Reducing fatty liver

dsanche02
dsanche02 Posts: 2
edited November 12 in Food and Nutrition
I am beginning a new eating plan to improve my liver. Is there a good cooking book that helps with this? Or books on the subject of fatty liver.

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  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Staying away from alcohol and losing weight by decreasing calories works.
  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    I once had this.....it was non-alcoholic fatty liver, and losing weight made it go away. Nothing crazy, just calorie counting to lose. I ate most of the same things, just less.
  • bonniedalberg
    bonniedalberg Posts: 33
    I remember something about presurgery patients fasting and drinking milk to shrink their livers.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Do you have a diagnosis? If so, that sounds like something to talk to your doctor about and maybe get a referral to a dietician.
  • dsanche02
    dsanche02 Posts: 2
    Thank for you comments.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    dsanche02 wrote: »
    I am beginning a new eating plan to improve my liver. Is there a good cooking book that helps with this? Or books on the subject of fatty liver.

    Just lose the weight, the liver will take care of itself.
  • Naley2322
    Naley2322 Posts: 181 Member
    milk thistle tea?
  • tnwlkr43
    tnwlkr43 Posts: 57 Member
    edited February 2015
    I was diagnosed in Dec....was told to loose the weight. ETA, i am now with a weight loss clinic and have a personal nutritionist and work at the gym 4 days a week with 2 days a personal trainer.
  • nawedm
    nawedm Posts: 3
    had the same...i lost 24 kg and it went away =) ...there is no magical diet, just lose weight and it will be gone
  • 4thDegreeKnight
    4thDegreeKnight Posts: 69 Member
    I had the same thing, went to a specialist that says this is very common (something like 20% of people have this issue). He said, cutting edge research at the time (5-8 years ago) said the running theory is that some bodies just don't know how to handle sugar well and sometimes it just decides to produce fat on the liver as a result. Or it could be a case of high and untreated cholesterol. (Both cases were me).

    I was able to improve my condition by cutting sugar back and losing weight while on Cholesterol meds.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,341 Member
    My husband has non-alcoholic fatty liver (along with a number of other related pancreatic issues) and was just told (by more than one specialist) to lose some weight and increase fitness. No special diet, no particular foods. He lost some weight (her didn't need to lose much) and lo and behold - No more fatty liver!

    So yeah, I don't think you need a special diet for it, just a better one. It makes me sad that the diet inductry capitalises on helath issues to sell unnecessary diets etc.
  • dizinnss
    dizinnss Posts: 7 Member
    I also have fatty liver and yes losing weight will definitely help but I was also told from a nutritionalist to drink 8 oz of warm water with 1 lemon every morning ...it will help with the liver.....on my 3rd. day of that drink.....
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Carbohydrate restriction was found to be more effective than calorie restriction alone in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21367948

    "Liver triglycerides decreased significantly with weight loss (P < 0.001) but decreased significantly more (P = 0.008) in carbohydrate-restricted subjects (-55 ± 14%) than in calorie-restricted subjects (-28 ± 23%)."
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