A few months ago, I got a bit of a shock when after years of eating a Peat inspired diet, I was diagnosed with a fatty liver when I got an ultrasound of the abdomen and pelvis.
You can see the original thread here - viewtopic.php?f=56&t=4574
My liver was said to be 'mildly enlarged' and measured 14.8 cms. The impression was "Mild hepatomegaly with Grade 1 Fatty changes".
Today after four months of conscious effort, I got another ultrasound scan done.
This time, the doctor has written that the "liver is normal in size (12 cms) and shows diffuse fatty changes."
So it appears that my liver has actually reduced in size and there appears to be some improvement.
Before I move on to describing the things that I've done over the last several months, here are some disclaimers:
1. I got the tests done in two different places by two different doctors. So there may be differences because of equipment, reading error etc.
2. I don't know what exactly has caused the 'improvement' to my liver as I've not isolated the variables carefully.
Here's what I did:
1. Increased caffeine intake to about 4 cups a day.
2. Increased Vitamin E intake
3. Tried to increase protein intake (not able to reach target intake of 80 grams on most days ... but I'm at least hitting 60 to 70 grams on many days.)
4. Stopped taking aspirin (was regularly taking a baby aspirin earlier)
5. Reduced my sugar intake and my daily mega large cup of orange juice. I've not cut out the sugar but have just stopped going crazy with the quantities.
6. I've replaced fruit juices with eating fruit.
7. Read a free ebook by Matt Stone (it's called "Diet Recovery") and implemented 'resistant starches' in to my diet. This is basically boiling a potato and keeping it overnight in the fridge for consumption the next day. You can do the same with rice also. This has a nice side effect of really easy, well-formed stools.
8. Implemented the 'Peak 8 Protocol' as shown in this mercola video - http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitnes ... rview.aspx
9. Focused on improving my state of mind (more conscious about being grateful which in turn makes me calmer).
10. Cut back on the enormous quantities of cream, ghee, butter and red meat that I was consuming.
11. Was taking 1 Thyroid-s a day ... reduced it to .75 (1/2 in the morning and quarter in the evening)
12. Started taking choline regularly
Hope this helps somebody else out there.
Also, a special thanks to the Ray Peat forum community (PeaterPan, Wilfrid, Mittir, Such_Saturation, visionofstrength and others) for the extraordinary support and direction you guys gave me.
Thanks!
You can see the original thread here - viewtopic.php?f=56&t=4574
My liver was said to be 'mildly enlarged' and measured 14.8 cms. The impression was "Mild hepatomegaly with Grade 1 Fatty changes".
Today after four months of conscious effort, I got another ultrasound scan done.
This time, the doctor has written that the "liver is normal in size (12 cms) and shows diffuse fatty changes."
So it appears that my liver has actually reduced in size and there appears to be some improvement.
Before I move on to describing the things that I've done over the last several months, here are some disclaimers:
1. I got the tests done in two different places by two different doctors. So there may be differences because of equipment, reading error etc.
2. I don't know what exactly has caused the 'improvement' to my liver as I've not isolated the variables carefully.
Here's what I did:
1. Increased caffeine intake to about 4 cups a day.
2. Increased Vitamin E intake
3. Tried to increase protein intake (not able to reach target intake of 80 grams on most days ... but I'm at least hitting 60 to 70 grams on many days.)
4. Stopped taking aspirin (was regularly taking a baby aspirin earlier)
5. Reduced my sugar intake and my daily mega large cup of orange juice. I've not cut out the sugar but have just stopped going crazy with the quantities.
6. I've replaced fruit juices with eating fruit.
7. Read a free ebook by Matt Stone (it's called "Diet Recovery") and implemented 'resistant starches' in to my diet. This is basically boiling a potato and keeping it overnight in the fridge for consumption the next day. You can do the same with rice also. This has a nice side effect of really easy, well-formed stools.
8. Implemented the 'Peak 8 Protocol' as shown in this mercola video - http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitnes ... rview.aspx
9. Focused on improving my state of mind (more conscious about being grateful which in turn makes me calmer).
10. Cut back on the enormous quantities of cream, ghee, butter and red meat that I was consuming.
11. Was taking 1 Thyroid-s a day ... reduced it to .75 (1/2 in the morning and quarter in the evening)
12. Started taking choline regularly
Hope this helps somebody else out there.
Also, a special thanks to the Ray Peat forum community (PeaterPan, Wilfrid, Mittir, Such_Saturation, visionofstrength and others) for the extraordinary support and direction you guys gave me.
Thanks!