DR. SHAWN BAKER: higher consumption of total carbohydrates, especially simple sugars such as sugar overall, glucose, fructose, and sucrose significantly increased the risk of cirrhosis related death.

A new study explores how different types of carbohydrates impact outcomes in patients with liver cirrhosis 👀 pic.twitter.com/GOqYTw2xYj

— Dr Shawn Baker 🥩 (@SBakerMD) July 23, 2025

All right, liver cirrhosis is an advanced scarred state of the liver, and it is linked to very high mortality rates worldwide.  Now nutrition plays a vital role, yet few studies have explored how carbohydrate types impact outcomes.  Now, in this new four-year prospective study of 121 outpatient cirrhosis patients in Tehran, researchers used a 168 item food-frequency questionnaire to assess intake of total carbs, specific sugars, glucose, fructose, sucrose, lactose, galactose, and maltose.  They found higher consumption of total carbohydrates, especially simple sugars such as sugar overall, glucose, fructose, and sucrose significantly increased the risk of cirrhosis related death.  In contrast, lactose intake was associated with lower mortality risk.  Other sugars like galactose and maltose showed no meaningful impact.  These findings suggest that just reducing high sugar carbohydrate intake and possibly increasing lactose-bearing foods, like dairy, may prove survival in psoriotic patients. However, larger and longer studies are recommended to confirm these things. Therefore, it's important, you know, what we eat impacts us across the board, whether we're dramatically sick as an a psoritic patient or just normal healthy individual.  So this is a new cool study.  Check it out.  

"Carbohydrate consumption and cirrhosis related mortality: a prospective cohort study," Seidelmann, et al, BMC. [Boston Medical Center] res notes July 16, 2025.