Could it be that metabolic syndrome is linked to liver fat and NOT to visceral fat? It might be that the correlation between visceral fat and metabolic fat is so high because the correlation between visceral fat and liver fat is very high.
Then again both kinds of fat might independently be a risk factor
That is important because it seems to suggest that a fatty liver alone might be able to lead to metabolic syndrome, without any significant levels of visceral fat and that that can be dealt with, with a low-carb diet and, and this is where I start speculating, to diet down to a BF level where I absolutely positively have no BF except some thin layer around the kidneys?
Plus, what would one do to be nice to his liver for a change?
There are some foods that aid the liver in regenerating itself. Its a very very slow process but they might help. I think grape seed oil is one, amongst other things. But avoiding doing nasty things to your liver with alcohol, drugs and other toxins is the place to start.
Some disease’s like hepatitis damage the liver. So if you can find a nutritional intervention book for that, similar to the nutrition for cancers books, you might get some interesting things to try.
But i don’t think your liver has too much trouble with carbs. Just highly processed carbs in excess.
Your always going to have body fat in area’s other then around your kidneys. You can make fat cells shrink. But they only get so small. They don’t disappear.
The distinction between liver fat and visceral fat might sound good on paper. But the practices you have to deal with both are the same. So i think its a pointless distinction.
The distinction between liver fat and visceral fat might sound good on paper. But the practices you have to deal with both are the same. So i think its a pointless distinction. [/quote]
Oh i am not sure if the reference to grapeseed oil i mentioned was for regenerating a damaged liver or preventing the liver from being damaged by things like alcohol and other liver hating chemicals. shit, it might even do both. I can’t remember.
I think that visceral fat would be the same as liver fat in this regard. The visceral cavity encompasses the liver, and visceral fat is fat that surrounds your organs in the visceral cavity.
[quote]MUthrows94 wrote:
I think that visceral fat would be the same as liver fat in this regard. The visceral cavity encompasses the liver, and visceral fat is fat that surrounds your organs in the visceral cavity. [/quote]
No, no,no.
A fatty liver is when you liver becomes a fat storing organ which it ought not to be and goes from this:
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They use a funnel thingy, I watched it on the food network once.
For all the bitching and moaning that PETA does about how cruel it is, I was surprised at how happy the ducks seemed to be about about the situation.
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Ducks/geese don’t actually breath like humans do - they have a separate pathway for respiration so they’re not “choking” on the funnel - plus, everybody likes being fed tasty food.
I was just pointing out that the fatty liver comes from being fed corn, not fats, as evidence to support the OPs statement.
