You must know that the liver is a very powerful and capable human organ.
It not only needs to carry out hundreds of chemical reactions every day, but also the “007” labor mode throughout the year, the most important thing is: Such a huge human body work, the liver often only needs 25% liver function can cope.
As the only organ that can “regenerate” in the human body, even if 2/3 of the healthy liver is removed, it can grow back to its original appearance; it is also a master of detoxification, Both in vivo and in vitro toxins need to be resolved by the liver.
But it is precisely this kind of hard-working, anti-beating and wear-resistant organ that people are always silently hurting it.
Is it easy to damage the liver by staying up late and drinking too much?
Excessive drinking is the first to mention which bad behaviors can seriously damage liver health.
During the process of decomposing and metabolizing alcohol in the liver, a large amount of toxic substances—acetaldehyde will be produced. Acetaldehyde can directly cause toxic effects on liver cells. Therefore, people who drink alcohol regularly have a much higher risk of developing various liver diseases than ordinary people.
As for the matter of staying up late, there is no authoritative medical data to prove that staying up late can directly damage the liver.
However, abnormal long-term sleep will inevitably affect the autonomic nervous system and endocrine system of the human body. If the organs of the whole body are in an abnormal state, the liver will naturally suffer from it.
Compared with staying up late, are these things more harmful to the health of the liver?
First, get angry often
Being angry often will affect the circulation of qi and blood in the liver. Over time, it is likely to cause liver qi stagnation, leading to substantial damage to liver function. Therefore, for the sake of liver maintenance, everyone must pay attention to actively stay away from angry emotions.
Especially for patients and friends who suffer from liver disease, they must pay special attention to their emotional health, so as not to worsen their condition due to poor mood.
Second, excessively greasy diet
Improper diet is one of the important factors that induce liver disease. However, many people do not know enough about this kind of knowledge. They may often think that as long as there is no damage to gastrointestinal health, they should not pay too much attention to improper diet.
In fact, regular consumption of high-fat foods is not only easy to cause a significant decline in digestive function, but it is also very unfavorable for liver maintenance. Over time, it is likely to lead to a significant increase in the risk of fatty liver disease.
If the disease is not effectively controlled, it may lead to liver cirrhosis or liver cancer in the later stage.
Third, eat moldy food
< p> In the face of moldy food, when the mildew spot is small, many people will choose to continue to eat the remaining part after removing the moldy part based on the idea of saving food. This approach is very inadvisable.
Because once the food becomes moldy, no matter how big or small the mold is, it will contain a lot of toxic substances, especially a class of carcinogens that are easy to cause liver cancer – aflatoxin.
Therefore, if you want to stay away from the trouble of liver cancer as much as possible, you must discard the moldy food in time.
Fourth, take medicine indiscriminately
The liver is not only a metabolic organ, but also a detoxification organ. It participates in drug metabolism and helps the human body to carry out toxic substances. And a lot of drugs if taken for a long time, will cause liver enzymes to rise, and then damage the health of the liver.
Therefore, do not take any medicine indiscriminately, you need to take it under the guidance of a doctor, and choose the appropriate dosage and usage according to the instructions in the manual.
As for those drugs marked with “unclear adverse reactions”, more caution is needed to avoid unexpected drug-induced liver injury.
Drugs for hangover and liver protection are actually unreliable.
At present, there is no so-called “drug for hangover”. Alcohol is mainly metabolized in the liver. In theory, only by accelerating the metabolism of alcohol can we effectively relieve alcohol.
However, the rate of alcohol metabolism sometimes depends on the activity of related enzymes, and there is no drug that significantly increases the activity of these enzymes.
As for those so-called liver-protecting products, they still need to be metabolized by the liver, which increases the burden on the liver.
If the ingredients are clear and the human body can handle it, it will be better;
But if you encounter some unclear and inappropriate drugs,Points, maybe not only can not protect the liver, but also cause liver damage.