Q If it's non-alcoholic fatty liver, doesn't that mean I can drink? Is a little at company dinners okay?
A Even with non-alcoholic fatty liver, alcohol adds extra burden on the liver, so cutting back or quitting is the rule. Adding alcohol to a liver that already has fat built up increases the risk of inflammation and damage. If you have frequent dinners, it's best to reduce both the frequency and the amount.
Detailed Answer
The name "non-alcoholic" makes it easy to assume it has nothing to do with drinking, but adding alcohol to a liver that already has fat gives the liver a double burden. Alcohol itself causes inflammation and damage to liver cells, and being high in calories, it's also unfavorable for weight management. If you have fatty liver, cutting back—and ideally quitting—is the rule, and if dinners are frequent, it's best to reduce both how often and how much you drink each time.
Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective
At Dongjedang, we see alcohol as "another burden laid on top of surplus that's already settled." Keep piling onto a liver you're trying to empty, and the flow is hard to revive. Just reducing alcohol gives the liver breathing room, and the effects of metabolism-reviving management show up more clearly.
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