National Liver Day Liver 5 Actions

Action for Liver 1: No medicine

The liver is the center of detoxification. The vast majority of the drugs we eat must go through the detoxification of the liver, so the more medicines we eat, the worse for the liver. In addition to prescription drugs, try to avoid taking other drugs on your own. When you go to see a doctor, someone with liver disease should tell a doctor to use it as a reference for doctors.

Action for Liver II: Paying attention to personal hygiene

Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C are mainly transmitted through blood. Try to avoid blood transfusions, injections, pierced ears, tattoos, eyebrows, toothbrushes, razors, etc., and other devices that may be exposed to blood contamination to reduce the chance of infection.

Liver Action 3: No Smoking, No Drinking

Alcohol is the most damaging to liver, alcohol destroys liver cells, and long-term down may lead to liver fibrosis, liver cirrhosis or liver cancer. People with hepatitis B who have smoking or drinking habits are 2 to 5 times more likely to develop hepatocellular carcinoma than those who do not smoke or drink. Therefore, hepatitis B carriers should drink less alcohol.

If the average person drinks more than 60-80 grams of alcohol per day, the chance of developing liver disease increases. Therefore, drinking alcohol should be limited to 40 grams per day (approximately one-third of a bottle of rice wine, Hua Diao, red wine, and about half a bottle of Shaoxing).

Action IV: Don't eat food containing aflatoxin

Research has confirmed that eating food containing aflatoxin is related to liver cancer. Aflatoxins are a type of toxin secreted by molds that are invisible to the naked eye and can be destroyed at temperatures above 260 degrees Celsius. In crops, especially peanuts, corn, rice, sorghum and wheat are vulnerable to pollution. If the fermented products of beans are improperly processed, such as bean paste, fermented bean curd, soybean meal, stinky tofu, etc., it is easy to contain aflatoxin.

If you want to eat peanuts, it is best to pick peanuts with shells and no broken appearance. Those who like to eat fermented soybean products should be more careful.

Love Live Action 5: Eat more fruits and vegetables

Studies have shown that those who take fruits and vegetables less than 6 times a week have a 4 to 5 times higher risk of liver cancer than those who take fruit and vegetables more than 6 times a week.