ATLANTA – If your abdominal or diabetes is more than double the risk of major liver damage, drinking alcohol almost doubles the risk of high blood pressure and alcohol, a new study found.
Dr Andrew Freeman, director of cardiovascular prevention and wellness for National Jewish Health in Denver, Colorado, who was not involved in the study, said these are important health risks to consider.
“People will do exactly what they shouldn’t do and poison themselves,” Freeman said. “People eat hot dogs, sausages, bacon, pepperoni, ham, etc. These processed meats are in the same category as cigarettes for cancer risk.
“When you eat all of these highly processed, high-fat, high-sugar foods, your insulin is overdrive, producing insulin resistance, excessive blood sugar levels, and then fatty liver,” Freeman added . “Then if you’re drinking on it, it just amplifies the risk.”
Waist measurements of 35 inches or more in women often associated with obesity and 40 inches or more in men are one of several cardiac metabolic risk factors, including hyperglycemia and increased blood pressure.
Almost half of all Americans have high blood pressure and one in three suffer from prediabetics, but about 40% of the population is considered obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Experts say these health conditions contribute to liver fat accumulation, which can lead to liver fibrosis or scarring.
“Most people don’t realize this, but before they develop diabetes, for example, they usually develop fatty liver first,” Freeman said. “It has to do with dysregulation of sugar. If you have high blood sugar, the liver stores the fat and removes some of that sugar. It is excess fat that damages liver function.”
Separately, drinking alcohol can damage liver cells that try to metabolize alcohol, and can lead to fat accumulation. Inflammation and scarring caused by excess fat can ultimately lead to cirrhosis, increasing the risk of liver failure and liver cancer.
Dr. Brian Lee, an associate professor of clinical medicine at the University of Southern California, said that this double interference in adipose deposit is behind a significant increase in liver scars found among moderate to heavy drinkers. He said it could be. Keck School of Medicine.
“The results identify very high risk segments of liver disease-prone populations, suggesting that existing health issues can have a significant impact on how alcohol affects the liver. “We’ll do that,” Lee said in a statement.
Just because a person may not have a big belly, high blood pressure or diabetes doesn’t mean that it’s safe for people to consume a lot of alcohol, Lee said.
“We know that alcohol is toxic to the liver and that all heavy drinkers are at risk for advanced liver disease,” Lee said.
What is a “heavy” drinker?
This study was recently published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey survey, which involved approximately 41,000 people, were analyzed. Of these, more than 2,200 were classified as “heavy” drinkers.
In this study, women who exceeded 0.7 ounces per day and men who drank more than one day were defined as heavy drinkers.
However, according to the CDC, that amount of alcohol is usually considered to be a “moderate” drinking. The standard US drink is defined as 0.6 oz pure liquor.
This is equivalent to 5 oz of wine with 12% alcohol. This is 5% alcohol or 1.5 oz of liquor (proof of 80) or 12 oz of distilled spurt. Most people don’t realize they’re pouring drinks well above those standards, experts say.
“When you see what people drink with dinner or what they drink as a cocktail, they’re filling their glasses with three or four ounces,” Freeman said. “When the restaurant leaves and pours 5 ounces of wine, you will complain that they didn’t fill your glass. People are probably drinking more than they notice.”
A surprising number of new studies find that every amount of alcohol is dangerous to health. In January, then-US surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a highly expressed recommendation on the link between alcohol and cancer.
“Alcohol is an established and preventable cause of cancer that causes approximately 100,000 cancers and 20,000 cancer deaths in the United States. More than 13,500 alcohol-related traffic accidents are killed annually in the United States. But the majority of Americans are unaware of this risk,” Mercy said.
However, only 45% of Americans surveyed by the U.S. Cancer Institute in 2019 believe that drinking alcohol can cause cancer, a new advisory note says.
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