Fast food really is bad, especially for your liver

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How often do you line up for coffee and doughnuts in the morning or head to the drive-thru window for a quick and easy dinner? – via healthing_ca LiverDisease Obesity LiverHealth FastFood UHN

, says the study results aren’t surprising and the grim situation is similar in Canada where fatty liver disease is also “a true epidemic.” It’s now one of the main reasons people are on the wait list for a liver transplant.

“If they also have insulin resistance with diabetes and they’re eating a lot of sugar, that also can lead to bad fat building up and being produced by the body.”She’s also seeing a lot more fatty liver in adolescents, and men and women in their 20s and 30s — some with diabetes and most with obesity. It’s a trend that, she says, has a lot to do with our culture of getting food fast, as well as great tasting and all the unhealthy foods that taste so good that are available to us.

Patel agrees, also pointing to rising prices for vegetables, fruits, whole grains and poultry, which make it difficult to choose healthy food options, as well as food addiction, where people reach for items high in fat and sugar, especially during the pandemic.

 

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PaulChapman_ healthing_ca UHN Maybe Health Canada should recommend you can only have 2 donuts a week to be low health risk and eating more is dangerous including one’s lifespan 🤔

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