Anyone any experience of this? I don't drink and had an ultrasound for possible gallstones to be told I have a fatty liver!? Have to wait for drs appointment for this to be explained but a heads up would be good. Thanks xx
Fatty liver
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What most do not know one can get fatty liver from eating very much fruit....
And on top of that too much sugar, but it seems fruit sugar is even worse than just plain sugar, not that that is healthy at all... I have been a very keen fruit eater and did eat very low fat before like all the danish health authorities told people to do.... the worst advice in mankind....
sugars of all kinds are transformed into fat in our bodies, especially when having high insuline levels which most type 2 diabetic have right from the diagnosis or even many years before..
Most people with too much belly-fat has some degree of fatty-liver or is starting to get it... combined with insulline resistance... but what comes first ? the hen or the egg... it is not quite certain if insuline resistance come before the excess bellyfat or if it the opposite way around....
I personally think that our sedantary lifestyle is a giant contribution factor too... but thats my personal idea... humans are ment to use their bodies far more than most do today and every day... I am a body-lazy type myself ...so have to pull myself together to get out moving...
it is often possible to get rid of fatty-liver again ... by loosing excess fat and by going lower calories and going low carb and making surethat one do eat less than what one burns... it takes maybe 1 year maybe 2 years
http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/DietMakeupCalc.php
my sister has a diagnosed faatty-liver but not diabetes, from what I have read is is not that dangerous emidiately.... but when having more conditions like diabetes type 2 it would be a good idea to try to get rid of it
And on top of that too much sugar, but it seems fruit sugar is even worse than just plain sugar, not that that is healthy at all... I have been a very keen fruit eater and did eat very low fat before like all the danish health authorities told people to do.... the worst advice in mankind....
sugars of all kinds are transformed into fat in our bodies, especially when having high insuline levels which most type 2 diabetic have right from the diagnosis or even many years before..
Most people with too much belly-fat has some degree of fatty-liver or is starting to get it... combined with insulline resistance... but what comes first ? the hen or the egg... it is not quite certain if insuline resistance come before the excess bellyfat or if it the opposite way around....
I personally think that our sedantary lifestyle is a giant contribution factor too... but thats my personal idea... humans are ment to use their bodies far more than most do today and every day... I am a body-lazy type myself ...so have to pull myself together to get out moving...
it is often possible to get rid of fatty-liver again ... by loosing excess fat and by going lower calories and going low carb and making surethat one do eat less than what one burns... it takes maybe 1 year maybe 2 years
http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/DietMakeupCalc.php
my sister has a diagnosed faatty-liver but not diabetes, from what I have read is is not that dangerous emidiately.... but when having more conditions like diabetes type 2 it would be a good idea to try to get rid of it
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Visceral fat is fat that collects around your internal organs as opposed to subcutaneous fat which collects under the skin. It is possible to have one without the other. Visceral fat is what makes the liver fat and according to Professor Lustig, the two things that cause this are ethanol and fructose since they are metabolised in the liver. So you can get Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease without touching alcohol. Table sugar is 50% fructose so if you take a lot of sugar or drink sugar added fizz you know what to expect.
Dr. Unger says that the liver can only take so much of this and when the fat gets to a certain level the the diabetes is the result.
Losing weight helps but it's the fat around your liver that should really go and that's not as easy as it sounds.
Dr. Unger says that the liver can only take so much of this and when the fat gets to a certain level the the diabetes is the result.
Losing weight helps but it's the fat around your liver that should really go and that's not as easy as it sounds.
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Hi, I had my gall bladder removed last year and my follow up consultation shocked me. I was told that I had fatty liver disease and was even given photos of it. The consultant said that if he had realised before the op he would have resisted doing it,due to the risk of hard to control bleeding.
Please read the below link, especially the various stages of fatty liver disease, if this can be avoided or at least slowed the must be better.....I cannot agree that this is not 'dangerous'.....
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/fatty-liver-disease/Pages/Introduction.aspx
All the best......
Please read the below link, especially the various stages of fatty liver disease, if this can be avoided or at least slowed the must be better.....I cannot agree that this is not 'dangerous'.....
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/fatty-liver-disease/Pages/Introduction.aspx
All the best......
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@jinty , I appreciate you are T1 and not T2, but many T2s, at diagnosis have raised liver enzymes suggesting their liver is somewhat fatty. Indeed, Dr Unwin (@Southport GP ) no considers he is coming close to being able to more accurately assess the likelihood of a future T2 diagnosis if these liver results are seen and not acted upon. Similarly, Professor Taylor, at Newcastle University calls fatty liver "the silent scream".
I have slightly raised enzymes at diagnosis, but when I had sorted my eating to a more T2 diabetes-friendly regime, the scorers came straight back into the good zone, and they have been there since (3 years thus far, and hopefully longer).
I'm sure plenty of T1s will comment, with their own experiences, which may differ from mine and the other T2s who have responded.
The only other thing I will say is not to panic! Good luck with it all.
I have slightly raised enzymes at diagnosis, but when I had sorted my eating to a more T2 diabetes-friendly regime, the scorers came straight back into the good zone, and they have been there since (3 years thus far, and hopefully longer).
I'm sure plenty of T1s will comment, with their own experiences, which may differ from mine and the other T2s who have responded.
The only other thing I will say is not to panic! Good luck with it all.
