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How to Treat Fatty Liver and Why?

Published on March 19, 2019

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Fatty liver, or hepatic steatosis, is a term that describes the buildup of fat in the liver. It is easy to diagnose fatty liver disease, and just like in cancer, there are different stages. One does not want to end up with a failing liver because of excess fat retention in it.

Early stage fatty liver is diagnosed when the proportion of liver cells that contain fat is more than 5 percent. This is often diagnosed by looking at small samples taken from the liver under a microscope. Ultrasounds, CT scans, and MRI scans can also help evaluate the fat content of the liver but really, safer ultrasounds given by a compentent physician is usually enough, as is the simple evaluation of one’s weight. Obese people, without a doubt, have fatty livers.

The liver is the second largest organ in the body and is responsible for processing everything we eat and drink, and filtering harmful substances from the blood. Too much fat in the liver can lead to long-term liver damage. In many cases, fatty liver has no symptoms yet it becomes more harmful as the condition progresses. Liver inflammation (steatohepatitis) can lead to liver scarring, liver cancer, and end-stage liver disease.

What are the causes of fatty liver?

Many researchers now believe that metabolic syndrome – a cluster of disorders that increase the risk of diabetes, heart disease and stroke – plays an important role in the development of fatty liver.

The most common cause of fatty liver identified is heavy drinking and of course eating junk foods. Higher body weight, a diet high in processed sugar, high triglycerides, diabetes, low physical activity all play a role. Fatty liver develops when the body creates too much fat or can’t metabolize fat efficiently enough. The excess fat is stored in liver cells where it accumulates and causes fatty liver disease. The side effects of certain medications, including methotrexate (Trexall), tamoxifen (Nolvadex), amiodorone (Pacerone), and valproic acid (Depakote) further lead one down the path to fatty liver and its eventual complications.

Prognosis

Some excess fat in the liver by itself is not necessarily a serious problem. For example, if alcohol is the cause, the fat can disappear, usually within 6 weeks, when people stop drinking. However, if the cause is not identified and corrected, fatty liver can have serious consequences. For example, if people continue to drink large amounts of alcohol or if a drug causing fatty liver is not stopped, repeated liver injury may eventually lead to cirrhosis.

Choline

Choline is an essential nutrient for brain, nervous system, cardiovascular and liver function, and is essential for prevention of fatty liver disease, including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). An estimated 90 percent of the U.S. population are deficient in choline, a nutrient required to move fat out of your liver. Choline is necessary for making acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter involved in healthy muscle, heart and memory performance.

Choline enhances the secretion of very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) particles in your liver, which are required to safely transport fat out of the  liver.

Choline deficiency appears to be a far more significant trigger of NAFLD than excess fructose, and the rise in NAFLD may be largely the result of the widespread avoidance of liver and egg yolks.

In the absence of sufficient choline, even healthy saturated fats can contribute to fatty liver. Choline minimizes liver fat no matter what the source, and the more dietary fat you consume — even if the fat itself is healthy — the higher your requirement for choline. High Saturated Fat Intake Increases our Choline Requirements, which is about 30 percent higher on a 30 percent butter diet than on a 30 percent corn oil diet.

Treatment

A single hard-boiled egg can contain anywhere from 113 milligrams (mg) to 147 mg of choline, or about 25 percent of your daily requirement, making it one of the best choline sources in the American diet. Only grass fed beef liver beats it, with 333 mg of choline per 100-gram serving. So if you do not want to eat a lot of eggs taking high quality beef liver makes sense. There are more than several superfoods on the market but this one, based on nutritional dense organ meat, could be your number one choice.

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Beef liver is an enriched source of preformed vitamin A (retinol) containing synergistic amounts of all other fat-soluble vitamins (D, E, and K). It contains abundant bioavailable vitamin B12 and the suite of B-complex vitamins including folate. It is an important source of choline and contains a number of bioavailable micronutrients including iron, copper, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, and manganese. Additionally, grass-fed beef liver has a favorable essential fatty acid profile.

Beef liver is often called the superfood of the animal kingdom because it is one of the most nutrient dense foods on Earth. Liver is an excellent source of protein, the single greatest source of preformed vitamin A, contains abundant bioavailable B12 and B-complex vitamins, choline, biotin, iron, copper, zinc, folate, and contains all of the fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K). This natural whole food was even used to therapeutically treat pernicious anemia. The nutrients that comprise beef liver are the synergistic building blocks of metabolic, immune, liver, skin, eye, reproductive, and mental health.

These vital nutrients are also those that tend to be deficient in the bodies of our western population with possible nutritional complications from a non meat diet.  Pure beef liver is a true superfood in the tradiation of spirulna and chorella except it is from the ancient tradiation of putting a high value on organ meats consumption. So its strong.

Normal Treatments of fatty liver disease

  • Avoiding alcohol.
  • Losing weight.
  • Exercising.
  • Controlling your blood sugar levels.
  • Reducing or avoiding soft drinks and juices and processed foods rich in sugar.
  • Avoiding medicines that may affect your liver, such as some steroids.

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Dr. Mark Sircus AC., OMD, DM (P)

Professor of Natural Oncology, Da Vinci Institute of Holistic Medicine
Doctor of Oriental and Pastoral Medicine
Founder of Natural Allopathic Medicine

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