Category Archives: Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Can Broccoli Protect the Liver?

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Non-alcoholic liver disease is a condition that is pathologically identical to alcoholic fatty liver disease. Both of these diseases have a similar aetiology, although non-alcoholic fatty liver disease results from an overconsumption of fructose, whereas alcoholic fatty liver disease results … Continue reading →

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Amino Acids For Liver Function

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a condition that can develop from overconsumption of fructose. Fructose is absorbed from the small intestine and is processed in the liver through the de novo lipogenesis pathway. The resulting fatty acids can build … Continue reading →

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Childhood Eating Patterns And Adult Health

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Increasingly it is being shown that what we eat as a child play a significant role in future disease risk. This may be one factor that explains the association between poverty and disease. The seeds of obesity may therefore be … Continue reading →

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Fatty Liver Disease: The Role of Toxins

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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The Problems With Sugar

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Evidence Suggests that sugar is partly responsible for the obesity epidemic in Western countries. Sugar, chemically sucrose, and its synthetic cousin high fructose corn syrup, have nutritional properties that may allow them to contribute to obesity. In particular, both sugar … Continue reading →

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Do Processed Meats Cause Insulin Resistance?

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Fructose and Fatty Liver

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Refined crystalline fructose has been compared to alcohol in terms of the metabolism it undergoes in the liver. In particular, both fructose and alcohol increase the synthesis and storage of fatty acids in the liver (steatosis). Excess alcohol can cause … Continue reading →

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Nitrosamine in Processed Meat May Cause Insulin Resistance

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Insulin resistance is now implicated in the development of a number of Western lifestyle diseases including type 2 diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease. In addition, deleterious changes to the brain, that can result in dementia may also be caused by … Continue reading →

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High Carbohydrate Diets Increase Lipid Formation

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Insulin resistance is the pivotal factor in many Western lifestyle diseases. The metabolic changes that accompany insulin resistance leads to cellular dysfunction and this in turn leads to the diseases of the West, particularly obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. One … Continue reading →

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Insulin Resistance and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a recently identified phenomenon, whereby the liver becomes diseased through a mechanisms that is independent of alcohol consumption. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is almost identical pathologically to alcoholic fatty liver disease, but while the … Continue reading →

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