Fat stored in the liver disturbs a long-healthy life.
20 % of people who had had fatty liver developed type II diabetes within 10 years.
Leaving fatty liver as it is makes the risk of stroke and heart attack double. In addition, in the case of men, the risk of developing colon cancer will be double and in the case of women, the risk of developing breast cancer will be double.
But it has turned out that there is food preventing and improving fatty liver.
The food is soy (Fig. 3).
Protein contained in soy acts on the liver, leading to secreting a hormone called FGF21 which burns extra neutral fat stored in the liver.
FGF21 is also expected to improve blood sugar, neutral fat and cholesterol.
How much soy products do we need to eat?
If you eat 100 grams of soy a day, the improvement of fatty liver can be expected.
Experiment
A 43 years old female whose fat in the liver had been 60 % (referenced value: 5 %) tried to eat more than 100 grams of soy products a day for a week.
The amount of soy contained in soy products:
A pack of Natto: 25 grams
A piece of Tofu: 80 grams
A piece of Aburaage (deep-fried bean curd): 7 grams
A cup of Miso soup: 5 grams
A cup of Soy milk: 12 grams
After a week of the experiment, her fat in the liver became less than 5 % (referenced value: 5 %).