You don’t have to lose weight to clean fat out of your liver—just eating less sugar, more protein, or taking fish oil can help, even if the scale doesn’t budge.

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Beyond Body Weight-Loss: Dietary Strategies Targeting Intrahepatic Fat in NAFLD

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2020 May 6

This study found that you can reduce liver fat by changing what you eat—like eating fewer carbs and more protein—even if you don’t lose any weight. That supports the claim that losing weight isn’t necessary to fix fatty liver.

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Beyond Body Weight-Loss: Dietary Strategies Targeting Intrahepatic Fat in NAFLD

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DOI: 10.3390/nu12051316

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