Diet Habits That Are Terrible for Your Liver, According to
You know your diet affects your body fat and your heart health. But do you ever consider how the foods you eat may impact your liver? There's a silent health crisis affecting a quarter of the American population and it isn't type 2 diabetes—though it's related. It's nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
NAFLD stalks us stealthily over a long period of time. "Its symptoms don't often manifest until the liver is seriously compromised," says Kristin Kirkpatrick, RD, who has been a dietitian with the Cleveland Clinic for 20…