insulin levels can cause an inflammatory response, creating excessive oxidative stress and inflammatory damage in the liver, which can lead to chronic hepatitis, liver fibrosis, and cirrhosis!
Liver cell damage: The sugar in sugary drinks is metabolized to produce a large amount of free fatty acids, and too much free fatty acids can have a toxic effect on liver cells, leading to cell damage and necrosis.
Metabolic abnormalities: Excessive intake of sugar-sweetened beverages can lead to abnormal metabolism in the liver, especially disorders in carbohydrate and fat metabolism. Long-term intake of large amounts of sugar can interfere with the normal metabolic function of the liver and further aggravate the development of metabolic diseases such as fatty liver.
Therefore, sugary drinks may seem harmless and make people happy, but excessive intake is too taxing on the liver. Invisibly giving our liver a heavy blow, we really have to guard against it!