February 1, 2025 • 18 mins
Gas, bloating, brain fog, depression and anxiety are symptoms conneted to aging as well as perimenopause and beyond. These symptoms are often misdiagnosed and overlooked as a cause of fatty liver. The good news is you can identify fatty liver before it damages your liver. In this episode of The Health Fix Podcast I share a connection I'm seeing with to stubborn weight loss and weight gain over 40.
What You'll Learn In This Episode:
- Surprising symptoms of a fatty liver that mimic hormone imbalances
- How to use basic labs your doctor runs on you to see if you have a fatty liver
- What nutrient deficiencies are related to fatty liver
- How to adjust your diet and nutrients for a fatty liver
Resources From The Show:
- Hepatic steatosis Index
- Fatty liver Index
- List of nutrient deficiencies related to a fatty liver:
- 2-4 weeks Very low carb and fat diet
- Hypochloric low carb or mediterranean diet thereafter
- Cardio and resistance exercise
- Vit E + Tocotrienols
- Choline
- N-Acetyl Cysteine
- Omega3's
- Carnitine
- Berberine
- Milk thistle
- Nigella seed
- Hesperidin
- Probiotic
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(00:00):
[Intro] Welcome to the Health Fix Podcast, where health junkies get their weekly fix of tips, tools,
(00:06):
and techniques to have limitless energy, sharp minds, and fit, physiques for life.
JANNINE (00:12):
Hey, health junkies.
Have you been thinking maybe your metabolism's broken, you're struggling to drop weight,
you're just like, what is going on?
This never happened to me.
I'm feeling like nothing I'm doing.
The exercise, the diet, the lifestyle changes.
stress reduction. I'm stuck. My weight just doesn't want to move. You're not alone. I definitely can
(00:37):
identify with that. And it's one of the biggest complaints that I get in my office. I can select
fatigue, brain fog, anxiety and depression too. Here's what's interesting. That whole list I just
rattled off is all related to something called fatty liver disease. Now, I'm noticing a trend
(00:57):
in my office and I'm seeing a lot of women with fatty liver stuff going on and struggling with
weight, brain fog, and kind of really just not feeling great. And the quick thing we think of
is hormones. It's got to be just hormones. The hormones are going to fix everything.
God, I wish that was the case. Yes, I'm the doc that people come to when things don't go well
(01:20):
with hormones. So I do see a lot of the tougher cases of not adjusting hormones and
needing to do quarter patches, slivers of patches, microdosing of progesterone compared to what is
typical in the conventional medicine space with hormones. But here's the thing. Hormones are
sprinkling. They're like sprinkling on the cake. It's not the foundation. If your
(01:42):
livers jacked up, a lot of things are gonna struggle. So today I'm going to go into fatty
liver disease and how you can identify it in yourself. And guess what? It's not that tough.
you can actually use a lot of your basic labs that your conventional docs will be running,
like a complete blood count, like a comprehensive metabolic panel, which will have your liver
(02:04):
enzymes and things of that nature, your BMI, which is your weight compared to your height,
you might be cringing and going, "I hate that number, yeah, me too," but it does kind of play
in with some of these metrics that we're looking at because there are calculators online that can
help you to identify if you have a fatty liver condition.
(02:26):
Now, the one's called the hepatic steatosis index.
Look at my link in the podcast notes there at doctorjkrausend.com or below the YouTube
period, see the podcast notes.
It will, the link will be there.
You can plug in your own information.
Same thing goes for the fatty liver index.
(02:46):
You can plug in that information and see what comes out.
I both of them if you want.
Now, what's interesting and some of the signs
that I noticed in myself when I was like,
"Hmm, is something going on with my liver?
"I started to have trouble with digesting fats.
"Now, if you don't have a gallbladder,
"you already have trouble digesting fats.
(03:08):
"So, and do you have chances of having more of a fatty liver?
"If you don't have a gallbladder, I kind of think so."
So here's the thing.
If you're like, my metabolism's broken, I'm stuck,
can't lose weight, what's going on.
This could be very interesting information for you.
So if you've noticed that fats are hard to digest and you seem to be
(03:33):
puffy or gain some weight after having fats or your tissue above
your abdomen has got lumpy all of a sudden or like cellulitey and
you're like, it wasn't even like that a couple of years ago.
What is going on?
That's what happened to me.
And I'm like, huh, this is weird.
And then I assessed what I was eating.
Well, as anyone who's listening to my podcast for a while
(03:56):
might know that I am part squirrel.
If you left me with pistachios and macadamia nuts
and pecans, I'd eat those like, and not nothing else
because I love nuts.
But what's odd is we're driven to eat carbs and fat
as we get older because it's kind of like a,
I don't know, I guess you could say
it's some kind of mechanism within our body
(04:17):
that that maybe is linked to stress, but also convenience.
Because here's what I've noticed.
In myself included, I still love to cook.
I at one point had a website called Recipe Whisperer
back in 2010.
And I was all about swapping out healthy options for foods
and coming up with creative recipes.
(04:37):
I've since kind of started not to like cooking anymore.
And I know that happens to a lot of women
in their 40s and beyond, where it's just like, man,
I don't want to cook anymore.
I'm over this.
I cook for my kids.
I cook for my parents.
You know, this is annoying.
And.
That's a red flag because what happens when we stop cooking for ourselves,
(04:59):
we start to grab convenience foods.
And like we can do convenience healthy because you might be starting off your
day with like a banana and an apple and you're like, I got healthy food,
but that's just pure carb.
What happens with that?
We could be messing with our blood sugar and insulin resistance and
microbiome imbalances are too precursors to fatty liver.
(05:20):
So are lowered estrogen and high testosterone.
Crazy. It's crazy.
So when I'm looking at it, I'm going like, oh my gosh,
okay, the whole process of getting older and aging mentally,
on I'm sick of cooking,
I'm busy because I'm trying to take care of my kids and maybe my parents.
For me, it's taking my practice and my practice and my dad.
(05:44):
it's it's we're juggling a lot right we're juggling a lot so convenience does make a difference and
we're not like able to sit down and be like Betty Crocker in our kitchens so it kind of makes sense
that we would end up developing a fatty liver because we're grabbing quick carb foods because
like how many times have you had popcorn and wine for dinner or had a candy bar like it like a
(06:06):
good chocolate let's call it a good chocolate bar it was over 65 percent cacao because you know
that's good for you and you're like it's health food, it's super food. I'm meaning chocolate for
dinner, it's cool. I'm not anything else and you justify that. But here's the thing that process
like over and over again of these things happening mess with their liver because chocolate, high fat
(06:27):
and sugar, high fat plus sugar over and over again can lead to a fatty liver. Even if you're doing
health things because here's the thing, I used to be like, okay, I'll just take a couple tablespoons
with peanut butter and like maybe I'll do that. Okay, so truth, you guys get the truth.
(06:47):
Back in the day when I was seeing a lot of patients in person not having a lot of time
to eat, I would have a jar of peanut butter on my desk. It was either smoothies or jar
of peanut butter and I would scoop out a couple tablespoons of peanut butter. That would be what
I would eat throughout the day. And I'd be like, I'm not eating that much. But a bogged down liver
(07:09):
because of straps, a bogged down liver because of environmental factors that I can't even control.
Like air, food, water, air and water, we can't necessarily control unless we get filtration
systems in our homes. Otherwise out in the environment, air, we can't control the air that we're breathing
outside. That's a bogged down your liver. So bogged down liver, a stressed out body,
(07:33):
and you're eating convenience foods like a couple scoops of peanut butter, you know, throughout
Not the day.
And let's be honest, I'm not scooping it
with a tablespoon to make sure I'm actually eating
a tablespoon.
I'm probably eating like two tablespoons per
big old scoop on the spoon.
You've been there, put a couple chocolate chips
on top of that.
Does that sound familiar to anybody?
Oh yeah, it's good stuff, so good.
(07:55):
Like right now I'm thinking about it, it's good.
But all of that stuff adds up and can be a problem.
And it's kind of this pattern I've seen,
especially with women who are,
who know what healthy food is.
You're like, not seed, not butters and seed butters,
like good quality stuff in eating nuts and seeds.
Like we know, like those are good foods, fruits,
(08:18):
vegetables, we know those are good foods,
but in the patterns we're eating them
because it convenience, that could be what's jacking us up.
So I wanted to do this podcast just to kind of put it out
there like that sometimes even healthy foods can create
a pattern one eaten in a situation where we're overdoing it and not realizing it.
(08:40):
So how do you back yourself out of this?
Well, first you can do the task to see hepatic steatosis in-desk and then the fatty liver index.
And then I also recommend a micronutrient test because we can see do we have the deficiencies
that create a fatty liver, vitamin E,
(09:01):
Colleen, carnitine, these are babies, they're.
Now other ones could be enecidylcysteine,
so cysteine, also berberine, milk, thistle,
these are things that clean out our liver,
but also balance the blood sugar and the microbiome.
Could we be deficient on these?
Let's not say deficient,
'cause that doesn't make sense.
(09:22):
We don't make milk, thistle or berberine.
But could we be in need of these things
to help us to balance some stuff out?
Now the micronutrient test isn't gonna tell us
about the milk, the solar, berberine,
but it's gonna tell us about carnitine, the amino acids.
It's gonna tell us about your vitamins and minerals,
but in particular choline and vitamin E.
Two biggies.
(09:42):
Vitamin E is part of making glutathione,
our natural janitor and the liver.
And so is cysteine, so an acetyl cysteine,
also something else that the micronutrient test can track
for.
So point being here is you can test
and know what you may need to help your liver out.
You can also test your microbiome, not my first go to.
(10:05):
You kinda know if you're burpee,
you're gassy, you're bloating,
something's off with your microbiome.
That's just what happens.
So part of the microbiome thing too,
is enzymes and being able to break down your food.
A lot of us are eating fast on the go,
not sitting down the eat,
sitting at the kitchen, like standing at the kitchen sink,
eating or eating in the car.
(10:26):
Guilty of that too, fully.
But I've noticed over time, the more I sit down and eat, the more I chew, the more I do take my enzymes, the better my gut is.
Do I think everybody needs probiotics? No. I think we can work on this by restructuring how we eat.
Meaning protein first, veggies. Next, carb last.
(10:48):
It's been proven over and over again to help with blood sugar balance, but I think it has something to do to a delivery of nutrients to deliver.
because everything you eat that gets absorbed across your blood stream, you know, from your gut
into your bloodstream, goes right straight to your liver. And so if we can help what gets delivered
to the liver and we can help how the body metabolizes the food, I think we can move past this fatty
(11:12):
liver situation. So in my email list, this week, I've emailed out all my information on fatty liver
disease. And by the way, I learned a lot of this from Dr. Brian Walsh. He is one of my mentors.
He does a ton of research. This is all research back. Every single one of these nutrients that I've
listed, you can go to PubMed and look up and see that they have been connected to helping with
(11:34):
fatty liver. I am not interested in throwing out information that has no research basis anymore.
So you will notice on the podcast, things are going to be changing. You're going to hear a lot
more of me as I am getting more and more savvy and realizing that we've got a lot of people
spinning out information that has not a lot of great backing when you dive into the research
(11:57):
better. So fatty liver, could it be a thing that's keeping you from getting weight off
or it could it be the thing that's kind of changing the metabolism a little bit and showing up
with like a little bit more cellulite on the body, you know, just weird pocket of belly fat that
wasn't there before kind of the menobelly, could it be fatty liver? Entirely possible. And so
(12:19):
switching up the diet a little bit, looking at vitamin E, looking at choline, choline by the way is
in eggs. It's the number one ingredient in the yolk of eggs and we are being told to stop eating
it because it's going to cause cholesterol issues but at the same time we're jacking up our liver.
It's like this vicious cycle. So, hmm, things to think about, things to think about.
(12:43):
Now, exercise, does it help with fatty liver? Absolutely. Do you need to beat yourself up?
No, diet, can you help the fatty liver with diet alone?
Yes, you can.
I used to have a thing called the metabolic reset
that I would do with clients.
And really what it is is a very low carbohydrate diet
and a very low fat diet.
And it would be for 40 days.
(13:06):
What I found with research is you can even do this
between two and four weeks.
So two and four weeks of a very low carb diet
and a very low fat diet,
That can also help to clean out the startings of a fatty liver.
And when I say startings, most fatty liver is not diagnosed to the liver
(13:27):
enzymes are incredibly elevated and to the point where the, you can see a fatty
liver on a biopsy of the liver, right?
So the biopsy of the liver and it comes back, that tissue that comes back shows up
as having fat in it.
You do not want to get there.
Change things before.
we get to that state.
(13:48):
So if you're noticing brain fog
and like none of the stuff that you're taking,
like say you're taking lines made,
but Kobo, those kinds of stuff's not working.
You have anxiety, you have depression.
None of the meds are working.
This also is a thing to think about.
So what's the full protocol?
I recommend four weeks, very low carb,
very low fat diet.
(14:10):
So basically protein and veggies.
And this is why things like carnivore
and those types of diets feel good for folks.
Now do I think any of it's sustainable?
No, that's why I'm saying four weeks.
Then you're going into a Mediterranean style of diet
and you're looking at how you eat protein, carb,
you know, protein veggies, carb in terms of a sequence,
(14:30):
proteins, veggies, carbs to keep the blood sugar in check
when you're breaking down your food.
This is something I think we just need to practice
and see how it goes.
I also do believe in looking at your blood sugar
in terms of using a continuous glucose monitor.
And I've heard that the Stilo STELO is a better one lately.
(14:51):
I have not heard it myself, something to think about.
So we have a lot of different things out there
that can help us to monitor blood sugar,
but I think what for a lot of people,
what's hanging them up is,
we may be working up against a fatty liver.
And so for the diet plan,
I explained along with looking at your micronutrients,
(15:12):
So some amino deficiencies and vitamin E deficiency,
choline deficiency, if that is a case,
then you know how to dial it in
to optimize higher livers working.
And then microbiome wise, we would know gas bloating,
things of that nature,
can we help you in that department?
Maybe it's enzymes,
maybe you need a little bit of berberine.
(15:33):
And then blood sugar,
have your hemoglobin A1C tested,
have your insulin fasting tested.
And then you know,
Is there an issue going on with your blood sugar?
And are you insulin resistant?
Because insulin resistance goes hand in hand
with fatty liver.
So that's my scoop on metabolism and fatty liver
(15:53):
and the connections I'm seeing.
And is this everyone?
No, but that's why we have the things
like the fatty liver index and the hepatic steatosis index.
You can plug your lab values into that
and see what you can do
and see what happens.
So I'm gonna have my whole protocol at drjcrowsnd.com
(16:15):
in our podcast notes.
And if you're watching on YouTube, podcast notes
are gonna be under here so you can see the whole protocol.
And yeah, something to ponder.
Now, I am not here to diagnose, treat,
or work on any specific medical condition.
I'm here to just put out information that this may help.
This is just something to take it into perspective
(16:37):
and see what you think.
Now, if you like this information, you find it useful.
Please subscribe, please rate, please share my podcast
with other folks.
I am turning more towards what I'm seeing working.
I'm gonna be talking about that,
but also researched based actual good studies,
not ones on rats, human studies,
and really backing up information
(16:59):
so that you've got information
that is not just someone's opinion,
granted that I'm stating that I see a connection
between fatty liver and plateaus and weight loss
and difficulty losing weight.
But that and that information is out there.
But the point is, is what to do about it?
We need to make sure we are being accountable
(17:20):
as a health profession, naturopaths, doctors,
whatever, whoever's giving this information out
that we have actual research based information
that we're giving out to.
Yes, anecdotal, but if there's anecdotal,
we tell you it's anecdotal, not research based on rats.
I can go on a soapbox, but I'm not going to do that to you guys.
All right.
So this is how the health fix podcast is going to be going forward, me talking, yes, some
(17:45):
interviews, but just definitely giving you information.
Hopefully this is helpful.
I hope you guys have a great day, whatever you're doing.
And if you're looking for information on certain topics, I may be able to help hit me
up at info@doctorjkrausend.com.
and let's see what we can do to help get more solid information out to the masses.
(18:06):
Have a great day, whatever you're doing.
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there.
[Intro] Welcome to the Health Fix Podcast, where health junkies get their weekly fix of tips, tools,
(00:06):
and techniques to have limitless energy, sharp minds, and fit, physiques for life.
JANNINE (00:12):
Hey, health junkies.
Have you been thinking maybe your metabolism's broken, you're struggling to drop weight,
you're just like, what is going on?
This never happened to me.
I'm feeling like nothing I'm doing.
The exercise, the diet, the lifestyle changes.
stress reduction. I'm stuck. My weight just doesn't want to move. You're not alone. I definitely can
(00:37):
identify with that. And it's one of the biggest complaints that I get in my office. I can select
fatigue, brain fog, anxiety and depression too. Here's what's interesting. That whole list I just
rattled off is all related to something called fatty liver disease. Now, I'm noticing a trend
(00:57):
in my office and I'm seeing a lot of women with fatty liver stuff going on and struggling with
weight, brain fog, and kind of really just not feeling great. And the quick thing we think of
is hormones. It's got to be just hormones. The hormones are going to fix everything.
God, I wish that was the case. Yes, I'm the doc that people come to when things don't go well
(01:20):
with hormones. So I do see a lot of the tougher cases of not adjusting hormones and
needing to do quarter patches, slivers of patches, microdosing of progesterone compared to what is
typical in the conventional medicine space with hormones. But here's the thing. Hormones are
sprinkling. They're like sprinkling on the cake. It's not the foundation. If your
(01:42):
livers jacked up, a lot of things are gonna struggle. So today I'm going to go into fatty
liver disease and how you can identify it in yourself. And guess what? It's not that tough.
you can actually use a lot of your basic labs that your conventional docs will be running,
like a complete blood count, like a comprehensive metabolic panel, which will have your liver
(02:04):
enzymes and things of that nature, your BMI, which is your weight compared to your height,
you might be cringing and going, "I hate that number, yeah, me too," but it does kind of play
in with some of these metrics that we're looking at because there are calculators online that can
help you to identify if you have a fatty liver condition.
(02:26):
Now, the one's called the hepatic steatosis index.
Look at my link in the podcast notes there at doctorjkrausend.com or below the YouTube
period, see the podcast notes.
It will, the link will be there.
You can plug in your own information.
Same thing goes for the fatty liver index.
(02:46):
You can plug in that information and see what comes out.
I both of them if you want.
Now, what's interesting and some of the signs
that I noticed in myself when I was like,
"Hmm, is something going on with my liver?
"I started to have trouble with digesting fats.
"Now, if you don't have a gallbladder,
"you already have trouble digesting fats.
(03:08):
"So, and do you have chances of having more of a fatty liver?
"If you don't have a gallbladder, I kind of think so."
So here's the thing.
If you're like, my metabolism's broken, I'm stuck,
can't lose weight, what's going on.
This could be very interesting information for you.
So if you've noticed that fats are hard to digest and you seem to be
(03:33):
puffy or gain some weight after having fats or your tissue above
your abdomen has got lumpy all of a sudden or like cellulitey and
you're like, it wasn't even like that a couple of years ago.
What is going on?
That's what happened to me.
And I'm like, huh, this is weird.
And then I assessed what I was eating.
Well, as anyone who's listening to my podcast for a while
(03:56):
might know that I am part squirrel.
If you left me with pistachios and macadamia nuts
and pecans, I'd eat those like, and not nothing else
because I love nuts.
But what's odd is we're driven to eat carbs and fat
as we get older because it's kind of like a,
I don't know, I guess you could say
it's some kind of mechanism within our body
(04:17):
that that maybe is linked to stress, but also convenience.
Because here's what I've noticed.
In myself included, I still love to cook.
I at one point had a website called Recipe Whisperer
back in 2010.
And I was all about swapping out healthy options for foods
and coming up with creative recipes.
(04:37):
I've since kind of started not to like cooking anymore.
And I know that happens to a lot of women
in their 40s and beyond, where it's just like, man,
I don't want to cook anymore.
I'm over this.
I cook for my kids.
I cook for my parents.
You know, this is annoying.
And.
That's a red flag because what happens when we stop cooking for ourselves,
(04:59):
we start to grab convenience foods.
And like we can do convenience healthy because you might be starting off your
day with like a banana and an apple and you're like, I got healthy food,
but that's just pure carb.
What happens with that?
We could be messing with our blood sugar and insulin resistance and
microbiome imbalances are too precursors to fatty liver.
(05:20):
So are lowered estrogen and high testosterone.
Crazy. It's crazy.
So when I'm looking at it, I'm going like, oh my gosh,
okay, the whole process of getting older and aging mentally,
on I'm sick of cooking,
I'm busy because I'm trying to take care of my kids and maybe my parents.
For me, it's taking my practice and my practice and my dad.
(05:44):
it's it's we're juggling a lot right we're juggling a lot so convenience does make a difference and
we're not like able to sit down and be like Betty Crocker in our kitchens so it kind of makes sense
that we would end up developing a fatty liver because we're grabbing quick carb foods because
like how many times have you had popcorn and wine for dinner or had a candy bar like it like a
(06:06):
good chocolate let's call it a good chocolate bar it was over 65 percent cacao because you know
that's good for you and you're like it's health food, it's super food. I'm meaning chocolate for
dinner, it's cool. I'm not anything else and you justify that. But here's the thing that process
like over and over again of these things happening mess with their liver because chocolate, high fat
(06:27):
and sugar, high fat plus sugar over and over again can lead to a fatty liver. Even if you're doing
health things because here's the thing, I used to be like, okay, I'll just take a couple tablespoons
with peanut butter and like maybe I'll do that. Okay, so truth, you guys get the truth.
(06:47):
Back in the day when I was seeing a lot of patients in person not having a lot of time
to eat, I would have a jar of peanut butter on my desk. It was either smoothies or jar
of peanut butter and I would scoop out a couple tablespoons of peanut butter. That would be what
I would eat throughout the day. And I'd be like, I'm not eating that much. But a bogged down liver
(07:09):
because of straps, a bogged down liver because of environmental factors that I can't even control.
Like air, food, water, air and water, we can't necessarily control unless we get filtration
systems in our homes. Otherwise out in the environment, air, we can't control the air that we're breathing
outside. That's a bogged down your liver. So bogged down liver, a stressed out body,
(07:33):
and you're eating convenience foods like a couple scoops of peanut butter, you know, throughout
Not the day.
And let's be honest, I'm not scooping it
with a tablespoon to make sure I'm actually eating
a tablespoon.
I'm probably eating like two tablespoons per
big old scoop on the spoon.
You've been there, put a couple chocolate chips
on top of that.
Does that sound familiar to anybody?
Oh yeah, it's good stuff, so good.
(07:55):
Like right now I'm thinking about it, it's good.
But all of that stuff adds up and can be a problem.
And it's kind of this pattern I've seen,
especially with women who are,
who know what healthy food is.
You're like, not seed, not butters and seed butters,
like good quality stuff in eating nuts and seeds.
Like we know, like those are good foods, fruits,
(08:18):
vegetables, we know those are good foods,
but in the patterns we're eating them
because it convenience, that could be what's jacking us up.
So I wanted to do this podcast just to kind of put it out
there like that sometimes even healthy foods can create
a pattern one eaten in a situation where we're overdoing it and not realizing it.
(08:40):
So how do you back yourself out of this?
Well, first you can do the task to see hepatic steatosis in-desk and then the fatty liver index.
And then I also recommend a micronutrient test because we can see do we have the deficiencies
that create a fatty liver, vitamin E,
(09:01):
Colleen, carnitine, these are babies, they're.
Now other ones could be enecidylcysteine,
so cysteine, also berberine, milk, thistle,
these are things that clean out our liver,
but also balance the blood sugar and the microbiome.
Could we be deficient on these?
Let's not say deficient,
'cause that doesn't make sense.
(09:22):
We don't make milk, thistle or berberine.
But could we be in need of these things
to help us to balance some stuff out?
Now the micronutrient test isn't gonna tell us
about the milk, the solar, berberine,
but it's gonna tell us about carnitine, the amino acids.
It's gonna tell us about your vitamins and minerals,
but in particular choline and vitamin E.
Two biggies.
(09:42):
Vitamin E is part of making glutathione,
our natural janitor and the liver.
And so is cysteine, so an acetyl cysteine,
also something else that the micronutrient test can track
for.
So point being here is you can test
and know what you may need to help your liver out.
You can also test your microbiome, not my first go to.
(10:05):
You kinda know if you're burpee,
you're gassy, you're bloating,
something's off with your microbiome.
That's just what happens.
So part of the microbiome thing too,
is enzymes and being able to break down your food.
A lot of us are eating fast on the go,
not sitting down the eat,
sitting at the kitchen, like standing at the kitchen sink,
eating or eating in the car.
(10:26):
Guilty of that too, fully.
But I've noticed over time, the more I sit down and eat, the more I chew, the more I do take my enzymes, the better my gut is.
Do I think everybody needs probiotics? No. I think we can work on this by restructuring how we eat.
Meaning protein first, veggies. Next, carb last.
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It's been proven over and over again to help with blood sugar balance, but I think it has something to do to a delivery of nutrients to deliver.
because everything you eat that gets absorbed across your blood stream, you know, from your gut
into your bloodstream, goes right straight to your liver. And so if we can help what gets delivered
to the liver and we can help how the body metabolizes the food, I think we can move past this fatty
(11:12):
liver situation. So in my email list, this week, I've emailed out all my information on fatty liver
disease. And by the way, I learned a lot of this from Dr. Brian Walsh. He is one of my mentors.
He does a ton of research. This is all research back. Every single one of these nutrients that I've
listed, you can go to PubMed and look up and see that they have been connected to helping with
(11:34):
fatty liver. I am not interested in throwing out information that has no research basis anymore.
So you will notice on the podcast, things are going to be changing. You're going to hear a lot
more of me as I am getting more and more savvy and realizing that we've got a lot of people
spinning out information that has not a lot of great backing when you dive into the research
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better. So fatty liver, could it be a thing that's keeping you from getting weight off
or it could it be the thing that's kind of changing the metabolism a little bit and showing up
with like a little bit more cellulite on the body, you know, just weird pocket of belly fat that
wasn't there before kind of the menobelly, could it be fatty liver? Entirely possible. And so
(12:19):
switching up the diet a little bit, looking at vitamin E, looking at choline, choline by the way is
in eggs. It's the number one ingredient in the yolk of eggs and we are being told to stop eating
it because it's going to cause cholesterol issues but at the same time we're jacking up our liver.
It's like this vicious cycle. So, hmm, things to think about, things to think about.
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Now, exercise, does it help with fatty liver? Absolutely. Do you need to beat yourself up?
No, diet, can you help the fatty liver with diet alone?
Yes, you can.
I used to have a thing called the metabolic reset
that I would do with clients.
And really what it is is a very low carbohydrate diet
and a very low fat diet.
And it would be for 40 days.
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What I found with research is you can even do this
between two and four weeks.
So two and four weeks of a very low carb diet
and a very low fat diet,
That can also help to clean out the startings of a fatty liver.
And when I say startings, most fatty liver is not diagnosed to the liver
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enzymes are incredibly elevated and to the point where the, you can see a fatty
liver on a biopsy of the liver, right?
So the biopsy of the liver and it comes back, that tissue that comes back shows up
as having fat in it.
You do not want to get there.
Change things before.
we get to that state.
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So if you're noticing brain fog
and like none of the stuff that you're taking,
like say you're taking lines made,
but Kobo, those kinds of stuff's not working.
You have anxiety, you have depression.
None of the meds are working.
This also is a thing to think about.
So what's the full protocol?
I recommend four weeks, very low carb,
very low fat diet.
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So basically protein and veggies.
And this is why things like carnivore
and those types of diets feel good for folks.
Now do I think any of it's sustainable?
No, that's why I'm saying four weeks.
Then you're going into a Mediterranean style of diet
and you're looking at how you eat protein, carb,
you know, protein veggies, carb in terms of a sequence,
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proteins, veggies, carbs to keep the blood sugar in check
when you're breaking down your food.
This is something I think we just need to practice
and see how it goes.
I also do believe in looking at your blood sugar
in terms of using a continuous glucose monitor.
And I've heard that the Stilo STELO is a better one lately.
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I have not heard it myself, something to think about.
So we have a lot of different things out there
that can help us to monitor blood sugar,
but I think what for a lot of people,
what's hanging them up is,
we may be working up against a fatty liver.
And so for the diet plan,
I explained along with looking at your micronutrients,
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So some amino deficiencies and vitamin E deficiency,
choline deficiency, if that is a case,
then you know how to dial it in
to optimize higher livers working.
And then microbiome wise, we would know gas bloating,
things of that nature,
can we help you in that department?
Maybe it's enzymes,
maybe you need a little bit of berberine.
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And then blood sugar,
have your hemoglobin A1C tested,
have your insulin fasting tested.
And then you know,
Is there an issue going on with your blood sugar?
And are you insulin resistant?
Because insulin resistance goes hand in hand
with fatty liver.
So that's my scoop on metabolism and fatty liver
(15:53):
and the connections I'm seeing.
And is this everyone?
No, but that's why we have the things
like the fatty liver index and the hepatic steatosis index.
You can plug your lab values into that
and see what you can do
and see what happens.
So I'm gonna have my whole protocol at drjcrowsnd.com
(16:15):
in our podcast notes.
And if you're watching on YouTube, podcast notes
are gonna be under here so you can see the whole protocol.
And yeah, something to ponder.
Now, I am not here to diagnose, treat,
or work on any specific medical condition.
I'm here to just put out information that this may help.
This is just something to take it into perspective
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and see what you think.
Now, if you like this information, you find it useful.
Please subscribe, please rate, please share my podcast
with other folks.
I am turning more towards what I'm seeing working.
I'm gonna be talking about that,
but also researched based actual good studies,
not ones on rats, human studies,
and really backing up information
(16:59):
so that you've got information
that is not just someone's opinion,
granted that I'm stating that I see a connection
between fatty liver and plateaus and weight loss
and difficulty losing weight.
But that and that information is out there.
But the point is, is what to do about it?
We need to make sure we are being accountable
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as a health profession, naturopaths, doctors,
whatever, whoever's giving this information out
that we have actual research based information
that we're giving out to.
Yes, anecdotal, but if there's anecdotal,
we tell you it's anecdotal, not research based on rats.
I can go on a soapbox, but I'm not going to do that to you guys.
All right.
So this is how the health fix podcast is going to be going forward, me talking, yes, some
(17:45):
interviews, but just definitely giving you information.
Hopefully this is helpful.
I hope you guys have a great day, whatever you're doing.
And if you're looking for information on certain topics, I may be able to help hit me
up at info@doctorjkrausend.com.
and let's see what we can do to help get more solid information out to the masses.
(18:06):
Have a great day, whatever you're doing.
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