Is this how fructose worsens the effect of high fat diets?

A new mouse study reveals that adding fructose to high fat diets disrupts fat burning in the liver through effects on fat oxidation genes and mitochondria.

High blood pressure control with ‘exercise in a pill’

Increased body levels of a compound that the liver makes could control high blood pressure without having to exercise or eat less salt, study suggests.

Keto diet: Scientists find link to diabetes risk

A mouse study finds that the liver becomes insulin resistant in the early stages of a ketogenic diet. Insulin resistance raises risk of type 2 diabetes.

What are the symptoms of low vitamin E?

Vitamin E is essential, and it is stored in the liver before being released into the bloodstream.

Fish oil may not be as healthful as you think, study finds

A new study finds that lifelong intake of fish or sunflower oil may damage the liver in a way that increases the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

What to eat if you have hepatitis C

Hepatitis C can damage the liver and lead to cirrhosis, or scarring of the liver. Damage to the liver may mean that a person needs to modify their diet.

Hepatitis A: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Hepatitis A is a viral infection of the liver that is spread person-to-person and via contaminated food and water. Learn more about the disease, its symptoms and treatment here.

Research team discovers backup system that helps sustain liver during crisis

Scientists from Montana State University and Sweden have discovered an antioxidant system that helps sustain the liver when other systems are missing or compromised.

Nutrition influences metabolism through circadian rhythms, UCI study finds

A high-fat diet affects the molecular mechanism controlling the internal body clock that regulates metabolic functions in the liver, UC Irvine scientists have found. Disruption of these circadian rhythms may contribute to metabolic distress ailments, such as diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure.There’s good news, though.

Liver, Dietary Proteins Key In Fertility

When you think about organs with an important role in reproduction, the liver most likely doesn’t spring to mind. But a new report in the February issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, shows that estrogen receptors in the liver are critical for maintaining fertility…

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