Fatty Liver Expert: Your Liver Is Filling With Fat Right Now - Dr David Unwin
In a Nutshell
Dr. Unwin argues that excess carbohydrate intake—especially from starch in bread, rice, potatoes, and cereals—is driving an epidemic of fatty liver, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes, even in young people, and that a low-carb, high-protein real-food diet can reverse these conditions for most patients. He shows that simple at-home checks like waist-to-height ratio and tools like continuous glucose monitors provide immediate feedback that packaged-food marketing hides. The key takeaway is that early dietary change, not medication, offers the best chance of restoring normal blood sugar and extending healthy lifespan.
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Your waist should be less than half your height. Half of a string measured to your height should go around the fattest bit of your belly. This is a simple test anyone can do at home. Fat on the belly is more worrying than fat on the legs or arms. Society has started to normalize things like the dad bod without realizing that is not how people are supposed to be.
Maybe a third of all people in the world with type 2 diabetes do not even know they have it. Every year of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes results in losing 100 days of life. People are being fooled by packaging and advertising.
A table of common foods was shown including cereal, potato, white rice, banana, and chocolate bar. The actual sugar content is much higher than most people expect. Corn flakes contain 8 teaspoons of sugar. A chocolate bar contains 7.5 teaspoons. A banana contains 6 teaspoons. A potato contains more sugar than expected. 150 grams of boiled rice also contains significant sugar. Rice is often mistakenly thought of as healthy.
Each person has multiple possible health futures, which could include cancer, multiple sclerosis, or other conditions. The goal is to help people pick a lifestyle that leads to the health future they want. The work focuses on behavior change.
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