Hey there. I hope you are doing great today. I wanted to share with you an interested study that I read the other day that will effect your weight depending on how you are currently eating.
The study was from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. What researchers did was look at how simple sugars or carbohydates effected fat deposits on the liver. So they fed participants 1000kcal or more of simple carbohydrates per day for 3 weeks. By doing so they found that participants saw an increase in 27% in liver fat with a 2% increase in body weight.
So what exactly does this mean? Well I'm glad you asked. Basically our liver plays a crucial role is metabolism of fat, carbs, and proteins. When the liver gets overloaded with work fat deposits start to build up. Picture Lucy working the conveyer belt. The liver gets backed up and results in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. You guessed it. The same thing can happen in alcoholics. If you drink too much on a regular basis it can result in alcoholic fatty liver disease. The results are the same; weight gain, slowed metabolism, metabolic disease, insulin resistance, diabetes, and even liver failure.
So they are finding that consuming too much simple sugars on a regular basis can lead to the same liver damage as drinking too much alcohol. Imagine if you do both! While it seems rare that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease results in death it is a possibility. More common it will lead to insulin resistance, weight gain, and metabolic disease.
And now for the good news. After they overfed these individuals for three weeks they placed them on a low simple sugar diet for 6 months. During this time they lose 4% of their body weight and 25% of their liver fat. So this problem may not be permanent. Although it only took 3 weeks to cause significant damage and 6 MONTHS to almost get back to where they were.
This is just another example of how just a few weeks of a bad diet and cause months of issues. While it is great news these problems can be fixed, you better be ready for some serious work to get your liver functioning better. So make sure you are watching how much simple sugar is in your diet. You liver might be getting fat which is making it harder and harder for you to burn fat and carbohydrates, even if you workout.
You Stay Healthy San Diego!
Mike Deibler MS, CSCS
www.sandiegopremiertraining.com
www.myworkoutcreator.com
So what exactly does this mean? Well I'm glad you asked. Basically our liver plays a crucial role is metabolism of fat, carbs, and proteins. When the liver gets overloaded with work fat deposits start to build up. Picture Lucy working the conveyer belt. The liver gets backed up and results in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. You guessed it. The same thing can happen in alcoholics. If you drink too much on a regular basis it can result in alcoholic fatty liver disease. The results are the same; weight gain, slowed metabolism, metabolic disease, insulin resistance, diabetes, and even liver failure.
So they are finding that consuming too much simple sugars on a regular basis can lead to the same liver damage as drinking too much alcohol. Imagine if you do both! While it seems rare that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease results in death it is a possibility. More common it will lead to insulin resistance, weight gain, and metabolic disease.
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| This is your liver on sugar. Any questions? |
This is just another example of how just a few weeks of a bad diet and cause months of issues. While it is great news these problems can be fixed, you better be ready for some serious work to get your liver functioning better. So make sure you are watching how much simple sugar is in your diet. You liver might be getting fat which is making it harder and harder for you to burn fat and carbohydrates, even if you workout.
You Stay Healthy San Diego!
Mike Deibler MS, CSCS
www.sandiegopremiertraining.com
www.myworkoutcreator.com
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