Resveratrol works! Eat more grapes and mulberries to get rid of fatty liver!

What would you do to end the modern civilization disease "fatty liver"? Replacing your daily fruit with grapes, mulberries or blueberries may have a bonus effect. Nutritionists say that the resveratrol contained in these deep purple fruits can enhance the body's ability to metabolize fat. When combined with a high-fiber diet, it can help eliminate fatty liver disease!

Research: Taking resveratrol can significantly improve fatty liver disease!

St. Martin's Hospital nutritionist You Weiming said that early studies on the relationship between resveratrol and fatty liver were mostly conducted on rats. One study found that the survival rate of rats with fatty liver was 15% to 16% higher than that of normal rats after taking extracted resveratrol. Another study also found that in two groups of rats fed alcohol at the same time, the rats given resveratrol had less fat in their livers, indicating that resveratrol may activate liver tissue to metabolize fat, but such results still cannot directly prove that resveratrol can reduce fatty liver in humans.

This situation continued until 2016, when several reports on human trials on resveratrol were published abroad! The research team took obese patients with fatty liver disease as the research subjects, and supplemented them with 500 mg of resveratrol every day for 12 weeks. The results showed that the liver index ALT (Alanine Aminotransferase) could be significantly reduced. Another research team supplemented the subjects with 150 mg of resveratrol every day for 4 consecutive weeks. The results showed that triglycerides decreased significantly, indicating that resveratrol does have the effect of improving fatty liver.

Resveratrol is commonly found in red and purple fruits such as grapes, mulberries, and blueberries.

2 reasons! Let me tell you why resveratrol is so powerful!

Nutritionist You Weiming analyzed that there are two reasons why resveratrol can improve fatty liver. First, bioflavonoids are a large family of phytochemicals with strong antioxidant capacity, and resveratrol happens to be a member of this family. It has the ability to enhance the body's ability to metabolize fat. In addition, representative fruits rich in resveratrol, such as grapes, mulberries and blueberries, also contain a lot of dietary fiber, as well as polyphenols, anthocyanins and other phytochemicals, which are important nutrients for metabolizing fat. With mutual help, it helps to reduce the concentration of triglycerides and bad cholesterol in the blood and stay away from fatty liver.

Among the six major food categories, whole grains (brown rice, sweet potatoes with skin, taro, etc.) have the highest dietary fiber content.

Second, it is about the more influential "mitochondria". Mitochondria are known as the "generators of cells". They can metabolize fats and carbohydrates and convert them into energy, muscles, hormones, etc. for the body to use. Liver cells themselves contain many mitochondria. Under normal circumstances, mitochondria decrease with age, but cell studies have found that supplementing with resveratrol can increase mitochondrial activity and maintain integrity, which can increase the number of mitochondria and activate their energy conversion efficiency, thereby reducing fat accumulation in the liver and delaying aging.

Fatty liver out! Eat resveratrol fruit + 25 grams of dietary fiber every day

In recent years, many research findings have been made on resveratrol. In addition to preventing and improving fatty liver, it is also very helpful in improving fasting hyperglycemia and lowering glycated hemoglobin. So, how to supplement resveratrol? The resveratrol extract concentration of 150 to 500 mg used in the aforementioned 2016 human experiment is too high. Red and purple fruits such as grapes, mulberries, and blueberries that commonly contain resveratrol only contain 5 to 20 mg of resveratrol per kilogram of fresh fruit. As for red wine made from grapes, it only contains 3 mg of resveratrol per liter. It is impossible for ordinary people to consume the same amount.

In this regard, nutritionist You Weiming said that although consuming more fruits containing resveratrol can indeed help improve fatty liver, in order to "metabolize the fat (outside the body)", it is more important to eat 25 grams of dietary fiber every day. Dietary fiber can absorb fat in the intestines so that the small intestine can no longer absorb it back, and then carry the fat out of the body through defecation.

Among the six major food categories, whole grains (brown rice, sweet potatoes with skin, taro, etc.) have the most dietary fiber and are easiest to eat, followed by mushrooms and vegetables. Therefore, you should eat at least one bowl of whole grains and mushrooms or vegetables every day, especially in a meal with more high-fat foods and paired with resveratrol fruits, to better remove fat and prevent fatty liver.

Although red wine contains resveratrol which can prevent fatty liver, alcohol itself also has calories. Excessive drinking will offset the benefits of lowering cholesterol and controlling blood sugar, and may instead lead to alcoholic fatty liver. You must be careful.

Red wine also contains resveratrol, but be careful if you drink too much, it may have the opposite effect

By the way, red wine not only contains resveratrol, but the phenolic compounds in its ingredients help promote the production of nitric oxide. Moderate drinking can help dilate blood vessels, soften blood vessels, promote blood circulation and lower blood pressure. However, it should be noted that the daily consumption of red wine or wine by adult males should not exceed 300 ml, and that by females should not exceed 150 ml, so as to avoid excessive alcohol consumption, which will offset the benefits of lowering cholesterol and controlling blood sugar, and instead cause an increase in triglycerides and even lead to alcoholic fatty liver. Pregnant women should not drink red wine.

【】We remind you that excessive drinking is harmful to your health. Minors are not allowed to drink. Do not drink and drive, and do not drive after drinking.