If it's not one thing it's another

I am not a doctor, but my understanding of this is that it is not generally caused by eating fat. In the US we have children who have developed this from ingesting too much high fructose corn syrup, which is metabolized directly by the liver. According to the American Liver Foundation website:

"NAFLD tends to develop in people who are overweight or obese or have diabetes, high cholesterol or high triglycerides. Rapid weight loss and poor eating habits also may lead to NAFLD."

So this could be result of uncontrolled diabetes or, if you are well-controlled now, your past catching up with you. I have read that having high triglycerides are a direct cause of NAFLD.

At any rate, you may want to consult a physician who is familiar with the effects of a LCHF diet for a second opinion.

Good luck!

PattiT said:

I don't post much but I've lurking on this forum for ages and found it very useful.

Bit depressed as I've just been told by my GP that I have developed Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease having followed the LCHP diet. So now I have to rethink my diet and cut out a lot of fat without putting the weight on that I lost with the LCHP.

Does anyone else have this?

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I don´t have it but have been looking for possible cures for that for my sister, it seems a high protein eating style is very beneficial to a fatty liver and can reduce the "fatty" actually over a very short time.. and by the way not eating more calories than one do burn daily is also of importance.

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2016...-in-people-with-type-2-diabetes-94851578.html


not doing exercise is also bad for the liver, so if you don´t already do that then get out moving EVERY day ...if not in any other way then long walks are also really good... and it is also a wonderful way to celebrate sprin by the way...and breath nature

It would make more sense to me if you had been told to cut out all fruit and any food containing fructose. Fructose seems to be the main dietary culprit.

Dietary fat does not normally cause fatty liver. One culprit is diet fizzy drinks, others are carbs particularly fructose as others have already said. My own ALT liver test was in the 160s a few years ago and is now normal. I have increased my intake of all fats (except trans fats) and reduced carbs since then. I rarely have any fizzy drinks at all now, and if I do then it's sparkling mineral water. Exercise helps too

Don't worry. NAFLD is a symptom/cause of T2, the two often go hand in hand. I would try low carb, enough fat, and moderate protein for a while and see what that does.

I'm not a health care professional and speak from my own experience only; LCHF worked for me.

PattiT said:

I don't eat much fruit and have no fructose - my diet is fairly strict and I haven't drunk fizzy drinks for years. I will certainly stick to low carb. I didn't know that NAFLD and diabetes could be linked so thanks for that

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My ALT figure halved in a few weeks simply with going lower carb and also taking a supplement given to me by a nutritionist - lipotropic factors

http://www.ndhealthfacts.org/wiki/Lipotropic_factors

These are available over the counter, but ask a pharmacist or GP before taking them as you may have other health issues which I am unaware of which contraindicate their use. I had fatty liver for years before I became T2, my GPs just never bothered telling me! It's usually easily treated, but unfortunately GPs don't always know this.

I forgot to say... Milk thistle can help the liver to heal too.

PattiT said:

Thanks for that, Freema I am to have a scan and maybe a biopsy - in the meantime I am to cut fat out of my diet. Frustratingly other health problems prevent me from exercising and I am more or less housebound so that is probably the root of it.

Congratulations on your fantastic weight loss, by the way

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thank you dear. But you can also do a little exercise in a chair , all counts also a lot of small movements done inside your house..

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FRUIT-GLUCOSE is also a burden for the liver so yes best to cut that out for like 6 month while getting rid og the fatty liver, all the vitamins in fruits we can easily get from vegetables of a varied kind, kale for instance is filled with vitamin C and caroten which is also very healthy and iron by the way... and silica which is really healthy in the building of a good tissue in veins and skin