Beyond the liver: What this often-overlooked enzyme says about your body 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen in English. 🎧 ▶️ 请按下面的播放按钮收听英文音频。 Introduction If you’ve had liver blood tests, you’ve probably stared at a list of abbreviations and wondered what they all mean. ALT and AST get most of the attention. ALP…
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Can You Heal Stage 3 Fatty Liver? Resmetirom vs. Intermittent Fasting
Fatty liver disease, affecting over 25% of adults, can lead to severe complications if untreated. The FDA approved Resmetirom to treat advanced fibrosis, showing promising results. Additionally, intermittent fasting offers a natural, accessible strategy to combat liver fat and improve liver health without medication. Early intervention is crucial for effective treatment.
Fatty Liver: Ang Tahimik na Banta
Fatty liver disease, particularly nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is a rising global health concern affecting one in three adults. Often asymptomatic, it can lead to severe complications like cirrhosis and cardiovascular diseases. Lifestyle changes like weight loss, diet modification, and exercise can reverse its progression and improve overall health.
Fatty Liver: The Silent Threat You Can Stop
Fatty liver disease, particularly nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is a rising global health concern affecting one in three adults. Often asymptomatic, it can lead to severe complications such as cirrhosis and cardiovascular diseases. Lifestyle changes like weight loss, diet modification, and exercise can reverse its progression and improve overall health.
Diseases Associated with the Metabolic Syndrome
This article lists the diseases associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Anyone with three or more of the following five conditions—hypertension, high blood sugar, high blood triglycerides, low HDL, and obesity—qualifies for a diagnosis of MetS. Any single condition in the five components of MetS produces many other reactions that interact with the effects of the…
What is Insulin Resistance?
Insulin resistance is the linchpin of many diseases of modern life like metabolic syndrome, obesity, and Type 2 diabetes. Knowing about how insulin resistance develops provides a better understanding of the familiar and deadly diseases that may be affecting you or someone you know. Normal Glucose Metabolism All the cells in the body need a…
Periodontal Disease and Metabolic Syndrome
Loose teeth may be periodontitis, and they may have Metabolic Syndrome (MetS). Conversely, if someone has poorly controlled diabetes, they may have periodontitis. Periodontal disease is a disease of the mouth caused by germs that weakens the attachment of the tooth to the gums that ultimately leads to loss of teeth. Signs and symptoms…
How Does Exercise Prolong Life?
There is a dose-response relationship between physical activity and length of life. The more and vigorous the movement, the longer the life. That was the topic of Physical Activity Correlates with Life Span. The more powerful the movement, the longer the life. So how does the body do that? How can movement and exercise make…
Fatty Liver and Metabolic Syndrome
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” George Orwell. Animal Farm That animal is the fatty liver. As of 2016, 1 in 4 people have fatty liver, also known as Hepatic steatosis or Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD).1 NAFLD is an abnormal accumulation of fat in the liver. It develops…
Can You be Skinny and Obese?
Oh Yeah! There is a condition called Metabolically Obese Normal Weight (MONW). It is synonymous with Thin on the Outside and Fat on the Inside. Also known as TOFI. How can being skinny and obese happen? There are different kinds of fat. The subcutaneous type is the one under the skin and can get…
How the Body Saved Itself. Part 1: The Challenge and Metabolic Syndrome
The Challenge When John was still a baby, his body organs bragged about who can make John healthy and live the longest. They all agreed on a competition. The brain said, “Since I can think, I can make John live the longest.” Not so said the heart, “I supply the blood, as long as I…
The Deadliest Diseases Associated with Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) leads to chronic inflammation throughout the body. The inflammation manifests as slow, progressive development of aches and pain, high blood pressure, and high blood sugar. Many people will blame aging and heredity for those symptoms and are unaware that it can be reversed. The article, The Metabolic Syndrome, gives a short description…
The Metabolic Syndrome
This article was updated with audio on August 20, 2025. 🎧 ▶️ Press play below to listen. Your browser does not support the audio element. Introduction Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is a group of conditions that include high blood pressure, obesity, high blood sugar, low HDL, and high triglycerides. The combination of the separate components of…