Fatty liver disease is a condition that happens when too much fat is stored in the liver. Over time, these fat stores build up in the liver and replace healthy liver cells. This can cause liver damage and even lead to cirrhosis.

When it comes to the treatment of fatty liver disease, there's currently no FDA-approved medications that specifically treat it.³ But there are many different vitamins, supplements, and other medications that have been found to improve and even prevent fatty liver disease. 

And like any other disease, prevention is key.

In recent years, I’ve observed that the environment we live in has gotten sicker and sicker. And when our environment is sick, those who live in that environment get sick as well. Many toxins and chemicals are used to make many of the foods we consume and products we use on a daily basis. And unfortunately, the harmfulness and long-lasting effects of these toxins are just now starting to be realized.

One of the main things in the human body that’s affected by all of these toxins is the liver. The primary function of the liver is to filter out harmful toxins from the body. But when our bodies are being exposed to so many toxins, it can be hard for the liver to keep up.

The amount of toxins that we’re exposed to on a daily basis is large and probably hard to believe. We don’t have to work directly with chemicals in a factory to be exposed to chemicals and pollutants. In fact, most of them can be found at our local grocery stores.

In the human body, each organ that we have has a role to play to keep us balanced and healthy. One of the organs we have is the liver, and its functions range from filtering out harmful toxins to making compounds that breakdown the food we eat. Without the liver, we cannot survive. 

Like other organs in the body, the liver can become diseased and not work properly. The most common type of liver disease is called fatty liver disease, which results from excess amounts of fat being stored in the liver. And while fatty liver disease is typically treatable and reversible, it can sometimes progress to conditions that cause permanent scarring, damage, and even cancer of the liver. 

For this reason, it’s important to me that patients understand what fatty liver disease is, what causes it, how it’s diagnosed, and how to treat it while it’s still reversible.