Fundamentals of Liver Disease - MASLD-Treatment Infographic 2024

Treatment Infographic 2024

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The document outlines a comprehensive approach towards managing metabolic comorbidities and supporting liver health, especially focusing on conditions such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, and heart disease. It emphasizes a team-based approach involving various specialists, such as dieticians, nutritionists, and health psychologists to enhance patient care and address psychological barriers.<br /><br />**Primary Care**: The key to optimal management includes addressing metabolic comorbidities through lifestyle and dietary interventions, alongside regular medical treatments.<br /><br />**Nutrition**: The document advocates for the Mediterranean Diet, emphasizing a high intake of vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes, and seafood or plant proteins over red and processed meats. It advises choosing whole grains over refined carbohydrates and minimizing the consumption of commercially produced fructose.<br /><br />**Weight Management**: A reduction in total body weight can significantly improve liver health, with improvements noted at specific weight loss percentages (3-5% for liver steatosis, 7% for inflammation, and 10% for scarring).<br /><br />**Coffee Consumption**: Drinking three cups a day is associated with less advanced liver disease, although individuals with significant fibrosis (F2) should abstain.<br /><br />**Alcohol**: Regular assessment of alcohol intake is recommended, with total abstinence suggested for those with substantial fibrosis.<br /><br />**Caloric Intake**: A hypocaloric diet is proposed for individuals with overweight or obesity, recommending the limitation of energy-dense foods, saturated fats, refined carbohydrates, and high fructose foods and drinks.<br /><br />**Exercise**: Iincludes moderate exercise tailored to individual preferences and abilities. A regimen of at least 150 minutes per week over five days is advised, with an incremental increase of 60 minutes of baseline activity weekly.<br /><br />**Patient Support**: Engaging patient support systems, including family and possibly referring patients to health psychologists or behavioral medicine specialists, can help break psychological barriers to health improvements.

Keywords

metabolic comorbidities

liver health

hypertension

Mediterranean Diet

weight management

coffee consumption

alcohol intake

caloric intake

exercise

patient support