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The liver is the largest organ of the human body. It helps in digesting food, storing energy and removing toxins from the body. While it often contains some amount of fat, an excess of it can result in fatty liver disease<\/a>. These fat deposits can inflame the liver and cause cirrhosis in the long run.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This article aims to understand what fatty liver is, its causes, symptoms, and to learn about methods and exercises that help reduce fatty liver.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fatty liver, also known as steatotic liver disease<\/a>, is a condition in which fat builds up in the liver, causing inflammation. The liver generally contains some fat, but when fat buildup reaches 5% of liver weight, it is classified as fatty liver disease. It is of two types.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The cause behind ALD is excessive alcohol consumption. The liver filters out alcohol from the body, and in the process, some of its cells die. These cells are usually replaced by newer ones, but the replacement rate cannot keep up with heavy alcohol use, leading to steatosis.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The cause for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease is yet to be discovered. However, its risk increases with the presence of cardiometabolic risk factors, including the following:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other factors that increase the risk of MASLD are<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Both metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and alcohol related liver disease generally do not present any symptoms and can go undetected. When they do, it includes the following.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In instances where fatty liver progresses to cirrhosis, it presents the following symptoms.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The main complication associated with fatty liver is severe liver scarring known as cirrhosis. The fat buildup in the liver caused it to get inflamed. Long-term inflammation of the liver causes cirrhosis, which can lead to<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fatty liver can be reduced and prevented by making certain lifestyle changes. These include the following.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some of the exercises that help reduce fatty liver include the following.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Being a disease that shows no symptoms, fatty liver can often go unnoticed. It is advisable to run routine check-ups with a doctor and schedule a liver test<\/strong><\/a> with Dr Lal PathLabs for timely diagnosis. Download the Dr Lal Pathlabs app<\/a> to conveniently book a test.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The liver is the largest organ of the human body. It helps in digesting food, storing energy and removing toxins from the body. While it often contains some amount of fat, an excess of it can result in fatty liver disease. These fat deposits can inflame the liver and cause cirrhosis in the long run. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":20258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1789],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-radiology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20259,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20257\/revisions\/20259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What Is Fatty Liver?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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What Causes Fatty Liver?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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What Are the Symptoms of Fatty Liver Disease?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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What Complications are Associated with Fatty Liver Disease?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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How to Prevent Fatty Liver Disease?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nThe liver can be kept healthy by maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly, eating a balanced diet and avoiding alcohol.<\/li>\n
\nCycling, swimming and strength training are some of the exercises that help keep the liver healthy.<\/li>\n
\nFatty liver can be reduced by exercising for 150 minutes a week, avoiding alcohol and eating a diet consisting of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean protein like eggs and fish, and healthy fats such as olive oil and nuts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"