Publisher's Synopsis
Fatty liver is a condition that currently affects almost a third of the US population. This is mainly due to excessive alcohol consumption, unhealthy food choices, and sedentary lifestyles. Left unchecked, fatty liver can cause damage to the liver and lead to serious medical conditions such as liver fibrosis or scarring, and cirrhosis, which can be fatal.
You have taken a major leap towards a healthier version of yourself. Health is always a wise investment especially when you save yourself from pains, expenses, and stress that diseases bring. These diseases include fatty liver. Fatty liver is becoming a common health condition nowadays because of women's unhealthy lifestyle, especially women in their 50's. This unhealthy lifestyle is mostly because of everyone living a busy life - always hurrying and the ease and convenience of fast food and other instant food and drinks.
As the number of women with fatty liver continues to grow especially in women aged 50 or older, the world is taking this health issue more seriously. It is not surprising at all because it can be fatal. It adds about a couple of decades to a woman's age health-wise when she suffers from fatty liver.
Normally, men have a higher risk of suffering from cardiovascular diseases but fatty liver on women is an equalizer. Women lose their natural protection from such health problems. Normally, women have a 20% lower chance of suffering from heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases than men of the same age. It may even increase their chances of developing cardiovascular diseases. There is also a higher probability that they will even start to develop such health problems at an early age. There are even instances that women who suffer from fatty liver die from heart failure instead of a fatty liver.
As of this writing, there are no FDA approved medications for the direct treatment of fatty liver. Fortunately, and if diagnosed early, this condition is easily reversible by making changes in the patient's diet and lifestyle.
That's where this guide can help. It's written for people who were diagnosed with fatty liver and are hoping to eat healthier.
The guide starts with important information on the disease and the symptoms that accompany it. A chapter is devoted to listing the foods shown to help with the treatment and reversal of fatty liver according to studies. A diet and lifestyle change plan is also included in the book to help the patient in the journey to living healthier.
