Eating more leafy green vegetables may help prevent fatty liver disease

Researchers at the Caroline School of Medicine in Sweden report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that eating more green leafy vegetables containing nitrates, such as lettuce and spinach, may help reduce the risk of fatty liver disease, so they recommend that people eat more green leafy vegetables on a normal diet.
fatty liver is a common liver disease characterized by liver fat accumulation, mainly caused by overweight, alcoholism and so on. When the researchers added nitrates to mice on a high-fat, high-sugar diet, they found that the proportion of fat in their livers decreased significantly. Laboratory studies of human liver cells have also confirmed this effect.
study also showed that not only did nitrate-replenishing mice have a lower risk of fatty liver disease, blood pressure also decreased, and blood sugar levels in mice with type 2 diabetes improved.
previous studies have shown that nitrates, which are naturally present in many vegetables, improve the efficiency of mitochondrials in cells, and eating more fruits and vegetables can also help improve cardiovascular function and diabetes.
"We think these diseases are linked through a similar mechanism, where oxidative stress disrupts the nitric oxide signaling pathline and adversely affects heart metabolism," said Matthias Karlstrom, an associate professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the Caroline School of Medicine. Carl
, said the study provided clues to the development of new drugs or nutrients. Although more clinical trials are needed to confirm the effects of nitrates, they advise people to eat more green leafy vegetables, and only need to eat about 200 grams a day, can play a certain health effect. (Source: Xinhua News Agency, Zhou Zhou)