High Cholesterol Can Damage Liver
As soon as we hear the name of bad cholesterol, our mind thinks of high BP or just heart attack. But its increase not only worsens the health of the heart but it also starts affecting the functioning of many other organs of the body. Actually, increase in bad cholesterol in the body means that the amount of fat has increased, due to which it has a very bad effect on our liver, which can also lead to serious diseases like fatty liver. Let us know how bad cholesterol harms our liver?
Increase in bad cholesterol can cause swelling in the liver:
Liver is an organ of our body which digests cholesterol and sends it to other parts of the body. But when there is more bad cholesterol in the body, the liver has to work harder to digest it, due to which the problem of inflammation starts in the liver and it starts damaging the liver cells.
Fatty liver disease increases due to high cholesterol
The risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is highest due to high cholesterol. If you are consuming too much oily or fatty foods, then the level of bad cholesterol in the body increases rapidly, due to which the risk of fatty liver disease increases. High cholesterol can lead to fatty liver disease, a sometimes fatal condition known as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. This can further lead to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
How to protect yourself?
To protect yourself from bad cholesterol, exercise regularly. It is very important for the diet to be healthy. Consume non-fatty foods in your diet, eat more fiber and eat less carbohydrate foods in your diet. Apart from all this, include things rich in fiber and roughage in your diet so that it helps in preventing fat from increasing. Take care of all these things and do not let cholesterol increase.
(This article is for general information, please consult a doctor before adopting any remedy)
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