Treating Fatty Liver Disease with Diet 

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now the most frequent chronic liver disease, thanks in part to our epidemic of obesity, and is even seen in children. “[N]early 70–80% of obese children may have NAFLD.”

Why do we care? Because a fatty liver can progress into fatty hepatitis, which can cause scarring and liver cirrhosis, and cirrhosis is bad enough, but it may also cause the development of liver cancer.

What is the source of the liver fat in fatty liver disease?

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