Moderate Alcohol Intake Linked to Lower Risk of Fatty Liver Disease

Frequent moderate alcohol drinking in men is associated with a reduced risk of fatty liver disease, shows study. But there was some suggestion of an increase in fatty liver disease with higher volume of alcohol consumed per day.

Moderate drinkers had lower levels of obesity than did non-drinkers, and both obesity and metabolic abnormalities were positively associated with fatty liver disease.

These findings support the results of a number of other recent studies showing that moderate drinking does not increase the risk of this common type of liver disease; instead, it is associated with a lower risk of its occurrence.

"These results suggest that lifestyle modifications aimed at fighting central obesity and metabolic abnormalities should be the most important recommendations for the management of fatty liver," the authors said.

"In addition, it seems unlikely that the risk of fatty liver can be reduced by the discontinuation and/or reduction of alcohol consumption alone," they stated.

Source-ANI