Dr. Ibrahim Hanouneh

And, and what happened when you have fatty liver disease, your liver is overwhelmed. There's so much fat inflammation, et cetera. So some of the bad guys going to get in and, and that's going to affect your body. That's going to lead to fatigue. you know, sometimes pain in the right upper side of your belly, and then eventually, obviously, liver damage, liver cirrhosis.

Yeah, I can take that one. And just to make it simple, fatty liver is, as the name implies, it's fat in the liver. If I show you a picture of fatty liver, you will see literally a whitish kind of liver with a lot of fat in it. And what happens if you have fat in the liver for a long period of time, that fat will break down. And when the fat breaks down, it causes inflammation.

Yeah, I can take that one. And just to make it simple, fatty liver is, as the name implies, it's fat in the liver. If I show you a picture of fatty liver, you will see literally a whitish kind of liver with a lot of fat in it. And what happens if you have fat in the liver for a long period of time, that fat will break down. And when the fat breaks down, it causes inflammation.

Yeah, I can take that one. And just to make it simple, fatty liver is, as the name implies, it's fat in the liver. If I show you a picture of fatty liver, you will see literally a whitish kind of liver with a lot of fat in it. And what happens if you have fat in the liver for a long period of time, that fat will break down. And when the fat breaks down, it causes inflammation.

The inflammatory cells will come in. and get excited, and that's going to cause inflammation in the liver. And when you have inflammation over a long period of time, that will leave some damage, some scarring tissue. We call it the medical term fibrosis.

The inflammatory cells will come in. and get excited, and that's going to cause inflammation in the liver. And when you have inflammation over a long period of time, that will leave some damage, some scarring tissue. We call it the medical term fibrosis.

The inflammatory cells will come in. and get excited, and that's going to cause inflammation in the liver. And when you have inflammation over a long period of time, that will leave some damage, some scarring tissue. We call it the medical term fibrosis.

And when the scarring tissue, when fibrosis builds up, that will eventually lead to cirrhosis of the liver, which obviously can affect the function, the engine inside the liver, which leads to liver failure and need for liver transplantation.

And when the scarring tissue, when fibrosis builds up, that will eventually lead to cirrhosis of the liver, which obviously can affect the function, the engine inside the liver, which leads to liver failure and need for liver transplantation.

And when the scarring tissue, when fibrosis builds up, that will eventually lead to cirrhosis of the liver, which obviously can affect the function, the engine inside the liver, which leads to liver failure and need for liver transplantation.

Yeah, I mean, I see it in my practice all the time. You know, there is a stigma with liver disease. When somebody has liver disease, it's like, like Kristen said, well, wait a second, I've never had, you know, significant alcohol. How come? You know, when you say liver disease, people think alcohol.

Yeah, I mean, I see it in my practice all the time. You know, there is a stigma with liver disease. When somebody has liver disease, it's like, like Kristen said, well, wait a second, I've never had, you know, significant alcohol. How come? You know, when you say liver disease, people think alcohol.

Yeah, I mean, I see it in my practice all the time. You know, there is a stigma with liver disease. When somebody has liver disease, it's like, like Kristen said, well, wait a second, I've never had, you know, significant alcohol. How come? You know, when you say liver disease, people think alcohol.

But really now the most common cause of liver disease is by far fatty liver associated with metabolic risk factor, diabetes, you know, overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, you know, those kind of things. Yeah. And on the note of the name fatty liver, I agree. It's a really good point. It's misleading. You know, people think if I eat fat, I'm going to get fatty liver. Makes sense.

But really now the most common cause of liver disease is by far fatty liver associated with metabolic risk factor, diabetes, you know, overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, you know, those kind of things. Yeah. And on the note of the name fatty liver, I agree. It's a really good point. It's misleading. You know, people think if I eat fat, I'm going to get fatty liver. Makes sense.

But really now the most common cause of liver disease is by far fatty liver associated with metabolic risk factor, diabetes, you know, overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, you know, those kind of things. Yeah. And on the note of the name fatty liver, I agree. It's a really good point. It's misleading. You know, people think if I eat fat, I'm going to get fatty liver. Makes sense.

Well, it's wrong. If you eat carbs, you will get fatty liver. If you eat too much sugar, you will get fatty liver. The problem is with sugar, not with fat. And true.

Well, it's wrong. If you eat carbs, you will get fatty liver. If you eat too much sugar, you will get fatty liver. The problem is with sugar, not with fat. And true.

Well, it's wrong. If you eat carbs, you will get fatty liver. If you eat too much sugar, you will get fatty liver. The problem is with sugar, not with fat. And true.

Dr. Ibrahim, I'll let you, you'll say it absolutely correctly. I'll have a word off.