Out-of-control liver index, liver protection drugs are ineffective! The medical examiner did it by losing 6 kilograms!

What should I do if my liver function index (GPT and GOT) exceeds the standard? The normal liver function index of a person is about 40U/L. However, a medical examiner, although not very fat, has had a liver index of around 170 for more than 10 years, and there has been no improvement even after taking liver-protecting drugs. It was not until I joined a weight loss class and lost 6 kilograms in a month that I unexpectedly discovered that my liver function index had also dropped to the standard value. I was overjoyed.

Medical examiner Zhan Renshi (right) joined a weight loss class with the encouragement of Dr. Chen Shidian, and unexpectedly saved his liver function index which had been out of control for more than ten years. (Photo courtesy of Changhua Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare)

Liver index exceeded the standard for more than 10 years, and the medical examiner lost weight in one month and it returned to normal

Zhan Renshi, currently working as a medical examiner at the Changhua Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, originally weighed 75 kilograms and was not very fat. However, his liver function index has been around 170 for more than 10 years. He had taken liver-protecting drugs but they were ineffective. A while ago, encouraged by his doctor, he decided to give it a try and enroll in a weight loss class run by the hospital for its employees. Unexpectedly, one month later, his belly had shrunk, his face had become a little sharper, his weight had dropped to 69 kg, his fatty liver had improved a lot, and his liver index had unexpectedly dropped to a normal level of 40.

Medical examiner Chen Renshi shared that there are diet teachers in weight loss classes to guide healthy eating methods, such as at least one vegetarian day a week, and the order of eating is protein → vegetables → starch, changing from the original "eating side dishes with rice" to "eating vegetables with rice", eating nutritiously and healthily instead of eating to feel full. The method is not complicated and does not cost a lot of money.

What’s special is that the weight loss class also requires members to post what they eat for three meals a day to the group on LINE. Everyone supervises, restrains and encourages each other, and there is instant feedback from doctors, psychologists and personal managers. In this way, they will not feel lonely when losing weight, and they are supported to build self-confidence, form correct living habits, and help to implement the weight loss plan in a long-term manner.

People who are overweight usually have fatty liver, which is often accompanied by abnormal liver function indexes.

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Chen Shidian, director of the hepatobiliary gastroenterology department at Changhua Hospital, who encouraged Zhan Renshi to join the weight loss class, said that many people were found to have fatty liver and hepatitis during health checks, and their reaction was "good as long as it didn't turn into cancer". They took the health checkup report and left without any follow-up. In fact, patients with fatty hepatitis still have the chance of developing cirrhosis or liver cancer, and a high proportion of them have combined three highs and cardiovascular diseases, which should not be taken lightly.

Dr. Chen Shidian said that people who are overweight usually have fatty liver, which is often accompanied by abnormal liver function indexes. If people in this group can effectively lose 5% to 7% of their weight, it will have a certain effect on fatty liver. If they are severely obese, they can also use legal and safe weight-loss drugs under the guidance of a doctor to achieve their goals and regain their health.