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Regenerative health : discover your metabolic type and renew your liver for life
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2024
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Dietician Kirkpatrick and gastroenterologist Hanouneh follow up their 2017 collaboration, Skinny Liver, with a helpful guide for improving liver health. According to the authors, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, in which eating lots of added sugars or simple carbs leads to fat buildup in the organ, affects "one in four people worldwide" but can be combatted with dietary and lifestyle changes. Kirkpatrick and Hanouneh outline four metabolic types and tell how each can avoid or reverse fat buildup in the liver. For instance, they recommend lean people with few risk factors follow a modified Mediterranean diet, which involves eating leafy greens and whole grains while limiting intake of red meat and sweets. For "non-lean" people with such risk factors as type 2 diabetes, the authors suggest a low-carb plan that entails cutting out pasta, bread, and sugar and loading up on such protein-rich foods as almonds and flaxseeds. The background on liver disease is informative without getting technical, and meal suggestions (many of which are accompanied by recipes) for each plan will help readers implement the advice (those on the moderate-carb plan might consider starting off their day with sweet potato hash, while low-carb dieters can choose from spicy pulled chicken or vegetarian lasagna for dinner). It amounts to a sound dietary program for helping out the liver. Agent: Bonnie Solow, Solow Literary. (Feb.)
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The authors of Skinny Liver offer a new look at liver disease through four types of conditions and deliver practical plans for liver health.

Your liver plays a key role in your health, affecting chronic inflammation, heart health, mental health, cognitive health, and metabolic health (including type 2 diabetes). Yet most people aren't aware of its power--and are unknowingly sabotaging their liver health. Medical understanding has evolved to reveal that metabolic health is the best indicator of fatty liver risk, meaning that treating fatty liver disease is less about losing weight (and the unhealthy diet culture that accompanies it) and more about adopting smart lifestyle habits to reduce your risk. Based on the most up-to-date research, Regenerative Health introduces the four metabolic profiles--the Preventer, the Fine-Tuner, the Re-calibrator, and the Regenerator-and an easy assessment. Once you determine your type, you'll follow easy steps to customize your Regenerative Health eating and lifestyle plan.



With practical tips on nutrition, exercise, and wellness; meal suggestions; recipes; and recommended snacks, Regenerative Health will help you treat your current liver issues and also help you prevent more from developing. Whether you already have a diagnosis or simply want to be feel as good as you can, experts Kristin Kirkpatrick and Ibrahim Hanouneh give you the knowledge and the tools to take charge of your health.
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