Your liver makes its own sugar when you don’t eat carbs for a long time, and this process doesn’t hurt your liver or cause damage.
Evidence from Studies
Supporting (1)
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Beneficial Effects of Carbohydrate Restriction in Type 2 Diabetes Can Be Traced to Changes in Hepatic Metabolism.
The study looked at people with type 2 diabetes eating very few carbs and found their livers got healthier, not stressed, showing that making glucose during low-carb eating is safe and helpful.
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The study looked at low-carb diets in rats and found that their livers showed signs of stress and didn’t work as well, which goes against the idea that this kind of diet is harmless to the liver.
The study looked at low-carb diets in rats and found their livers showed signs of stress and didn’t work as well, which goes against the idea that this kind of diet is harmless to the liver.
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