I wish I knew why these patients can't have alcohol. I mean the biological mechanism. What the relationship is between misprocessing fat and alcohol being deadly.
Alcohol changes the structure of the liver cells and slows down the liver’s ability to process fats. This is the second way that triglycerides begin to accumulate and the levels rise. This is also the beginning of fatty liver disease.
I am equally curious. Fatty liver can be a consequence to high alcohol consumption, but people can also have NAFLD. My guess (IANADr) is that alcohol leads to excessive build up of fat in their bodies.
NAFLD is also highly correlated with diabetes, so I wonder if there could be something to learn from studying this or related genes.
Edit: Looked up the wiki article, here is their explanation;
>Additional measures are avoidance of agents known to increase endogenous triglyceride levels, such as alcohol