The Claim

In obese adults with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, an 8-week low-carbohydrate caloric restriction diet (800 kcal/day, <10% carbohydrates) reduces liver fat content by approximately 67%, as measured by magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Source: Reducing Liver Fat by Low Carbohydrate Caloric Restriction Targets Hepatic Glucose Production in Non-Diabetic Obese Adults with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

What the research says

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Cause and effect
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In plain English

For overweight people with a fatty liver condition, following a very low-carb, low-calorie diet for 8 weeks can cut down the fat in their liver by about two-thirds.

See the scientific wording

In obese adults with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, an 8-week low-carbohydrate caloric restriction (800 kcal/day, <10% carbohydrates) reduces liver fat content by approximately 67%, based on magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurements in a small group.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Reducing Liver Fat by Low Carbohydrate Caloric Restriction Targets Hepatic Glucose Production in Non-Diabetic Obese Adults with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

    The study tested exactly what the claim said—a low-carb diet with very few calories—and found it cut liver fat by about two-thirds, just like the claim states.

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