Nutritional treatment of non alcoholic fatty liver disease: relevant aspects of the macronutrient composition
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2020.43955Keywords:
Fatty Liver. Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Diet. Lipids. Carbohydrate.Abstract
Introduction: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a condition in which there is an excessive accumulation of fat into the liver tissue, non-related to abusive ethanol consumption. The etiology is multifactorial and mostly related to ether excessive lipid synthesis and/or reduced lipid excretion on genetically predisposed people. Objective: the aim of this manuscript is to describe the main mechanisms of NAFLD development, prevention and treatment with nutritional emphasis. Methods: review of literature. Results: although it is a condition related to fat liver accumulation, NAFLD seam not to be related only to the amount of dietary fat consumption but to sedentarism and positive caloric balance intake. Conclusion: the main treatment for NAFLD is weight loss aiming 10% of body weight, which often requires dietary changes and physical activities practices. Regarding to diet, there were compared studies with hypercaloric, normocaloric, hipocaloric, low carb/high fat, low fat/high carb and mediterranean diet for NAFLD control and patients quality of life improvement.
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