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#8 of 12: Know This Number : How to Lower Liver Enzymes Naturally & Live Longer | Dr Colbert MD Ep 7

Do You Know Your Number? Liver Health & Fatty Liver

In this episode, Dr. Colbert (with Kyle & Meredith) covers liver enzymes (ALT/AST), fatty liver progression, tests like FibroScan/MR elastography, and practical steps to restore liver health.

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📺 Do You Know Your Number? – Episode 8: Liver Health & Fatty Liver Disease

🔑 Key Takeaways

  1. Why the Liver Matters

    • The liver has over 500 vital functions, including detoxification, breaking down fats, storing nutrients, and producing clotting factors.

    • When the liver fails, the whole body fails.

  2. Major Causes of Liver Failure

    • #1 Alcohol abuse (alcoholic liver disease)

    • #2 Viral hepatitis

    • #3 Fatty liver disease (NAFLD) – now affecting 25% of adults and 5–10% of children in America.

  3. Know Your Liver Numbers

    • Key tests: ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

    • Healthy range: 35 or less

    • Danger signs: ALT/AST > 40 (trouble), >100 (serious), >200 (dire)

    • If ALT/AST and hsCRP (inflammation marker) are elevated → high risk of fibrosis and cirrhosis.

  4. Stages of Liver Damage

    • Fatty liver → inflammation → fibrosis → cirrhosis → liver failure.

    • Fibrosis shrinks the liver from the size of a football to a small cantaloupe.

  5. Silent Warning Signs

    • Early stages often have no symptoms—may just feel fatigued.

    • Swelling in abdomen and legs, sudden weight gain (50–100 lbs of fluid), and enlarged spleen are late signs of failure.

🍽️ Foods & Habits That Damage the Liver

  • Worst culprits:

    • High-fructose corn syrup, sugar, fruit juice, dried fruit, honey, maple syrup.

    • Processed carbs: white bread, flour, pasta, potatoes.

    • Bad fats: hydrogenated oils, fried foods, seed oils.

  • High-risk groups:

    • People with obesity, prediabetes, diabetes, or metabolic syndrome (belly fat, high BP, high triglycerides, insulin resistance).

✅ How to Restore and Protect Your Liver

  1. Lifestyle Changes

    • Follow Beyond Keto or Keto Zone (low sugar, low processed foods, Mediterranean-based).

    • Intermittent fasting to burn fat and reduce inflammation.

    • Exercise to burn belly fat.

    • Increase fiber intake (Fiber Zone, vegetables, nuts).

    • Avoid alcohol.

  2. Supplements for Liver Support

    • Nano Glutathione (Spray or Dropper) – powerful antioxidant for detox and liver protection.

    • Liver & Gallbladder Cleanse – contains milk thistle, alpha-lipoic acid, beetroot, and artichoke to support detox pathways.

    • High phenolic olive oil – helps protect the liver.

  3. Medical Support

    • Tests: FibroScan or MR Elastography to measure fibrosis.

    • For obesity-related fatty liver: GLP-1 agonists (like semaglutide) can help reverse fat buildup.

🙏 Spiritual Insight

  • God’s best is not that you need a miracle, but that you walk in divine health daily.

  • Taking care of your body is partnering with God so you can live long and strong for your children and grandchildren.

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Don Colbert, MD, has been board-certified in family practice and in anti-aging and integrative medicine for more than 25 years. He is the medical director of the Divine Health Wellness Center, where he has treated more than 50,000 patients, and a New York Times bestselling author of books including The Seven Pillars of Health, What Would Jesus Eat?, Deadly Emotions and Keto Zone Diet, with more than ten million books sold. He hosts Dr. Colbert's Broadcast with his wife Mary and son Kyle, where faith meets functional medicine. He and Mary live in Orlando, Florida and Dallas, Texas.