59 Million in U.S. Have Fatty Liver Disease, a Serious Condition: Am I at Risk?

26,000 Americans Die Each Year from Complications Stemming from Fatty Liver Disease

Fatty liver disease (obesity-related) affects 59 million Americans, and 26,000 die each year from complications stemming from this illness^1,2,3,4. Wikipedia.org states that the liver's function is to detoxify the body (filter out unwanted chemicals and toxins), protein synthesis, and to produce enzymes necessary for digestion. It further states that the liver is necessary for survival and that there is no substitute for our liver—once it's gone, so are we. This is why taking care of one's liver is absolutely essential. Follow the inexpensive, 3-step natural cure outlined below to reverse obesity-induced fatty liver disease.

What is fatty liver disease?
Fatty liver disease (FLD), in this case, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a condition caused by an excess accumulation of fat in the liver of people who consume little or no alcohol².

Another name for NAFLD is non-alcoholic steatorrhoeic hepatosis (NASH), according to Dr. Sandra Cabot, Author of "The Liver Cleansing Diet."

Fatty liver disease is excessive fat buildup in the liver, causing enlargement of the liver, sometimes followed by tenderness⁵. Additionally, a blood test shows an increased liver enzyme level (transaminases)⁶.

Who is at risk of getting fatty liver disease, and what causes it?
In rare cases, the cause is unknown when newborns have it⁵, and the over-consumption of alcohol causes a number of cases of fatty liver disease⁷. However, the vast majority of the remaining cases are non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) caused from obesity⁷. As of July, 2008, the population of the US was 304,059,724³. Of those, 31% are obese¹, or 94.3 million (94,258,514)⁸. According to the American College of Gastroenterology, 2/3 of all obese adults, and 1/2 of all obese children have fatty liver disease⁹, which adds up to an alarming 59 million Americans with this serious, preventable, diet-related condition.