Kristin Kirkpatrick

It speaks to its resilience. And it's not going to give you a lot of kind of the like hard signs in the first few stages. You can go a long time without feeling some of the more aggressive approaches to it. I'm feeling this and I must have fatty liver. So for me as a dietician, a lot of times my patients are coming in saying, I'm just tired. Maybe my skin's not great. I don't know what's going on.

Maybe nothing. But what do you think? And then once we delve a little bit deeper, we can see that they're at risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Maybe nothing. But what do you think? And then once we delve a little bit deeper, we can see that they're at risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Maybe nothing. But what do you think? And then once we delve a little bit deeper, we can see that they're at risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Yeah, so the liver is involved in essentially every metabolic process that the body has. In our first book, Skinny Liver, we used a Rodney Dangerfield quote in the very beginning of it, and we said that the liver kind of is always screaming out, I'm not getting any respect. All the respects go into the heart, into the brain, and rightfully so, they're important organs as well.

Yeah, so the liver is involved in essentially every metabolic process that the body has. In our first book, Skinny Liver, we used a Rodney Dangerfield quote in the very beginning of it, and we said that the liver kind of is always screaming out, I'm not getting any respect. All the respects go into the heart, into the brain, and rightfully so, they're important organs as well.

Yeah, so the liver is involved in essentially every metabolic process that the body has. In our first book, Skinny Liver, we used a Rodney Dangerfield quote in the very beginning of it, and we said that the liver kind of is always screaming out, I'm not getting any respect. All the respects go into the heart, into the brain, and rightfully so, they're important organs as well.

But the liver really takes care of every single process that we see from a macronutrient standpoint. So for example, when we look at sugar and we look at our consumption of carbohydrates and what happens to insulin, to glucose, to the stored form of glycogen, the liver plays a role in making sure that our blood sugar is constantly at a balanced level. And it adjusts it as necessary.

But the liver really takes care of every single process that we see from a macronutrient standpoint. So for example, when we look at sugar and we look at our consumption of carbohydrates and what happens to insulin, to glucose, to the stored form of glycogen, the liver plays a role in making sure that our blood sugar is constantly at a balanced level. And it adjusts it as necessary.

But the liver really takes care of every single process that we see from a macronutrient standpoint. So for example, when we look at sugar and we look at our consumption of carbohydrates and what happens to insulin, to glucose, to the stored form of glycogen, the liver plays a role in making sure that our blood sugar is constantly at a balanced level. And it adjusts it as necessary.

And oftentimes we don't think about the liver being part of that, right? We think about the pancreas and we just think about insulin. But the reactions that occur with blood sugar management are all tied back to the liver. When the liver feels that there is too much sugar or they can't use the sugar, then the liver is going to store some of that sugar as fat.

And oftentimes we don't think about the liver being part of that, right? We think about the pancreas and we just think about insulin. But the reactions that occur with blood sugar management are all tied back to the liver. When the liver feels that there is too much sugar or they can't use the sugar, then the liver is going to store some of that sugar as fat.

And oftentimes we don't think about the liver being part of that, right? We think about the pancreas and we just think about insulin. But the reactions that occur with blood sugar management are all tied back to the liver. When the liver feels that there is too much sugar or they can't use the sugar, then the liver is going to store some of that sugar as fat.

So it also has a role in lipid metabolism, in cholesterol. So when we're eating fat, it has a role in how the breakdown of fatty acids are as well. And then from a protein perspective, the liver is involved in making sure that amino acids can be converted into energy.

So it also has a role in lipid metabolism, in cholesterol. So when we're eating fat, it has a role in how the breakdown of fatty acids are as well. And then from a protein perspective, the liver is involved in making sure that amino acids can be converted into energy.

So it also has a role in lipid metabolism, in cholesterol. So when we're eating fat, it has a role in how the breakdown of fatty acids are as well. And then from a protein perspective, the liver is involved in making sure that amino acids can be converted into energy.

So as a dietician, the kind of 101 of what I learned over 20 years ago, the basics are that our macronutrients, our carbohydrates, our protein, our fats, all of that somehow has to get converted into energy. And that's what we use as fuel. The liver plays a role in that conversion factor in every single one of these things.

So as a dietician, the kind of 101 of what I learned over 20 years ago, the basics are that our macronutrients, our carbohydrates, our protein, our fats, all of that somehow has to get converted into energy. And that's what we use as fuel. The liver plays a role in that conversion factor in every single one of these things.

So as a dietician, the kind of 101 of what I learned over 20 years ago, the basics are that our macronutrients, our carbohydrates, our protein, our fats, all of that somehow has to get converted into energy. And that's what we use as fuel. The liver plays a role in that conversion factor in every single one of these things.

And this is why it's so linked to things like heart disease, like type two diabetes, et cetera. But really from a metabolic process, this is why we refer to it as kind of like the main thing that makes everything go, that makes everything communicate to one another. All of those organs are important, the heart, the brain, but the liver is what is making everything actually function.