The liver adjusts to unhealthy eating, including the misuse of fatty foods, but the cost of this adaptation is an elevated cancer risk. Endocrinologist Zukhra Pavlova issued this warning in a post published on Telegram.
She referenced a recent study by scientists which demonstrated that a diet high in fats very negatively impacts the liver, with changes occurring directly inside the cells—under a prolonged greasy diet, they start reverting to a more primitive state resembling stem cells. It was discovered that such cells more easily accumulate dangerous mutations linked to the development of liver cancer.
Thus, in the experiment conducted by the scientists, nearly all mice fed a high-fat diet for a long period eventually developed liver cancer amid the aforementioned cellular alterations.
However, Pavlova clarified that potentially harmful are excesses of saturated fats and trans fats—fast food, fried items, processed goods, margarines. “But beneficial fats are omega-3 and omega-9: fish, vegetable oil, nuts, seeds, avocado. They, conversely, support liver health and reduce inflammation,” the physician added.
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