Health Claims

LiverTox is a free website run by the U.S. government that tells doctors and regular people what medicines, vitamins, or herbal remedies might hurt the liver, how they do it, and what to expect — all backed by real medical studies.

Descriptive

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.

Causal

Eating a lot of high-quality olive oil can help shrink liver fat and reduce inflammation, even if you don’t eat fewer calories, thanks to natural compounds in the oil.

Causal

If you have type 2 diabetes and a fatty liver, eating more protein—especially from meat, eggs, or dairy—can shrink the fat in your liver by almost half in just six weeks, even if you don’t lose any weight. Plant proteins like beans or tofu don’t work as well.

Causal

Taking fish oil supplements (2–5 grams a day) can shrink liver fat even if you don’t lose weight, by helping your liver burn fat instead of storing it.

Causal

Cutting carbs—even without losing weight—can dramatically reduce fat in the liver by changing how the body makes and burns fat.

Causal

In Mexico, people with unhealthy cholesterol and fat levels in their blood are 4 to 6 times more likely to have kidney disease, even if they don’t have diabetes or high blood pressure.

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Mexican adults with high levels of uric acid in their blood are more than 8 times more likely to have kidney disease—even if they’re not overweight, don’t have high blood pressure, or diabetes.

Correlational

In Mexico, adults with type 2 diabetes are more than 14 times more likely to have kidney damage than adults without diabetes — so if you have diabetes, your kidneys are at much higher risk.

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If you have high blood pressure in Mexico, you’re more than 20 times more likely to have kidney damage than someone with normal blood pressure — making high blood pressure the biggest metabolic red flag for kidney problems in that population.

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Mexican adults with a big belly (waist over 90 cm for men or 80 cm for women) are about 10 times more likely to have kidney problems than those without, even if their overall weight is normal.

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In Mexico, people who are obese are more than 13 times more likely to have kidney problems than people with a healthy weight — so carrying extra weight really puts your kidneys at risk.

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If you're 60 or older in Mexico, you're more than 11 times more likely to have kidney disease than someone younger than 60 — aging really increases your risk.

Correlational

For people with heart disease and high levels of a fatty protein called lipoprotein(a), a new drug called olpasiran mostly caused only mild reactions at the injection site, like redness or soreness, and was otherwise safe to use.

Descriptive

A new drug called olpasiran can dramatically lower a harmful type of cholesterol called lipoprotein(a) in people with heart disease — at the highest dose, it doesn’t just reduce it, it nearly wipes it out completely compared to a dummy pill.

Quantitative

A new shot called olpasiran can slash a dangerous type of cholesterol called lipoprotein(a) by more than double its starting level in people with heart disease — meaning it doesn’t just lower it, it nearly wipes it out.

Quantitative

For people who have high levels of a risky blood fat called lipoprotein(a) but normal cholesterol, a special blood-cleaning treatment called lipoprotein apheresis can help prevent heart attacks and strokes for many years.

Correlational

A special blood-filtering treatment called lipoprotein apheresis can lower 'bad' cholesterol by almost 60% in people who have high levels of a risky protein called Lp(a) but otherwise normal cholesterol—after using it for about 7 years on average.

Quantitative

For people at high risk of heart problems who have a specific bad cholesterol (Lp(a)) that’s high but regular cholesterol is normal, a special blood-cleaning treatment called lipoprotein apheresis cuts their heart attacks and strokes by more than two-thirds each year.

Quantitative

For people at high risk of heart problems who have a specific bad cholesterol (Lp(a)) but normal LDL, a special blood-cleaning treatment called lipoprotein apheresis cuts their chances of having a heart attack or stroke by more than 70% each year.

Quantitative

A special blood-filtering treatment called lipoprotein apheresis can cut down a harmful type of cholesterol called Lp(a) by about two-thirds in people who have high levels of it but normal LDL cholesterol, and this effect lasts for years.

Quantitative

Taking a special combo pill (niacin + laropiprant) along with your statin for heart disease might make your cholesterol numbers look better, but it also causes more dangerous side effects — so overall, it does more harm than good.

Causal

For people with heart disease who are already taking statins, taking a special slow-release niacin pill plus another pill called laropiprant for about 4 years can slightly lower their bad cholesterol by 10 points and raise their good cholesterol by 6 points.

Quantitative

For people with heart disease already taking statins, adding this combo of niacin and laropiprant slightly raises the chance of nasty side effects like stomach problems, muscle pain, rashes, infections, and bleeding — about 1 extra case of infection for every 100 people over 4 years.

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