4 Ways to Fix Fatty Liver
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...