Increased prevalence of fatty liver in arterial hypertensive patients with normal liver enzymes: role of insulin resistance See–I’m really NOT making this insulin resistance stuff up!! You would think so because it’s still ignored. Let me put it this way–in my opinion, there is no other condition that even comes close to causing the widespread […]
gamma-Glutamyltransferase as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease Mortality GGT is normally thought of as a marker of liver or gall bladder dysfunction (it is called a liver “function” test, but is actually looked for dead cells spilling more of the enzymes into the bloodstream–hardly a marker of “function” if you ask me…), but has […]
Long-term prognosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Is pharmacological therapy actually necessary? If anyone were to ask me, the lowly chiropractor, this same question, I would be hard pressed NOT to go into a long diatribe about the strong links between fatty liver and insulin resistance, and that lifestyle changes have been found in study […]
Prevalence of Fatty Liver in Children and Adolescents Well, if you’re in support of the concept that the health of our society is going to Hell in a handbasket, you’ll love this study. A staggering 13% of children aged 2-19 had fatty liver. Fatty liver. The pre-liver cirrhosis stuff. As if children did not already […]
Has natural selection in human populations produced two types of metabolic syndrome (with and without fatty liver)? I have to admit, with as familiar as I am with metabolic syndrome, the concept that there may be three main clinical manifestations is new to me, but makes sense. We know that there are certain cells that […]
