British scientists have recently warned that eating fast food frequently not only ruins people's figures but also causes irreversible damage to their livers within a month.
According to a report by the British Daily Mail on February 19, scientists at Linköping University in Sweden recently had participants wolf down large amounts of fast food every day. In less than two weeks, their weight increased by up to 12 kg. Moreover, the volunteers began to show signs of elevated liver enzyme levels within a week. For this reason, Dr. Fruna Aluwihare, a liver specialist at King's College Hospital in London, said that the results of the above experiment indicate that excessive fat accumulation can cause potential damage to the liver. He said: "This study shows that even in a very short period of time, after eating extremely unhealthy food, our liver tests will become abnormal, and our liver will grow extra fat."
Scientists tested the levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) in the volunteers' blood. Usually, only people who drink heavily on a regular basis or have hepatitis C have elevated ALT levels in their blood. The volunteers' usual alcohol consumption was within safe levels. After just one week of eating fast food, their ALT levels rose rapidly. By the end of the experiment, the volunteers' ALT levels had tripled compared to normal. Scientists said that the most important significance of this experiment is the discovery that a high-calorie diet leads to pathological increases in transaminase levels in the body.[美食中国]
Dr. Aluwihare said that if people eat healthily, these abnormal indicators can be reversed. However, the initial damage may lead to the formation of some "scars" in the liver, which is an irreversible state.