Nicholas
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EIRE24 said:post 109663Nicholas said:post 109536Parsifal said:post 109535 Oh and how would higher protein diets help fatty liver?
because the carb ratio is lower. diets have to be arrived at on a cellular level, which is indicated by temp/pulse/ and how you feel. You don't just decide to heal fatty liver. You decide to meet the demands of your cells....and if this is achieved, then the cells heal the fatty liver. Bringing balance to the cells and regulating blood sugar regulates all systems. in the situation of fatty liver, it makes sense that the cells will naturally indicate to you to lower your carb ratio or opt for starch and get higher protein because your liver cannot deal with fructose in the amount you are eating. People with compromised livers will likely have higher protein demands than they will have carb demands.
Thats interesting. I always thought it would be the other way around that people with compromised livers may not deal with a big intake of protein and would benefit from a higher carb diet of mainly starch or sucrose containing foods. Why would the liver have higher protein demands, Nicholas?
ratio, ratio, ratio. it's never about high this or high that....it's about the *right* amount. Someone's definition of a big intake of protein may be different than someone else. I didn't mean that starch or sucrose should be lower for someone with a compromised liver....just that their body may be signaling that they need more protein than *what they currently get* or that they are consuming the wrong kinds of proteins. This would make the carb ratio lower....it doesn't mean that the carb ratio is lower than the protein ratio. i slightly miscommunicated on my last line....i meant that they would likely have higher protein demands than what they currently get, not that the protein would necessarily supersede the carbs. for someone with a compromised liver, the protein type is also important. protein specifically helps with tissue repair and removing fat. protein is also anti-inflammatory and reduces stress. for someone with a compromised liver, those are the things you specifically need for your liver, right? but not too much or the wrong kinds of proteins, right? because if it's too much, you have a compromised liver already that is sensitive to a protein burden.
i made this comment primarily for the ray peat population, because it tends to be high-carb and potentially too low protein....and fatty liver seems to also be a potential problem in the ray peat population and other populations where there is excess carbs (and therefore, lower protein). While high protein diets can certainly do their damage, i don't think that fatty liver is a common one....but a high protein diet would certainly lower someone's metabolism and therefore liver function to be unable to handle the burden of suddenly eating tons of carbs.
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