I can really understand that, so happy I did Loose the first 39 Pounds but is was not high fat, it was rather low carb rather low fats and higher proteins and very few calories....
My blood results were excellent but due to disappointment at not losing weight I became disheartened. I wanted weight loss more than anything.
Do you believe it is ir-reversable?I was told many years ago now that I had a fatty liver but there was nothing to do about it. Usual guff from doctors! I finally discovered that I could have done something about it a few months back but now I'm told I have cirrhosis and am not at present being given much encouragement about improvement. I have never been a drinker of alcohol and may well have been undiagnosed diabetic since I had my last son 47 years ago. finally diagnosed about 10 years ago. These issues are just 2 undiagnosed problems over the years which are currently and finally being investigated. Where do all these medical professionals get their skills from?
One can be nuked and male you know!Lovely for you. Glad you have lucked out on your diet. You also aren't female, haven't given birth to several chidren and had hormone changes for the same, been nuked, are not my age, and may or may not have my genetic history or allergies or, etc.
I also wonder at your funny bone, given the post to which you responded.
Hi, I see Dr. Kirpich has also tried diets for diabetics and obesity involving 40%carb and the rest protein and unsaturated (in the main) fats. It is not surprising they lost weight since the bda and the American dietetic association recommend a barmy 60% carbs! Her patients would have lost more if she had tried a really low carb high good fats diet which many of us have test proved already. BTW Does anyone know which probitics improve the gut biome or whatever it's called? thanks regards D.
What's ironic I got rid of my fatty liver on lchf!Vicky,
Know how you feel especially because there are some folks on this forum who seem to magically melt off pounds on the LCHF diet. The minority of this group is women type 2s who have struggled with diabetes a while, have to think about little details like how their diet might adversely affect an unborn or nursing child and suchlike. In fact, most of the dude willing to do the intermittent fasting are barely prediabetics who are also able to keep up a hefty exercise program, have few to no other contributing co-morbidities. Not that the diet doesn't help. It just takes a while longer for some of the rest of us.
Been struggling through bad advice du jour since year 2000.
Raised GGT concentrations indicate that something is going on with your liver but not specifically what. In general, the higher the result the greater the damage to your liver. Elevated concentrations may be due to liver disease, but they may also be due to congestive heart failure, drinking alcohol, and use of many prescription and non-prescription drugs including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), lipid-lowering drugs, antibiotics, histamine blockers (used to treat excess stomach acid production), antifungal agents, anticonvulsants (seizure control medications), antidepressants, and hormones such as testosterone.Hi nocarbs, I asked both questions because I have an open mind and hoped an answer would be forthcoming. If I could find out which probiotics were recommended I would try them for a month or two with milk thistle because getting down to a bmi of 22 has not cured my high GGT. I read up on the doctor who did this study and she was still testing patients with relatively high carb low fat diets.
regards Derek
If very high enzymes from annual testing of liver you may be invited for a liver scan which can confirm just fatty liver. Mine were something like 280 and I lowered it to just 28 on lchf.You know the blood tests they do annually to check kidney and liver function etc? would they show if there was a problem of fatty liver?
thanks. My liver test came back fine.If very high enzymes from annual testing of liver you may be invited for a liver scan which can confirm just fatty liver. Mine were something like 280 and I lowered it to just 28 on lchf.
Was that because you ate fruit and porridge?At 73 my GGT was where it had been for years @ 35. When I was diagnosed T2D I eventually lost 3.5 stone and in the process my GGT went up to 140+. It was in the mid 70s a month ago. I don't drink but have been on the two vitamin k antagonists warfarin and atorvastatin, which I no longer take. Incidentally if you take these drugs they cause arterial calcification. I now take a different anticoagulant but all meds seem to damage the liver. Perhaps some liver healing substances like milk thistle may help. With a bmi of c.22 I have lot less body fat than most. I am very low carb and cut out practically all fruit with exception of avocado . regards Derek
Yes Ickihun I did have porridge when first diagnosed and stopped 14 months ago when I went really low carb to stop R.H. Yes and I did follow the diabetic nurses initial recommendations and increase fruit intake when diagnosed. It will be interesting to see my GGT in early Dec. after having only avocado for a few weeks. regards DerekWas that because you ate fruit and porridge?
I highly recommend no fruit to reduce fatty liver, to anyone willing to listen. My mum is in denial. But we're all a stubborn lot! I'm going to nag her off the 5 pieces of fruit a day she has, even though not diabetic she has fatty liver. Oh and she too has the lazy porridge EVERY morning. We're having our holiday on Monday then after that my nagging will begin in earnest. Ha haYes Ickihun I did have porridge when first diagnosed and stopped 14 months ago when I went really low carb to stop R.H. Yes and I did follow the diabetic nurses initial recommendations and increase fruit intake when diagnosed. It will be interesting to see my GGT in early Dec. after having only avocado for a few weeks. regards Derek
Which one do you think is closest? Which do you believe?I had ultrasound after my liver had elevated readings in a blood test one doctor said this I why I'm type 2 but the last doctor said it's because I'm overweight.
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