@jagolliher Welcome back!

Re: Fatty liver. Is it non-alcoholic fatty liver? I ask because I have seen a lot of news from the nutritional science world over the past several years about this. From what Ibhave seen, non-alcoholic fatty liver is less about weight and more about HFCS consumption. Of course, those who consume more HFCS are often doing so in a caloric surplus (for both obvious and non-obvious reasons), and weight gain happens in tandem.

However, ultra-runners who constantly have been feeding with high levels of HFCS and sugar/sucrose (which contains a fructose molecule) are absorbing that fructose in their livers and sometimes presenting with non-alcoholic fatty liver even when at a healthy weight.

Despite that I avoid all carbs as best as possible (I avoid eating plants), I'm not convinced fructose from fruit (whole fruit, not juice) is an issue. In fact, the research I have seen indicates it is not because of the smaller quantity and because it is paired with fiber. I'm dogmatic in what I do for personal health reasons, but I can recognize the differences between my health issues and other's.

In short, you might consider avoiding HFCS and sucrose for the fatty liver.

Hi, my name is Brian. I live in Thompson's Station. I have lived in Tennessee for 6 years, after growing up in Indiana and then moving to Texas for 12 years. I have always battled being overweight.