Staying up late and bad eating habits, which is more harmful to the liver?

1. Stay up late

Staying up late for a long time can increase the burden on the liver; staying up late will inevitably strain the body and weaken the immune system, thus aggravating the damage done to the liver. Especially for chronic hepatitis B or C patients, staying up late can further worsen the condition. After infection with hepatitis B or C virus, it can continue to absorb nutrients in liver cells, replicate and multiply in large numbers, which over time induces an immune response, leading to liver cell damage and necrosis.

2. Bad eating habits

Frequent high-fat and high-calorie diets can increase the burden on the liver, reduce the ability to break down fat and induce a heavy fatty liver. If fatty liver is left unattended, it can gradually develop into liver fibrosis or cirrhosis, which will transform into liver cancer over time. In addition, most alcohol is broken down and metabolised in the liver. Alcohol and alcohol intermediate metabolites can directly damage liver cells and affect the breakdown and metabolism of fatty acids in the liver, leading to the deposition of fat in the liver, thus triggering a fatty liver.

This shows that both poor eating habits and staying up late can damage the liver and should therefore be actively corrected.

How to protect the liver in daily life?

1. Get enough sleep

Adults should get enough sleep for 7 hours every night to provide the liver with enough blood, nutrients and oxygen to facilitate the repair and regeneration of damaged liver cells. Therefore, you should adjust your work and rest, go to bed before 23:00, get up around 6:00~7:00 in the morning, and have a 30~60 minutes lunch break during the day.

2. Adjust your diet

The liver loves protein, so you should focus on eating foods containing high quality protein, such as eggs, fish or lean meat, etc. Also, eat more green leafy fruits and vegetables and five grains, which contain vitamins that can improve the liver's ability to detoxify and repair.

3. Actively regulate your emotions

Keep your mind calm and peaceful, which can harmonise your qi and blood, improve blood circulation and facilitate liver metabolism.

Warm Tips

You should actively correct bad habits in your daily life, don't drink, get enough sleep, don't overeat, and don't take Chinese medicine, western medicine or health products at will. Exercise moderately, with more than 30 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise every day, to help adjust liver function to an optimal state. People who have been taking medication for a long time, have a family history of liver cancer, or are over 40 years old should go to hospital regularly for liver function tests and, if necessary, serum alpha-fetoprotein and liver ultrasound.