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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 2600337" data-attributes="member: 196898">I too was somewhat surprised to see you comment regarding LCHF and liver. kidney problems, since in general that diet seems to be benficial in those organs.  Now NAFLD (fatty liver disease) is a common ailment that is linked to diabetes, and the two seem to go together quite often,  But LCHF has been shown to reduce NAFLD and thereby reduce Insulin resistance, and is an effect that has been reported by many Forum members. As regards kidneys, then firstly, lowering blood sugar by reduction of carbs directly benefits the kidneys by reducing stress and inflammation due to the large glucose molecules. But that said, if going low carb increased your protein intake, especially animal based protein then this will increase the creatinine in your blood.  This directly lowers the GFR marker as a consequence because GFR is not measured, but is estimated by the inverse of the creatinine  from the blood test.  Creatinine is a natural effect that our bodies are designed to deal with, but it can seem like kidney failure.  Its not.  Its a problem with the marker being misinterpreted.One other marker that LCHF can give erroneous diagnosis is LDL cholesterol.  Now LDL is the White Van Man of the body.  Essential, to have it, and we die if its too low.  But it is transporting proteins and fatty acids to where they are needed.  Eating the HF part of LCHF means you are shifting more fat around your body.  After a meal, the fat is probably moving into storage to be used later, and later it mey be taken out to be used as energy especially if glucose levels are lowered by the LC part of LCHF.  So we tend to run with higher level of cholesterol than the current guidelines to GP's allows for.  again it is a marker that has not taken this lifestyle into account compared to the normal 'healthy' Eatwell diet that probably made us T2D in the first place.One problem with statins that is not discussed is that they reduce the amount of LDL the liver makes.  So on LCHF, the HF fat gets transported from the gut to the liver by supertankers (called chylomicrons) that is not restricted.  So fat goes in, but fat cannot get out again, so it stays in the liver and builds up as fatty liver.</blockquote>

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