Combination Obesity and Alcohol Deadly for the Liver

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Women who hare obese and drink at least two glasses of wine everyday have to be especially careful: they are  very likely to suffer sooner or later from liver cirrhosis. For obese men the risk is nineteen times higher!

Liver diseases have long time been linked to daily alcohol consumption, but a six year long British investigation into this subject shows that obesity can seriously damage the liver. Because obese people have a fatter liver they built up more and more fats and eventually the liver will become infected. In the long run this will lead to liver cirrhosis. Especially for people drinking alcohol often or suffering from diabetes the risk is very high.