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Excess glycogen cause increase in weight of liver quora

Answer 1

Rapid weight gain by itself will not cirrhosis. What causes cirrhosis is an excessive accumulation of glycogen stores in the liver. This can occur when your primary fuel source is alcohol or when you consume excessive amounts of sugars & carbohydrates and end up with a so-called “fatty liver.“

There is a condition called non-alcoholic steatotic hepatitis, abbreviated NASH . It is increasing in epidemic proportion. It is actually the fastest growing causes of liver failure from cirrhosis. Most people who have it are non-insulin-dependent diabetics, sometimes referred to as type 2 diabetics. Is most common in people with big bellies