Fatty Liver Treatment
At the time being, there is no one single absolute proven fatty liver treatment. There are no conventional medications for fatty liver as most other common diseases usually have.
Basically, the treatment depends on the fatty liver type. If it is an alcoholic fatty liver, then the best treatment would be simply to stop drinking alcohol.
However, if it is a non-alcoholic fatty liver (NALFD), then the only effective treatment would be changing eating habits, weight loss, doing more physical activity, and generally living a more healthy lifestyle.
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Treatment
As there are no medications for fatty liver, there are some main things needed to be focused on when we are talking about treatment:
- Weight – being overweight is one of the main causes of non-alcoholic fatty liver development. You need to start a proper diet program for fatty liver to loose weight. Start by reading about diet for fatty liver, diet for liver detox and the importance of fatty liver weight loss. I also recommend getting the Fatty Liver Diet guide of Dorothy Spencer BSN, RN. It helped many of my patients.
- Food and Drinks – avoid eating food with high levels of fat, cholesterol and sugar; in addition, try to avoid carbonated drinks. These foods are the main reason for fat build-up around the liver. Instead, start eating healthy food that contains high amount of dietary fiber and other beneficial nutrition. You can get all the details you need from these articles: foods for fatty liver, fruits for fatty liver, and vegetables for fatty liver.
- Exercise – start exercising and do physical activities, regularly – such as jogging, walking fast, swimming, and even dancing. Exercise will increase your metabolism, and thus will replace your body fat with muscles. Three times per week would do wonders.
- Nutritional Supplements – there are some natural cures for fatty liver that you could add to your fatty liver treatment program. Basically, it is believed that nutrition supplements, such as Omega-3 fatty acids, could be helpful. Remember, there are no medications for fatty liver. I also recommend getting the Natural Fatty Liver Solution guide by Duncan Capicchiano N.D. I cannot express enough of how this guide changed the lives of many of my own patients.
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August 4th, 2011 at 5:07 AM
Dear sir,
I was diagnosed fatty liver around 20 days back. Now i am taking Heptral 400 Tablet.
I Just want to know that in my past i was having a habit of chewing tobacco is it one of the causes or is it harmful in fatty liver disease.
Secondly as per your article you mentioned that by weight lose and Diet control we can cure the disease will you please describe it more elaborately means how much time it will take and how much weight i have to lose and after curing this is it may happen to me again in future or its a life long disease.
Please reply,
Regards,
manish
August 10th, 2011 at 1:55 AM
Hello Manish,
Weight loss, diet control, and exercise, are very efficient to cure fatty liver disease.
It takes just few months to see improvement in the disease, but could take years before total cure of fatty liver.
After the disease is cured, you need to take attention of you health your whole life. Meaning – watch what you eat, control your weight, and liver a healthy liver in general.
This is mainly because your body and liver are vulnerable to the disease, and mis-care could return it.
Best regards,
Dr. Mark Bar-Gomel
September 13th, 2011 at 5:46 AM
I have been advised by my Gastro to take Liv 52 Ds tab for been diagnosed NAFLD. I am also overweight. Please advice should I continue as I am using it for the last 2 weeks.
Regards, Anand
September 13th, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Hello Anand,
As I tell to many of my patients, “natural” medications, such as Liv 52 DS, should only be taken as an addition to a proper acceptable treatment for fatty liver and not as a replacement.
In general, a proper treatment for NALFD is diet, physical activity, and changing your eating habits.
Regards,
Dr. Mark Bar-Gomel
September 21st, 2011 at 5:00 AM
Hi,
I was diagnosed with fatty liver around, 4 months back. As per my doctor its a hereditary, As I dont consume alcohol and my weight is 70 kg with 5’9″ feet So I am not obese either.
On doctors advice.
I have been on limited diet with regular exercise and have been taking following medicine.
Folic Acid -2 (twice a day)
ursocol 300 twice a day
atorva once a day
pantocid- 15 min before breakfast (alternate days)
zevit – once day
My SGPT level has dropped slightly in 2 months from 70 to 60.
What would you advice ? Should I contninue wuth so many medicne?
September 21st, 2011 at 5:13 AM
Also My age is 27 and i feel nothing unsual in my daily routine I am normal.
Also my fibroscan result was F0 i.e. Its fine and healthy.
But I am bored of taking all these medicines
September 21st, 2011 at 5:18 AM
My age is 27 and i feel healthy.
My fibroscan result is F0 i.e. healthy lever.
I think I have a NASH(I have to check reports, not sure).
September 21st, 2011 at 10:33 PM
My husband is 22 and 5’9, 190-195lbs. He is very muscular and does very strenuous hard labor work. He was diagnosed with a fatty liver. He doesn’t drink. We don’t understand how he got this, and how the main thing is to lose weight when he isn’t “fat” and to exercise when he literally does all day.
October 31st, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Having recently been told that I have a fatty liver, I found and read your website. It is very helpful. Thank you for making this information available.
November 9th, 2011 at 7:20 AM
Hello Patti,
Thanks for your kind feedback. I always appreciate this type of comments
Dr. Mark Bar-Gomel
December 7th, 2011 at 11:27 PM
I was told that you can reverse NAFLD, but not NASH. Is that accurate? I eat a very healthy diet, exercise all the time, yet still have NASH.
January 9th, 2012 at 4:43 PM
I have the same question above that Kathy has, about NASH, I was diagnosed a month ago, but since then with diet exercise and herbal remedies, my liver tests are all normal. Can NASH be cured completely as it is under the umbrella of NAFLD. My officail diagnosis after biopsy was mild seatohepatitis?
Thanks
Ian
February 29th, 2012 at 11:22 AM
High fructose corn syrup has been found to be a chief cause of non alcoholic fatty liver disease. Avoid it at all costs.