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What exactly is a fatty liver A fatty liver is also known as something called hepatic steatosis. Steatosis means the accumulation of lipids (fats) in a cell that they really shouldn’t be accumulating. Hepatic is just a word for liver. Technically you have fatty liver when five to ten percent of your liver’s weight is made up of fat. That’s it plain and simple. How do you end up acquiring fat in your liver? Well, it happens through something known as ‘ de novo lipogenesis ‘. De novo lipogenesis is the process of converting carbohydrates into fat. In other words, you don’t get a fatty liver from consuming fat… you get a fatty liver from excess  carbohydrate  consumption! Basically, it means your body’s unable to use all the fatty acids that are being generated from carbs. It ends up having to store them somewhere. In this case, they’re storing in the liver. This bad because it can scar your liver. If you have a fatty liver, it starts rendering the cells somewh...

If you don’t drink too much alcohol and you think that you could never get fatty liver disease, well think again. There are two types-  nonalcoholic  and  alcoholic fatty liver diseases . NAFLD or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease doesn’t have anything to do with alcohol. It occurs when the liver has a hard time breaking down fats which eventually leads to fat accumulation in the liver. The disease can be caused by high cholesterol levels, poor diet, diabetes, viral hepatitis or rapid weight reduction. NAFLD can be also caused by certain drugs such as aspirin and corticosteroids. The disease comes with no symptoms although some people have experienced pain in the area where the liver is located, fatigue and even weight loss. The disease isn’t deadly and can be treated with a great number of medications. Although the medical treatments can help you cure the disease, no one knows the effect they have on your liver. Luckily, people diagnosed with NA...