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An excellent, albeit a bit technical review article in Alternative Medicine Review by Lyn Patrick on “Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease”. One of the treatments detailed here is magnesium, which again I am already taking.
So a couple of days ago, about the time I started to lose weight, I started taking milk thistle for my fatty liver. I’ll let you know how I do in thinning both my body and my liver.
Update (9-1-06)
Researchers in Japan reported at the American Diabetes Association's 66th Scientific Sessions in June that a drug that some people already take to help control their blood glucose will also treat nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This is the most common form of fatty liver, which I have.
The drug is Starlix (nateglinide). I wrote about when it first appeared six years ago.
The Japanese researchers have now concluded that "Nateglinide may decrease liver fat content and may be beneficial for the treatment for NAFLD in patients with IGT [impaired glucose tolerance] or type 2 DM."
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