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Liver, Kidney & Urinary
Are You Suffering From This Silent Epidemic?
Date: 25/01/12
The next time you're in a crowded space — at the supermarket
filled with holiday shoppers, at a football game, in a busy
restaurant — take a look around and consider this: One in
every four people you see has a disease called non-alcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and most of them have no idea
they have it because they have no symptoms.
In fact, most of them have probably never even heard of it.
What's MOST disturbing, is that you might be included in that one-in-four.
No small matter
Full blown NAFLD sharply increases risk of type 2 diabetes, liver cancer, and heart disease. That's pretty daunting. Luckily, there are two things you can do to avoid NAFLD, or — if you already have it — reverse its progression.
NAFLD begins slowly, as fat accumulation in the liver. Then it becomes complicated by inflammation. Then liver scar tissue develops. Beyond that, the disease can play out in a number of different ways, as I mentioned above — all of them potentially deadly.
Fatty liver disease was thought to be strictly a disease of alcoholism for most of the 20th century. But when obesity was first recognized as a mounting problem in the 1970s, doctors began to make the obesity/NAFLD connection and eventually added the designation of "non-alcoholic."
In a recent study, researchers tested vitamin E and metformin (a diabetes drug) on patients with NAFLD. Neither the drug nor the vitamin supplement had much effect.
Been around a long time
Ironically, the 'cure' for non-alcoholic fatty liver has been known for over 80 years, and it was discovered during conventional diabetes research! In fact, the prime nutrient candidate is not vitamin E, but a member of the B-complex family, choline.
One of the best sources of choline is egg yolks. As you know, for many years, mainstream nutritionists foolishly equated eggs with poison because they contained cholesterol.
As a result, millions of people avoided eggs for a couple of decades, in which the obesity crisis took off on a grand scale and ironically, those suffering with obesity were avoiding the very food that could help curb obesity-driven NAFLD.
A recent article, published by the Weston A. Price Foundation, calls NAFLD an epidemic of nutritional imbalance.
The article explains that NAFLD is "likely caused by the overabundance of calorie-rich, nutrient-poor refined foods and the banishment of traditional sources of choline like liver and egg yolks from the modern American menu."
Two birds, one stone
In addition to reducing NAFLD risk, choline also checks the rise of homocysteine (the amino acid that promotes artery plaque build-up), facilitates memory storage, muscle control, and kidney function, prevents fatigue and insomnia, and helps maintain healthy cell membranes.
Your multivitamin may contain choline, but chances are the dose doesn't approach the recommended adequate intake of 425mg per day for women and 550mg per day for men.
But increasing your intake of choline is simple. Just eat more foods that contain the vitamin.
In addition to eggs and liver, choline is also found in wheat germ, cod, salmon, broccoli, bacon, shrimp, pistachios, Brussels sprouts, and flaxseed.
Much less simple, but just as important, is the required change in eating habits — cutting back on calorie-rich, nutrient-poor refined foods.
Bear in mind all the material in this email alert is provided for information purposes only. We are not addressing anyone's personal situation. Please consult with your own physician before acting on any recommendations contained herein.
Sources:
"Effect of Vitamin E or Metformin for Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children and Adolescents" Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 305, No. 16, 4/27/11, jama.ama-assn.org
"A Silent Epidemic of Nutritional Imbalance" Chris Masterjohn, Weston A. Price Foundation, 4/1/11, westonaprice.org
"Merck Sales Rep Is Fired For Sleepdriving" Ed Silverman, Pharmalot, 5/20/11, pharmalot.com
Back to topIn fact, most of them have probably never even heard of it.
What's MOST disturbing, is that you might be included in that one-in-four.
No small matter
Full blown NAFLD sharply increases risk of type 2 diabetes, liver cancer, and heart disease. That's pretty daunting. Luckily, there are two things you can do to avoid NAFLD, or — if you already have it — reverse its progression.
NAFLD begins slowly, as fat accumulation in the liver. Then it becomes complicated by inflammation. Then liver scar tissue develops. Beyond that, the disease can play out in a number of different ways, as I mentioned above — all of them potentially deadly.
Fatty liver disease was thought to be strictly a disease of alcoholism for most of the 20th century. But when obesity was first recognized as a mounting problem in the 1970s, doctors began to make the obesity/NAFLD connection and eventually added the designation of "non-alcoholic."
In a recent study, researchers tested vitamin E and metformin (a diabetes drug) on patients with NAFLD. Neither the drug nor the vitamin supplement had much effect.
Been around a long time
Ironically, the 'cure' for non-alcoholic fatty liver has been known for over 80 years, and it was discovered during conventional diabetes research! In fact, the prime nutrient candidate is not vitamin E, but a member of the B-complex family, choline.
One of the best sources of choline is egg yolks. As you know, for many years, mainstream nutritionists foolishly equated eggs with poison because they contained cholesterol.
As a result, millions of people avoided eggs for a couple of decades, in which the obesity crisis took off on a grand scale and ironically, those suffering with obesity were avoiding the very food that could help curb obesity-driven NAFLD.
A recent article, published by the Weston A. Price Foundation, calls NAFLD an epidemic of nutritional imbalance.
The article explains that NAFLD is "likely caused by the overabundance of calorie-rich, nutrient-poor refined foods and the banishment of traditional sources of choline like liver and egg yolks from the modern American menu."
Two birds, one stone
In addition to reducing NAFLD risk, choline also checks the rise of homocysteine (the amino acid that promotes artery plaque build-up), facilitates memory storage, muscle control, and kidney function, prevents fatigue and insomnia, and helps maintain healthy cell membranes.
Your multivitamin may contain choline, but chances are the dose doesn't approach the recommended adequate intake of 425mg per day for women and 550mg per day for men.
But increasing your intake of choline is simple. Just eat more foods that contain the vitamin.
In addition to eggs and liver, choline is also found in wheat germ, cod, salmon, broccoli, bacon, shrimp, pistachios, Brussels sprouts, and flaxseed.
Much less simple, but just as important, is the required change in eating habits — cutting back on calorie-rich, nutrient-poor refined foods.
Bear in mind all the material in this email alert is provided for information purposes only. We are not addressing anyone's personal situation. Please consult with your own physician before acting on any recommendations contained herein.
Sources:
"Effect of Vitamin E or Metformin for Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children and Adolescents" Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 305, No. 16, 4/27/11, jama.ama-assn.org
"A Silent Epidemic of Nutritional Imbalance" Chris Masterjohn, Weston A. Price Foundation, 4/1/11, westonaprice.org
"Merck Sales Rep Is Fired For Sleepdriving" Ed Silverman, Pharmalot, 5/20/11, pharmalot.com
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