Higher intake of green leafy veggies essential to prevent liver disease
Consuming
a higher amount of green
leafy vegetables can help reduce the risk of developing liver
disease, a new study has suggested.
Liver
steatosis or fatty liver is a common disease that affects approximately 25 per
cent of the global population. The most important causes are overweight or high
alcohol consumption and there is currently no medical treatment for the
disease.
In
a study published in the journal PNAS, researchers from Karolinska Institute
showed how a larger intake of inorganic nitrate, which occurs naturally in many
types of vegetable, reduces accumulation of fat in the liver. They also showed
how a greater intake of inorganic nitrate can prevent the accumulation of fat
in the liver.
"When
we supplemented with dietary nitrate to mice fed with a high-fat and sugar
Western diet, we noticed a significantly lower proportion of fat in the
liver," said Mattias Carlstrom, a researcher.
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