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If you're overweight and have fatty liver, going on a keto diet for just 6 days might supercharge your liver's energy system and shift it into fat-burning mode, possibly helping your body make more ketones.

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Effect of a ketogenic diet on hepatic steatosis and hepatic mitochondrial metabolism in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

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2020 Mar 31

The study shows that a 6-day keto diet sharply increases a key liver signal linked to fat burning and reduces activity of an enzyme that stores fat, which matches what the claim says.

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Effect of a ketogenic diet on hepatic steatosis and hepatic mitochondrial metabolism in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1922344117

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If you're overweight and have fatty liver, going on a keto diet for just 6 days might reduce how your liver burns fuel, pushing your body to make more ketones instead.

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