14/01/2026
The most common chronic liver disease worldwide is not because of alcohol, but because of non-alcohol related fatty liver disease (now known as MASLD).
See the staggering numbers it affects:
30% to 40% of the general adult population
60% to 70% of individuals with type 2 diabetes
70% to 80% of those with obesity
Most people with this condition, caught early on, do not realize that it can be completely reversed. All it takes, is you to be in charge of your body and health. Do not opt for short cuts, go slow and steady.
This condition is associated with any one or more of these: abdominal overweight or obesity, prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, elevated triglycerides, and low level high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
The most effective treatments include exercise and weight-reducing diet, avoiding even modest alcohol use and management of associated metabolic diseases - I repeat, the most effective treatments are not liver pills/capsules, detox potions and liver supplements... which doctors prescribe right left and center or social media "health influencers" feed your timeline with.
In diet, specifically limit - proinflammatory foods - ultraprocessed/processed foods and foods containing refined sugars like fructose and saturated fats (coconut oil, butter, lard, ghee)
In exercise minimum of ≥150 min/wk of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise or 75-150 min/wk of vigorous-intensity exercise help reduce liver fat.
Additionally, unsweetened black coffee - 3 cups a day for those with chronic liver disease due to MASLD help reduce risk of disease progression and liver cancer (this recommendation is also part of European Association for Study of Liver guidelines)
If your doctor is not prescribing you exercise and diet for the management of MASLD, then it is time to change that doctor.
Courtesy theliverdoc
