Drinking too much alcohol won't give you this kind of liver disease — but soda might.
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00:00Defining the larger disease is when the liver stores fat abnormally, NASH is when the liver
00:27responds inappropriately to that fat storage.
00:31We don't know what causes it, but the liver becomes angry or inflamed, and that's a reaction
00:36to that fat being there, we think.
00:58There are individuals and groups that are studying high fructose corn syrup and processed
01:04foods and many types of environmental components that are much more part of the way that food
01:11doesn't come out of the earth, but the way that it's processed, that may be contributing
01:16to this disease.
01:17When I was diagnosed with my liver disease, I was always sort of like ordering food, a
01:24lot of greasy food, a lot of comfort food, a lot of carbs-heavy food.
01:38Those are the environmental components that are part of sort of the Western culture that
01:42has now moved into the global world.
01:44This disease in particular, but liver diseases in general, often are very, very silent.
01:49The vast majority of people with any type of liver disease, but particularly this one,
01:53don't feel anything.
02:02I converted to a more plant-based diet initially.
02:05I started first with, let me try with one week of not eating meat, and I realized that
02:10that wasn't as difficult as it was, so the following week I decided, you know, let me
02:15try cutting down or removing eggs and dairy, and I also drastically improved my fitness.
02:23So I started going to the gym more regularly.
02:31They don't always have to be super obese.
02:33Maintaining a normal weight, in general, is protective of many of these types of diseases,
02:39diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, but it is not completely protective.
02:45I think one of the things we have to be very aware of is that you can do everything right
02:52and still have a disease.
02:53It's not someone's fault, okay?
02:56The point is not to blame someone for developing a disease, but there are many activities that
03:01you can do to help improve your overall health and reduce risk.