ISLAMABAD: Liver damage caused by a diet high in fat, sugar, and cholesterol may be difficult to reverse even if the diet is generally improved, a new study shows. The damage can also lead to more serious health problems, such as cirrhosis or even cancer, the study says.
“For more significant liver recovery, the intake of sugar has to come down, probably along with other improvements in diet and exercise,” said Donald Jump, a professor at Oregon State University in the US.
Researchers found that diets low in fat and cholesterol could, in fact, help with weight loss, improved metabolism, and health. But, if the diet was still high in sugar, there was much less liver recovery, the Medical Xpress reported.
“This research suggests that diets lower in fat and cholesterol, even if they help you lose weight, are not enough,” said Jump. The researchers noted that complications related to liver inflammation, scarring and damage are projected to be the leading cause of liver transplants by 2020.
The findings are significant, researchers say, because liver problems such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are surging in the US, affecting 10-35 percent of adults and an increasing number of children. “Many people eating a common American diet are developing extensive hepatic fibrosis, or scarring of their liver, which can reduce its capacity to function and sometimes lead to cancer,” Jump said.
A piece published earlier: Prof. Dr. Subash Gupta who has done over 1500 successful *liver transplant procedures and annually performs more than three hundred liver transplant surgeries, is globally acclaimed as one of the best liver and biliary sciences specialist India has ever produced. He will be training a team of Pakistani surgeons while performing complicated liver transplants at Dow University of Health Sciences’ Ojha campus where he had performed last liver transplant last December.
Prof (Dr.) Subhash Gupta has pioneered the development of Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) in India; published over 30 papers on different aspects of Living Donor liver transplant in indexed journals; has been honored with the position of Professorship in Surgery from Apollo Health Education and Research Foundation; The Institute of Post Graduate Education and Medical Research, Kolkata has also honored him with the position of Professor of Liver Transplantation; Delhi Medical Association awarded him with a Gold Medal in 2005.
The Rotary Association of India has honored him for excellence in clinical medicine in 2012; Same year the Delhi Medical Association honored him with the award of Vishist Chikitsh Rattan (Distinguished Clinician) on Doctor’s Day; In 2014, he & has team were one of the finalists for the category “Surgical team of the year” for BMJ India awards; Apollo Health foundation has made him an honorary Professor of Surgery; in 2016, the Uttar Pradesh government has awarded him the prestigious “YASH BHARTI” award; in 2016, the Medical Council of India has awarded him the prestigious “B.C. Roy” award; In 2016, he was also awarded The Honorary Professor of Kazakistan.
He remained associated with Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, 2006 till 2016; Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, 2006-2008; St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds, 1995 to 1998; Queen’s Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, 1993 to 1995; All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 1981 to 1993. (Published on 11th March 2018)