Fatty Liver Disease?

I'm not sure how you are eating but a low carb, high fat diet is the way to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. I'm assuming that is what you have. I suggest you do a Google search on the subject of LC & fatty liver.

Careful what you read on MFP as you can get many idiots. Low carb and high fat has a potential to make your condition worse. If you really want to figure out if a high fat diet works for your medical condition, go to the doctor and get your enzyme level tested again after changing to a high fat diet and include a lipid blood panel test. But why waste your time on a gamble with something that can potentially make your condition worse? Just follow the standard medical advice, low fat balanced diet and lose weight fast.

Careful what you read on MFP as you can get many idiots. Low carb and high fat has a potential to make your condition worse. If you really want to figure out if a high fat diet works for your medical condition, go to the doctor and get your enzyme level tested again after changing to a high fat diet and include a lipid blood panel test. But why waste your time on a gamble with something that can potentially make your condition worse? Just follow the standard medical advice, low fat balanced diet and lose weight fast.

^ This!

Absolutely agree that MFP has more than the usual number of people offering bad advice. Please do as I suggested & do a Google search on the subject. Look for recent studies rather than discussions on discussion boards. That way you can make an informed decision about what is best for you.

Have you ever had your thyroid numbers looked at? There seems to be a correlation between thyroid disease and liver enzyme trouble. When my thyroid goes more out of whack my liver enzymes elevate as well (I have hashimoto's). Once I get my thyroid back in check my enzymes go back to normal. I've read of other thyroid patients with similar experiences in some FB groups.

Just a thought - there could be an underlying cause for your enzymes being high other than the generic "fatty liver disease" diagnosis.

Speaking for myself, yes I get bloodwork done every 3 to 6 months due to my issues and my thyroid is checked. I was not confirmed with fatty liver disease until after I had bloodwork done which showed the elevated liver enzymes, very high triglycerides, and then went for an ultrasound.

My elevated liver enzymes turned out to be the result of gallstones. Dr. suspected fatty liver disease, but the enzymes remained elevated even after I lost a lot of weight. Ultrasound showed gallstones. No more gall bladder, no more elevated liver enzymes!

I was diagnosed with Fatty liver last year after I hit a deer and was injured in the wreck. Even though I tried to lose weight (WW, my fit foods, no more sweet tea, more water, adding treadmill and walking), I gained. This year, I tried some liver cleansing tablets, which in a week, produced a terrible pain in my side that never went away. Getting to a diagnosis while you are 55 lbs over weight was a pain. All everyone kept saying was fatty liver, lose weight. I had every diagnosis from ulcers, constipation, food allergies and eventually was to the point where I couldn't eat any solid foods. Even with a liquid diet for 6 weeks, I had no weight loss. Still, all the advice I got was eat healthy (even though I was, NO ONE, believed me).

Finally had the gallbladder out as the drs could find nothing else. Come to find out, the injury caused scar tissue/adhesions around and in my gallbladder and into my liver. I do still have the fatty liver and had biopsies done that confirmed Stage 1 (FYI, my CT scan and ultrasound both said "severe" so I am thankful, it is not as bad as they initially thought).

I am FINALLY losing weight at about a 1 lb per week rate. My doctors have said, low fat, low sugar, and a diet in moderation without fast results over and over during the past year. They also warned that quick weight loss worsens fatty liver. I also inquired about low carb and other more stringent diets. The answer was just a good balanced diet with healthy meats, carbs, fruits and veggies. Finally, I have starting losing after the GB was out. I had eliminated wheat (not gluten) and dairy when I couldn't eat at the suggestion of one of the doctors, I do feel better without those things in my diet.

Down 14 lbs and now back to losing that original 40. After i get those pounds off, I will never go through having a bunch of doctors tell me there is nothing wrong with me and I just needed to lose weight. I am also looking forward to my next CT scan that will hopefully show better liver results.

Find a good doctor and do what your doctor tells you to do. It's the smartest and best option you have.

My husband was diagnosed with NAFLD last November... since then he's dropped 50 pounds. First he was counting calories using mfp (which got me to start using it again!), but he stopped after awhile. He limited sweets and alcohol. Stopped eating mindlessly and cut back on the amount of bread and cheese he was eating (it was a lot!). He did a juice cleanse last April because he felt so horrible from all the cake and candy he ate in the weeks following Easter. He didn't do it to lose weight - just to give his organs a break because he felt... well... broken. I'm not suggesting a juice cleanse, but he thinks it really helped him - I actually was pretty mad at him for doing it because I felt he was getting too upset and crazy with his lifestyle change. AND! Turns out I was right. His liver enzymes are normal now, but he was so stressed out over his health that he had too much protein in his blood and actually made himself sick in other ways. MRI showed everything is fine, so he's relaxed a bit.

Anyway.. that's what he did. He's a little less militant in his diet now, but still limits alcohol and sugar which is probably good since liver issues AND diabetes run in his family. Also the supplement he took was milk thistle. Although he did not take it regularly.