Fatty Liver
"We'll keep an eye on it."
Here's why you need to address it now and how:
1. Liver health affects metabolism
Can't lose weight? Have no energy?
Fatty liver could be causing that. The liver is a main player in:
Regulating blood sugar/ insulin
Detoxification
Balancing hormones
Absorbing nutrients
Activating thyroid hormone.
2.The liver impact digestion
Feeling bloated? Digestion Sluggish?'
Fatty liver could be responsible because the liver makes bile which helps:
Absorb nutrients.
Kill parasites, bacteria
and pathogens.
Lubricates the colon.
3. The liver helps you sleep
Waking up at 3 am?
A fatty liver isn't able to regulate blood sugar while you sleep, so when your blood sugar drops at 3 am, and cortisol rises, it wakes you up.
4.The liver affects skin health:
Dry skin, breakouts and rashes?
A fatty liver can't clean the blood very well, so your body has to push toxins out through your skin instead.
5. Fatty liver can cause gallstones
If the liver is fatty, bile quality is poor, which can lead to thick, sludgy bile that can turn into gallstones.
First steps to reversing fatty liver.
Limit processed foods with folic acid(synthetic folate) which blocks methylation.
Eat adequate animal protein (100 g/day)
Eat 5-6 small meals per day instead of large meals.
Consider liver support herbs like milk thistle, dandelion, burdock, artichoke.
Consider a choline or
phosphatidylcholine supplement. more