Metabolism and Health

Here’s How to Defeat Fatty Liver Disease with 3 Lifestyle Choices.

Considering our waste products and blood circulate through the liver, we must take care of it to support our health and get leaner.

Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Main)
EUPHORIA
Published in
9 min readMar 24, 2022

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Why Fatty Liver Disease Matters

The liver is our second largest organ with critical functions. As it filters all types of waste products and blood, the liver works as a busy organ.

Moreover, the liver metabolizes sugar and stores it as glycogen, which the body can readily access for energy.

“All the blood leaving the stomach and intestines passes through the liver. The liver processes this blood and breaks down balances, and creates the nutrients and also metabolizes drugs into forms that are easier to use for the rest of the body or that are nontoxic”, as documented in this paper.

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is a widespread condition globally. According to UCLA Health, the prevalence of fatty liver disease ranges from 10 to 46% in the United States.

The report points out that “Patients are typically diagnosed with NAFLD in their 40s or later, but given the size of the obesity epidemic, we know…

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Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Main)
EUPHORIA

Scientist, Technologist, Inventor, focusing on HEALTH and JOY. Founder of ILLUMINATION, curating key messages for society. Connection: https://digitalmehmet.com