Question

3- What is fatty liver? Explain the causes of fatty liver. Indicate how lipotropic factors can prevent fatty liver.

Answer 1

◆ fatty liver develop when there is large amount of fat produced in body and the fat is not metabolised , this leads to deposition of fat and this excess fat stored in liver and cause fatty liver .

◆ cause of fatty liver :-

• large amount of alcohol leads to cirrosis and fatty liver .
• When there is toxic injury to liver leads to improper funtion of hepatic cells .
• When there is excess calorie intake in form of carbohydrate and fats .
• When there is excessive amount of fat mobilization :-When there is excess amount of fat breakdown in diabetes mellitus and starvation .

◆ lipotropic factor can prevent fatty liver by :-

lipotropic factors have main role for mobilization of fat from liver to prevent fatty acid .

● lipotropic factors :-

• choline helps to change fatty acid chain in reversible manner.
• methionine and lecithin synthesis apoprotein .
• omega 3 fatty acids
• Anti oxidant like  vitamin E and selenium .