Help, I Have a Fatty Liver! Now What?

Rivers from Connecticut asks:
“My husband (age 64) and I (age 65) both have non-alcoholic fatty liver. What do you recommend for this condition?”

First, let’s define non-alcoholic fatty liver. Fatty liver is a benign-sounding name for liver cirrhosis. The non-alcoholic part of the name means it probably didn’t come from drinking alcohol.

Cirrhosis means your liver is turning into scar tissue. Instead of gushy, functional tissue, more and more of the liver becomes hard, brittle and pretty much useless.

When toxins from food, the environment, etc. get into our bodies, we depend on the liver to filter them out and send them on …read more