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Thread: Fatty Liver

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05-05-2008, 04:27 PM

BlueSky

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Originally Posted by Bevvie

... I had a high GGT level indicating fatty liver. ... I don't drink much which is why it seemed strange. ...

Drinking can cause fatty liver. But it is also caused by high blood and insulin resistance sugar. Excess glucose with nowhere else to go finds it's way to the liver, where it is converted into fat. Some of it gets stored there, hence the fatty liver.

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