Obesity has become an international medical pandemic. Along with the incredible weight gain, obese people are far more susceptible to developing serious medical conditions. One such condition is nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which is estimated to affect 64 million people in the United States alone. These numbers are expected to rise, as nearly one-third of ...click here to read more
Fatty liver is just what it sounds like: a build-up of fat in the liver. The medical term for fatty liver is steatosis. While a small quantity of fat is considered normal, if more than five to ten percent of your liver’s weight is attributed to fat, you have fatty liver. The liver is a ...click here to read more
High-calorie diet, not sugar intake, promotes the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to research findings. The researchers conducted a double-blind study of healthy but centrally overweight men to compare the effects of two types of sugar – glucose and fructose – in two conditions: weight maintaining and weight gaining. In the weight-maintaining ...click here to read more
We know that alcoholic liver disease stems from chronic drinking, but researchers have now found it can also affect the liver’s circadian clock. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham found levels of proteins part of mitochondrial function and energy production change cycles in the livers of healthy mice. Mice that were fed alcohol ...click here to read more
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