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Non-alcoholic fatty
liver disease (NAFLD)
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver
All
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is not
alike. If it's in the beginning stages, it's called non-alcoholic liver disease.
At this stage, there are very few symptoms. Someone might have fatigue more
than usual, weakness and weight loss but that's about it. Many patients don't
have any symptoms at all. Yet if the condition progresses, it can be a silent
killer.
Steatohepatitis
Means Inflammation
But
when non-alcoholic fatty liver disease progresses to the next stage, it's
called steatohepatitis or NASH. It affects up to 5 percent of all Americans. In
this stage, inflammation sets in. Inflammation causes congestion no matter
where it occurs in the body.
When
it's in your liver, the inflammation is affecting a critical organ. Congestion
in your major detoxification organ can only mean that your body can't detoxify
itself very well from prescription medications, chemicals and preservatives in
foods, toxic metals and other toxins.
Symptoms
also begin in steatohepatitis but they are similar to fatty liver disease where
there's fatigue, weight loss and weakness.
In
steatohepatitis, the lab tests will show an elevated ALT level or alanine
aminotransferase levels or even AST or aspartate aminotransferase levels.
However, you could have elevated ALT or AST levels for a number of reasons, so
a liver biopsy is really the determining diagnostic point for steatohepatitis.
Watch this video - Managing Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Cirrhosis
is the Last Stage
Non-alcoholic
fatty liver disease in the final stages is called cirrhosis. All cases might
not progress to this stage but if they do, it may become fatal. In cirrhosis,
the functional tissue of the liver is changed to scar tissue. Not all of the
liver becomes affected, but as the cells become more and more affected, the
symptoms worsen. The person's belly swells so it looks like a large beach ball
or like the person is pregnant.
There
may be skin changes when the skin color changes to yellow along with the whites
of the eyes, mental symptoms such as confusion and personality changes, and
kidney damage. The spleen enlarges too. To diagnose cirrhosis, your doctor will
decide to do a biopsy, which will show scarring in the cells. A liver
transplant is almost always necessary at this point.
Causes of Non-Alcoholic
Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has numerous causes. Like alcoholic fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease may be reversed if caught in the early stages. Dietary changes and discontinuing all alcohol will be what it takes to start the fatty liver disease reversal.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has numerous causes. Like alcoholic fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease may be reversed if caught in the early stages. Dietary changes and discontinuing all alcohol will be what it takes to start the fatty liver disease reversal.
Here
are some of the causes of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD):
1
Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is insulin resistance. When someone has
insulin resistance, then it's easy to develop obesity. The obesity and insulin
resistance together and by themselves will cause fatty liver disease.
2
Obesity
The
more fat you have in your body, the greater the accumulation of fat in your
liver. This then causes fatty liver disease. Losing the weight helps eliminate the fatty liver.
3
Metabolic Syndrome
Insulin
resistance is connected to fatty liver disease because of the high levels of
blood fats. Many people with metabolic syndrome eat far too many carbohydrates,
which raises triglycerides and causes them to deposit in the liver.
4
High Blood Pressure
In
high blood pressure, there is increased pressure
within the blood vessels of the body. When the affected blood vessels include
the portal vein and portal artery, the liver is unable to perform all its
functions. If large amounts of triglycerides and fats have already accumulated
in the liver and fatty liver is present, high blood pressure will worsen fatty
liver disease.
5
High Blood Fats
The
higher the fats are in the blood, the greater the chance for them to be
deposited not only in the belly, legs, buttocks and other places where fat will
deposit, but also directly in the liver.
6
Genetic Disorders
Two
genetic disorders, Abetaliproproteinemia and hypobetalipoproteinemia are linked
with fatty liver disease. Abetaliproproteinemia is a disorder where fat
absorption and the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins (vitamin A, D, E, and K)
is impaired.
Some
of the symptoms seen in this disorder besides fatty liver disease include
frothy stools, fat in the stool, and protruding abdomen.
Hypobetalipoproteinemia is a genetic disorder that causes low levels of
LDL-cholesterol, total cholesterol and high levels of HDL-cholesterol.
7
Pregnancy
When
fatty liver occurs in pregnancy, it's a very serious condition because it may
be life-threatening. Usually the condition occurs in the third trimester or
right after the baby is born. This condition is rare.
8
Malaria
It's
not so much the malaria by itself that causes the fatty liver, but rather the
medications. The synthetic quinine drug called chloroquine, aminoquinolone ,
medfloquine, and primaquine used to treat the malaria are also causes of fatty
liver.
9
Nutritional Deficiencies
Many
nutritional deficiencies cause fatty liver. Some of these deficiencies include
vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin C, omega-3 fats, vitamin E, and B vitamins
(especially choline). You won't know what vitamin deficiencies you have until
you see a clinical nutritionist who can run some lab tests. The results of
these tests could be life-changing and life-saving for you.
10
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
is a lung disease that is still around now. It was more common in the middle of
the 1900s but surprisingly, it still occurs. It's not so much the tuberculosis
(TB) but the TB drug called isoniazid that causes fatty liver disease.
Symptoms of
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
When someone has Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, there aren't any classic signs and symptoms simply because the disorder is a silent one. However, as the disease progresses, you may start to see many symptoms that affect the skin, brain and of course, the liver itself.
When someone has Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, there aren't any classic signs and symptoms simply because the disorder is a silent one. However, as the disease progresses, you may start to see many symptoms that affect the skin, brain and of course, the liver itself.
Fatigue
is a symptom that could be seen in the beginning stage but this symptom is one
of the ones that is never used as a clear-cut symptom for any disease. There
are hundreds of diseases that have fatigue as part of a whole list of symptoms.
As
fatty liver disease progresses and more fat accumulates in the liver, more and
more symptoms will begin to surface. Below is a list of some of them plus why
they occur:
Loss
of appetite -
The liver cells are dying daily and the liver is losing its effectiveness at
converting foods into energy as well as breaking them down.
Dark-colored
urine -
This occurs because pigments are being excreted at higher numbers than usual.
Since the pigments are darker than the yellow coloring, the urine becomes dark.
Light-colored
stool -
This occurs because pigments are not processed as well by the liver.
Skin
darkens - The pigments that are in greater number have to go somewhere so
they are routed to the next large detoxification organ - the skin. The skin
turns yellow and is called jaundiced.
Bruising - The factors
needed for clotting in the blood to occur are not created in high enough
numbers anymore and the capillaries become very fragile.
Nosebleeds - Similarly,
capillaries become very fragile without necessary clotting factors.
Fevers - Infections are
more likely to occur, which are usually accompanied by a fever.
Overall
poor health -
The patient feels lousy, looks lousy, and starts to wonder if he will make it.
Swelling
in the abdomen -
The blood in the body is rerouted since the liver cannot handle the
circulation. The veins aren't working as they should and a pooling starts in
the abdomen.
Lack
of sex drive -
Sex hormones are not made in normal amounts and start to decline.
In
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the patient must be proactive and stay on
top of all the new habits that need to be initiated to reverse the disease
before it progresses to the point of no return - kidney failure, coma and
death.
Treatment of
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
There are several strategies that are used to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and facilitate the reversal of the condition. Below are 7 of them with an explanation of why they work:
There are several strategies that are used to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and facilitate the reversal of the condition. Below are 7 of them with an explanation of why they work:
1.
Exercise
Exercise
will help you lose weight, especially if you participate in some
of the most advanced gym workouts that never give you more than a 30-second
rest. These types of workouts use body weight for resistance, and include
exercises such as push-ups and sit-ups in various positions.
The
instructor discusses how you can do the exercises while you are still doing the
previous set! Some people love this type of workout because they end up burning
600 calories in a session! Weight loss happens easily with this method.
2.
Weight Loss Program
A
weight loss program is essential if you are
overweight or obese since it contributes to fatty liver. However, whichever one
you select, you should make sure you can be committed to it. A failing diet
means prolonged fatty liver - and your life could depend on the success of the
diet.
3.
Avoiding Foods with Saturated Fats
Medical
professionals tend to believe that saturated fat is the culprit in fatty liver
disease; however, they haven't kept up-to-date on the latest information.
Saturated fat is stable in the diet and doesn't create the free radicals that
accelerate the fatty liver damage and accumulation of fat.
It's
the unsaturated fats that are the culprits - vegetable oils, hydrogenated fats,
and fats heated to high temperatures. Saturated fat is only a problem if you
eat too much of it and pack on pounds.
4.
Controlling Cholesterol Levels
Some
sources say that controlling cholesterol levels should be done with
statins while other sources say that statins cause fatty liver. Cholesterol
levels may be high because of low copper levels, low or dysfunctional thyroid, or an overall poor diet.
It's best to attack the root cause instead of going after the symptom of high cholesterol.
5.
Diabetes Control
The
insulin resistance of diabetes contributes to overweight and fatty
liver. Regulating your blood sugar levels is essential
for fatty liver reversal.
6.
Eating Low Glycemic Index Foods
Studies
have shown that blood sugar levels are lowered significantly when
a low glycemic index food diet is eaten. The term "low glycemic
index" refers to carbohydrates. Grains are not low glycemic index, and
neither are processed foods including macaroni, cakes, cookies, candy, high
sugar fruits, potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes.
Of
course, protein and healthy fats are still allowed on this type of diet to
round it out to a good healthy diet. Good healthy diets always contain protein,
fat and carbohydrates, the ratio of them is what makes the biggest difference.
7.
Avoiding Any and All Alcohol
Although
someone with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease doesn't have the condition due
to their sporadic intake of alcohol, eliminating alcohol is required in order
to reverse the condition. Even a small amount of alcohol is a bad amount to
consume because the liver is unable to process it and instead will accumulate
the triglycerides in the alcohol in the liver. This will worsen the condition.
Watch this video - Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology
This post is from the Fatty Liver Remedy Program. It is created
by Layla Jeffrey who is a Nutritionist and an Expert on the subject of Fatty
Liver. She was diagnosed with a “fatty liver”, or to be more
precise, Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatisis (NASH). In this program, she will
share how she has succeeded in reversing her fatty liver. This program offers T
ime-tested, proven and all-natural ways to PREVENT & REVERSE the
3 main categories of Fatty Liver Disease: Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (AFLD),
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatisis
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