The 6 Best Ways to Heal a Fatty Liver
Summary
TLDRThis video script discusses strategies for managing advanced liver disease, emphasizing the importance of autophagy, which recycles damaged proteins and cells, including in the liver. It suggests fasting, exercise, and certain foods like cruciferous vegetables to stimulate autophagy. The script also highlights the benefits of TUDCA for bile flow, the detoxifying effects of milk thistle, and the anti-inflammatory properties of tocotrienols. These methods aim to reduce inflammation, prevent fibrosis, and support liver regeneration.
Takeaways
- 🔍 The liver goes through stages of disease, starting from inflammation, then fatty liver, and potentially leading to cirrhosis, often without noticeable symptoms.
- 🌡️ Many people are unaware of their liver health, especially those with belly fat, which can be an indicator of a fatty liver.
- ♻️ Autophagy is a process where the body recycles damaged proteins and cells, which can be beneficial for liver health.
- 🕒 Fasting, both intermittent and prolonged, can trigger autophagy and is suggested as a method to support liver health.
- 🏃♂️ Exercise and adequate sleep can also stimulate autophagy, contributing to liver health.
- 🥬 A low-carb diet, eliminating snacking, and consuming more cruciferous vegetables can activate autophagy and aid liver function.
- 🌿 Tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) is a bile salt that thins bile, decreases fibrosis, and rehabilitates liver cells.
- 🌱 Milk thistle is a potent herb that protects the liver against toxins, prevents fibrosis, and regenerates liver cells.
- 💊 Tocotrinols, a form of vitamin E, can help break up scar tissue and decrease inflammation, thus reducing the risk of fibrosis.
- 🚫 High iron levels in the blood can lead to inflammation and cirrhosis, so managing iron levels is crucial for liver health.
- 🛑 Blockages in bile ducts can cause various liver issues, including gallstones, emphasizing the importance of bile duct health.
Q & A
什么是自噬,它如何帮助肝脏?
-自噬是身体回收受损蛋白质和细胞内不需要或损坏的部分的过程,然后可以利用这些材料制造新的蛋白质。自噬有助于清除肝脏中的癌症起源、疤痕组织或纤维化,以及像病毒、细菌和酵母这样的细胞内病原体。
如何通过饮食触发自噬?
-触发自噬的主要方法是通过禁食,特别是定期进行间歇性禁食和周期性的长时间禁食。例如,每天进行18小时的禁食,并在6小时内进食,或者每周进行48小时的禁食,每月进行一周的禁食。
除了禁食,还有哪些方法可以促进自噬?
-除了禁食,运动、睡眠、生酮饮食、冷疗(如冷水淋浴)、红外线疗法、咖啡中的特定多酚以及额外的初榨橄榄油和食用更多十字花科蔬菜也可以促进自噬。
为什么说长时间的禁食对肝脏特别有益?
-长时间的禁食可以显著降低炎症,增加抗氧化网络,并减少肝脏酶的产生。这些效果有助于减缓或阻止肝病的进程。
Tudca是什么,它如何帮助肝脏?
-Tudca是一种胆汁盐,已在中医中使用了超过3000年。它可以帮助稀释胆汁,减少肝纤维化,修复肝细胞,并保护肝细胞免受氧化等损伤。
如何服用Tudca以获得最佳效果?
-为了获得最佳效果,建议在空腹时服用Tudca,早上两粒,下午两粒。如果与食物一起服用,它可能会作为胆汁盐作用于食物,而不是肝脏。
为什么促进肝脏的一、二阶段解毒很重要?
-肝脏的一、二阶段解毒过程是将毒素转化为无害的粒子的重要途径。如果肝脏受损,这个过程可能不会完全发挥作用,可能导致毒素积累。
牛奶蓟对肝脏有什么好处?
-牛奶蓟是一种可以保护肝脏免受毒素侵害的草本植物,甚至可以对抗毒蛇和毒蘑菇的毒素。它还可以减少纤维化,减少炎症,中和毒素,降低肝脏酶,并再生肝细胞。
Tocotrinols是什么,它们如何帮助肝脏?
-Tocotrinols是一种维生素E,对于分解疤痕组织特别有效,可以帮助减少炎症和纤维化的风险。
为什么对于晚期肝病患者来说,管理症状和提高生活质量很重要?
-晚期肝病患者可能会经历许多影响生活质量的症状,如疼痛、呼吸困难、肌肉痉挛、失眠和性功能障碍。有效的症状管理可以帮助患者更舒适地生活,并可能提高他们的生存机会。
晚期肝病患者应如何管理肌肉痉挛?
-肌肉痉挛可以通过使用口服牛磺酸、夜间支链氨基酸、奎尼丁、肌肉松弛剂如巴氯芬、卡马西平和苯海拉明,以及L-肉碱或口服锌补充剂来管理。
晚期肝病患者应如何管理瘙痒?
-瘙痒可以通过使用ursodeoxycholic酸、cholestyramine、利福平、纳曲酮和sertraline等药物来管理,尽管目前没有针对晚期肝病瘙痒的标准治疗方法。
为什么对于晚期肝病患者来说,睡眠障碍的管理很重要?
-睡眠障碍是晚期肝病患者中常见的问题,可以影响他们的生活质量。管理睡眠障碍可以通过针对原因的治疗,如使用lactulose纠正轻微的HE,治疗抑郁和焦虑,避免晚上使用刺激性物质如咖啡和尼古丁,以及避免使用酒精。
晚期肝病患者的性功能障碍应如何管理?
-性功能障碍在晚期肝病患者中很常见。对于男性,可以使用tadalafil等药物来改善勃起功能。对于低睾酮和肌肉消耗,可以给予睾酮以增加肌肉质量和骨密度,从而提高生存率。
Outlines
🧐 Understanding Liver Disease Progression
The first paragraph introduces the topic of advanced liver disease, highlighting the importance of managing the worst-case scenario. It discusses how the liver progresses through various stages: inflammation, fatty liver, and eventually cirrhosis (scar tissue formation). The liver’s condition often worsens silently, with subtle symptoms like fatigue, and many people with belly fat are at risk of having fatty liver disease. The liver, being a robust organ, can regenerate, but once cirrhosis occurs, reaching a point of no return may require a liver transplant.
🤔 The Power of Autophagy for Liver Health
Autophagy is emphasized as a vital process for recycling damaged cells, including those in the liver. It helps remove scar tissue, intracellular pathogens, and damaged proteins. Fasting, intermittent and prolonged, is the key trigger for autophagy, especially for people with cirrhosis. Other ways to stimulate autophagy include exercise, sleep, a low-carb diet, cold therapy, and consuming polyphenols in coffee and olive oil. Autophagy can help the liver by reducing fibrosis and addressing cellular damage caused by diseases like hepatitis.
💪 The Benefits of Fasting on the Liver
Fasting is not only beneficial for autophagy but also helps reduce inflammation, a key factor in liver disease progression. It naturally enhances the body's antioxidant network, reduces liver enzymes, and can significantly halt liver disease progression. Prolonged fasting can help target scar tissue and improve overall liver function, potentially reversing some of the damage.
🌿 The Power of Tadka and Phase Detoxification
Tadka (a type of bile salt) has been used in traditional medicine for over 3,000 years and has proven benefits for liver health. It thins the bile, reduces fibrosis, and protects liver cells from oxidative damage. Additionally, the paragraph highlights the importance of triggering phase one and phase two detoxification, where the liver converts fat-soluble toxins into harmless water-soluble substances. Cruciferous vegetables, green tea, and sulforaphane are key dietary triggers for this detoxification process.
🌱 Milk Thistle: Nature's Liver Protector
Milk thistle is introduced as a potent herb for liver protection and regeneration. It reduces inflammation, fibrosis, and liver enzyme levels while also neutralizing toxins. Milk thistle can protect against the harmful effects of medications, poisons, and excessive alcohol or caffeine consumption. It also plays a significant role in liver regeneration by supporting hepatocyte (liver cell) recovery.
🌿 Tocotrienols and Vitamin E for Fibrosis
Tocotrienols, a form of vitamin E, are highlighted for their ability to reduce scar tissue and fibrosis in the liver. They are also powerful antioxidants that help reduce inflammation and oxidative damage. The paragraph emphasizes the importance of choosing standalone tocotrienols over tocopherols to avoid competition between the two, which can reduce efficacy. Tocotrienols play a crucial role in protecting the liver and breaking down scar tissue caused by cirrhosis.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Autophagy
💡Fatty Liver
💡Cirrhosis
💡Inflammation
💡Antioxidants
💡Bile Salt
💡Detoxification
💡Milk Thistle
💡Tocotrinols
💡Fibrosis
Highlights
The liver goes through stages, starting from inflammation to fatty stage, and then to cirrhosis.
It typically takes about 10 years to progress from a fatty liver to cirrhosis.
Liver disease often progresses silently without noticeable symptoms.
Fatty liver is associated with belly fat, indicating a high prevalence.
The liver has the ability to regenerate, but the process can take time.
Cirrhosis with extensive scar tissue may lead to the need for a liver transplant.
Autophagy is a process where the body recycles damaged proteins and cells.
Fasting can trigger autophagy, which is beneficial for liver health.
Exercise, sleep, and ketones can also stimulate autophagy.
Cold therapy, infrared therapy, and certain foods like coffee and extra virgin olive oil can aid autophagy.
Fasting helps reduce inflammation and liver enzymes, beneficial for liver health.
Tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) is a bile salt that can improve liver function.
TUDCA thins bile, reduces fibrosis, and protects liver cells.
Phase one and phase two detoxification are crucial for liver function.
Milk thistle is an herb that can protect the liver against toxins and reduce fibrosis.
Tocotrinols, a form of vitamin E, can help break up scar tissue and protect against fibrosis.
High iron levels in the blood can lead to inflammation and cirrhosis.
Blockages in bile ducts can cause various liver problems.
Transcripts
what are the best things to do if they
have advanced liver disease because if
you had the ability to handle the worst
case scenario then you'd be in pretty
good shape because most people don't
have the end stage liver disease they
have some type of stage that's before
that as you may already know the liver
goes through stages it may start off in
an inflamed State and then go into the
fatty stage
and then serotic stage which are scar
tissue or you can start with a fatty
liver which then produces more
inflammation and then turns into
cirrhosis now typically
on average it takes like 10 years to go
from a fatty liver all the way into
cirrhosis right and during that process
many times
it's silent you Just One Day end up with
this serious problem that gave you no
clues now you may have some you know
fatigue weakness things like that but
you may not identify or connect the dots
and I'm including in that category all
the people with a fatty liver I mean
just think about if you take a look at
your your toes right now and you're
standing up and you can't see your toes
because your belly is in the way we know
your liver is fatty because the fat
around the organs in the abdominal area
is a spill-off from the liver being too
fatty I mean just think about how many
people actually have belly fat I mean
it's very very high so this video
definitely includes anyone with belly
fat as well here's the thing
um the liver is very robust it's one of
the only organs that can completely
regenerate but it does take time it
could take three years or longer if you
have too much scar tissue in the liver
because you have cirrhosis there is a
point of no return you have to get on
the waiting list for a New River and
unfortunately it's a very long list that
being said there's not a lot of studies
in this area
I want to talk about what I would do if
I had Advanced cirrhosis of the liver
and I was in the transplant list what
would I do okay that's what I'm going to
talk about because that's like the worst
case scenario you know the doctor says
it's permanent there's no chance of
reversing this well let's talk about it
because there's actually six things that
I want to discuss the first thing that I
would do is get my body into a state of
autophagy what is autophagy it's the
condition where your body is recycling
damaged proteins in the cells so it's a
bit of recycling things you don't need
or damaged parts of your body including
the liver and then making new proteins
as well but that's only the tip of the
iceberg there's a lot more that
autophagy does for your body like for
example cancer originates in the
mitochondria you also have all the scar
tissue or fibrosis in the liver where
autophagy can help clean some of that up
autophagy also can help get rid of
intracellular pathogen it's like viruses
and bacteria and yeast so it can clean
those up as well I mean you've heard of
the condition hepatitis right well that
involves a virus so again autophagy is
very very important in helping your
liver all right so what can trigger
autophagy the biggest thing is fasting
okay regular intermittent fasting where
you're fasting on a daily basis you're
going for like 18 hours and you're
eating within a six hour window and then
especially periodic prolonged fasting so
once a week you fast for 48 hours once a
month maybe you fast for a week why is
that so important because you can really
create a significant Dent into this
problem by doing prolonged fasting if
you have cirrhosis and scar tissue and
apparently you can even get autophagy
while you're fasting within four hours
because the liver is used to this action
of replacing a lot of cells on a regular
basis so we have fasting okay
intermittent and prolong we also have
exercise exercise can stimulate
autophagy right you have sleep can
activate autophagy ketones can activate
autophagy right that's getting on a low
carb diet that's eliminating snacking
and then we also have other types of
therapy like cold therapy taking cold
shower Asana or infrared therapy coffee
has a certain polyphenol that can help
with autophagy of course
it's not going to be significant it's
not going to compare to autophagy so
just by drinking a pot of coffee a day
is not going to help you also extra
virgin olive oil can help to a certain
degree with autophagy and also consuming
more cruciferous vegetables all right
number two which is actually part of one
but it's specifically fasting okay
fasting helps with autophagy but it does
other things for your liver that I want
to discuss number one it actually
significantly lowers inflammation if you
can get rid of the inflammation you
could definitely stop this whole process
from getting worse fasting also
significantly increases your antioxidant
networks without actually taking
antioxidants and the other cool thing
that fasting will do it will decrease
liver enzymes so now let's talk about
number three
what is tadka tadka is a type of bile
salt it's also been used in Chinese
medicine for over 3000 years so it's
been around for a very long time but if
you actually do research on tatka in
relationship to liver function uh you'll
be blown away
first of all it helps thin the bile
because one of the underlying causes of
a liver problem is there's some type of
blockage within the bile ducts and the
bile can actually act as a detergent and
irritate and even Scar the liver Tut cut
also directly decreases fibrosis tadka
directly rehabs the hepatocyte the liver
cell tadka also protects the liver cell
against certain things like oxidation
and when you take tadka I'm not going to
get into necessarily Brands but you want
to take two on an empty stomach in the
morning and two in the afternoon on an
empty stomach because if you take it
with food it tends to act on the food as
a bile salt and not on your liver what's
the next thing well you want to induce
or trigger phase one phase two
detoxification this phenomena or enzyme
process occurs in your liver where
you're turning poisons into harmless
particles okay so it's converting these
fat soluble chemicals into harmless
water-soluble chemicals that get
released through the bile ducts in other
ways and so when the liver gets damaged
you you don't have this process working
at Full Throttle and that can back
things up especially poison since the
liver is constantly breaking down
poisons and protecting you like in
Sulfur Rich vegetables like in
cruciferous broccoli brussels sprouts
cabbage arugula radish things like that
green tea is another trigger for phase
one phase two detoxification and
straight sulforaphane which is the
phytonutrient in broccoli Sprouts so if
you add broccoli Sprouts to your salad
you can greatly help your liver and the
next one on the list is milk thistle so
as you can see we're really hitting this
problem over the head with a
sledgehammer because these are all all
the most potent things to help your
liver okay milk thistle is a very
interesting herb it's this weed that you
can consume the seeds in fact a lot of
people you have it in their backyard so
you can grab some and grind the seeds
and and put it on your salad and it
protects the liver against poisons even
poisonous snakes even poisonous
mushrooms in fact if you're also on
medication on a regular basis or you
know someone who's on medication have
them start taking milk thistle just to
reduce some of the side effects but it
basically gives you properties to
protect the liver it also prevents
fibrosis it decreases inflammation it
helps neutralize toxins it helps
decrease liver enzymes and it
regenerates hepatocytes liver cells so
as you can see it does a lot it can also
help protect the liver against
medication
too much caffeine
alcohol
Tylenol lots of medications and the last
thing is tocatrinols now what is
tocotrinals it's a type of vitamin E
anytime you have scar tissue or fibrosis
vitamin E especially tocatrinos is a
great thing to help break up Scar Tissue
so that's why I included it on the list
also it's a very powerful antioxidant to
protect against free radical damage
inflammation and the things that lead to
fibrosis so the two things that
tocotrinos will do
is decrease inflammation and decrease
the risk of fibrosis and if you're going
to get tocotranol I would make sure you
get it
um as a standalone
complex not added with the tocopherols
because they tend to compete high iron
in your blood can create inflammation
and cirrhosis you also have a situation
where you have blockage in your bile
ducts which can back up into the liver
and create a lot of liver problems
including gallstones and many other
issues as well as your own immune system
where you have liver antibodies that are
attacking your own liver rusting and I
put that video up right here check it
out
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