Excess Sugar Consumption Can Cause Fatty Liver; Here's All You Need to Know
3 years, 6 months ago

Excess Sugar Consumption Can Cause Fatty Liver; Here's All You Need to Know

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A craving for sugar has always been attributed to a blood sugar imbalance in your body. In a recent study conducted by a team of researchers from IIT, Mandi, the insidious link between excess sugar intake and concomitant fatty liver disease, known as Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in medical parlance, has been unravelled. Let’s get down to brass tacks and get our heads around what NAFLD is and what causes it: Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Simply put, NAFLD refers to a medical condition where there is accumulation of excess fat in the liver. The consumption of excess sugar and carbohydrates causes the liver to convert them into fat through a process called hepatic De Novo Lipogenesis or DNL, says Dr. Prosenjit Mondal, associate professor, School of Basic Sciences, IIT Mandi. According to the research team, the molecular link between sugar and fat accumulation in the liver would go a long way in developing therapeutics for the disease.

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World Liver Day 2024: Know why excess oil and sugar in foods equally bad as alcohol for liver
8 months ago

World Liver Day 2024: Know why excess oil and sugar in foods equally bad as alcohol for liver

India TV News  

Ahead of World Liver Day 2024, doctors said that eating a diet high in sugar and oil may be just as harmful to the liver as drinking alcohol, which is known to be terrible for liver health. While alcohol is known to be bad for liver health, consuming foods rich in sugar and oil may be equally dangerous for the …

Diabetes Can Increase The Risk Of Liver Diseases: Study
1 year, 1 month ago

Diabetes Can Increase The Risk Of Liver Diseases: Study

News 18  

Did you know that type-2 diabetes can increase the risk of liver disease? If you have Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis, it can increase your chances of pre-diabetes or type-2 diabetes. The accumulation of fat in the liver or an increase in weight can definitely increase your blood sugar levels in the body. The study also found that …

High carb & fat food 'silently' driving fatty liver disease in India, claim experts
1 year, 6 months ago

High carb & fat food 'silently' driving fatty liver disease in India, claim experts

India TV News  

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Doctors call for increased liver care, warn against obesity, diabetes
1 year, 8 months ago

Doctors call for increased liver care, warn against obesity, diabetes

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: City-based gastroenterologists and hepatologists on Tuesday warned the public to go for regular liver check-ups due to a rise in the number of liver-related ailments, on the occasion of World Liver Day on April 19. Stressing the theme of ‘Be Vigilant, Do Regular Liver Check-Up, Fatty Liver Can Affect Anyone’, Dr Anitha Reddy, a consultant gastroenterologist, said: “Alcohol, Hepatitis …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Causes, diagnosis and treatment
1 year, 8 months ago

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Causes, diagnosis and treatment

Hindustan Times  

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is one of the three leading causes of liver issues worldwide, along with hepatitis B and C and alcohol-related liver disease where one-third of patients with chronic liver disease have NAFLD, while 70% of people with diabetes and 80% of people with obesity have NAFLD. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Causes, diagnosis and treatment In an interview …

Reduction of fat in liver lowers risk of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: UoH study
1 year, 9 months ago

Reduction of fat in liver lowers risk of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: UoH study

The Hindu  

HYDERABAD A study undertaken by research scholars at the School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, showed that reduction of fat accumulation in the liver lowers the chances of one developing Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, which is a serious health concern affecting 25% of the world’s population. Mitochondria, the cell’s powerhouse, empowers the liver to regulate lipid metabolism by enabling …

Can Excessive Sugar Intake Lead to Diabetes? Find Out
2 years ago

Can Excessive Sugar Intake Lead to Diabetes? Find Out

News 18  

That consuming sugar causes diabetes is a widely held notion. Many people believe that consuming foods with high sugar content– sweets, for instance– is the main cause of diabetes. It is clear that Type 1 diabetes is not caused by sugar or any other lifestyle factor. With Type 2 diabetes, sugar has a role to play but can not be …

IIT Mandi researchers decode how excess sugar intake causes fatty liver disease
3 years, 6 months ago

IIT Mandi researchers decode how excess sugar intake causes fatty liver disease

Hindustan Times  

A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi has unravelled the molecular mechanism by which excess sugar consumption causes fatty liver disease. According to the team, the research will prompt the public to reduce sugar intake to stop Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in its early stages. The consumption of excess sugar and carbohydrates causes the liver to …

Excessive Sugar Intake May Escalate the Risk of Liver Disease Among Children
3 years, 8 months ago

Excessive Sugar Intake May Escalate the Risk of Liver Disease Among Children

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Restricting excessive consumption of added sugars may represent an early and important target by which non-alcoholic fatty-liver disease risk can be reduced among children, said researchers. “The prevalence of fatty-liver disease is escalating not only in adults, but also in children,” said researcher Johanna DiStefano, Professor at the al Genomics Research Institute. An earlier study, led by DiStefano, showed that …

Weight Gain to Increased Risk of Behavioural Disorders: The Many Harmful Effects of Sugar
4 years, 2 months ago

Weight Gain to Increased Risk of Behavioural Disorders: The Many Harmful Effects of Sugar

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Sugars are carbohydrates that we obtain from our diet. Though we obtain sugars from fruits, vegetables and dairy products, extra sugar is added to processed foods like biscuits, pies, soft drinks and syrups; this is called added sugars. Now, a study published in the journal Evolution and human behaviour indicates that excessive intake of fructose, a sugar present abundantly in …

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