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Alcohol and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis

Some patients affected by non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) present other clinical conditions (hyperlipidemia, diabetes) for which a moderate alcohol intake implies some benefits, but we know which are the effects of a moderate intake of small amounts of alcohol on NASH, a clinical entity with an extremely varied prognosis. In order to clear the problem up, 20 rats with a highly lipid diet (71% of the energy received by fats) up to NASH onset. Rats have been then fed with a less fat diet (55% of the energy from lipids). In 10 rats, this second diet has been modified so that 16% of calories were given by alcohol.
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