It only takes a month of eating sugar
Dr. Martin on how fast fatty liver starts:
Dr. Martin, The Doctor Is In, Episode 1217It only takes a month of eating sugar to get fatty liver. You don't get fatty liver from eating fat. You get fatty liver from sugar and what is the biggest culprit of all sugars? The new kid on the block that's been around for 40 years now, invented by man, high fructose corn syrup, the worst of the worst of the worst for fatty liver. So 30 days you start the process of fatty liver. That's a terrible thing. Now the good news is, okay, in six days of eliminating sugar, of eliminating high fructose corn syrup, you can start the healing process and emptying of the liver only takes six days.
Fatty liver is an epidemic today
Dr. Martin on an epidemic:
Dr. Martin, The Doctor Is In, Episode 1598Fatty liver is an epidemic today. I don't use that word lightly. I mean it guys. It's an epidemic today. And the study that I just was mentioning was talking about how young it starts. I actually started seeing in my late years of practice, fatty liver in children in my office. I would've never ever guessed, well, I'll bring you back to the seventies as old as that atlas is. They don't even mention fatty liver. It's not in my medical textbooks, okay? You can read through them. Fatty liver is not even in there. Cirrhosis is okay. Cirrhosis, we studied cirrhosis of the liver, but I tell you, I never studied fatty liver non-existent.
"You don't get fatty liver from eating fat."
Dr. Martin, The Doctor Is In, Episode 1217It packs up the Costco parking lot
Dr. Martin on what a packed liver does:
Dr. Martin, The Doctor Is In, Episode 940So the first thing that happens, it starts packing up the liver, fatty liver, It packs up the Costco parking lot. That ain't good. When that fat surrounds the liver, inside the liver and around liver, the body will do two things. Store fat. Store, store, store. And you see obesity. I call it die obesity and triglycerides go up. You know that? Why? Because when that liver gets packed up, the way the body tries to empty it is, they get triglycerides. The triglycerides are already stored in the liver and they send them out into the bloodstream.
Coke and Pepsi switched
Dr. Martin on high fructose corn syrup:
Dr. Martin, The Doctor Is In, Episode 1132Remember Coke and Pepsi switched in 19, was it 84? They switched their sugar, they switched to what they thought was a healthy sugar. They were lied to high fructose corn syrup. It's a liquid, even though it's solid, it's liquid, and it goes directly to the liver. Damages the liver, it fills the liver up with fat instantly.
Fatty liver is silent
Dr. Martin on why fatty liver goes undetected:
Dr. Martin, The Doctor Is In, Episode 950The problem with fatty liver is this is silent. Fatty liver is silent and you will never detect fatty liver. I know they can detect it on an ultrasound or whatever, but you know, why would you go get an ultrasound if you're, you know, doctors don't. I'm not looking for fatty liver. Why are you even worried about it? Your liver enzymes are not elevated. I don't wait for that. My friend kids, children have fatty liver. They don't know it, but it doesn't end well. Fatty liver, heart disease, fatty liver, brain, it's connected.
Your liver is the home of detoxification
Dr. Martin on the liver and toxins:
Dr. Martin, The Doctor Is In, Episode 1592Your liver is the home of the major detoxification of your body. Your liver is that organ. So what's going to happen if a person gets fatty liver? They accumulate heavy metals, they accumulate toxins, they don't make enough glutathione. Plus, when you get fatty liver, you're increasing your triglycerides, lowering your HDL.
