Vitamin D Therapy Could Be A Powerful Weapon In The Fight Against Liver Fibrosis
Liver fibrosis results from an excessive accumulation of tough, fibrous scar tissue and occurs in most types of chronic liver diseases. In industrialized countries, the main causes of liver injury leading to fibrosis include chronic hepatitis virus infection, excess alcohol consumption and, increasingly, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)…
April 29, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chronic-liver, excess-alcohol, excessive-accumulation, fibrosis-include, fibrosis-results, fibrous-scar, liver-injury, most-types, nash, oncalldiets, the-main, virus-infection
Coffee Consumption Reduces Fibrosis Risk In Those With Fatty Liver Disease
Caffeine consumption has long been associated with decreased risk of liver disease and reduced fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease. Now, newly published research confirms that coffee caffeine consumption reduces the risk of advanced fibrosis in those with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)…
February 6, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: advanced-fibrosis, caffeine-consumption, chronic-liver, diet, fatty-liver, liver-disease, nafld, newly-published, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, reduces-the-risk, research-confirms, risk
Hepatitis C Treatment Response Improved By Drinking Coffee
Advanced hepatitis C patients with chronic liver disease may benefit from drinking coffee during treatment, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute…
June 8, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: aga, association, chronic-liver, diet, disease-may, drinking-coffee, during-treatment, gastroenterology, new-study, nutritional counseling, official, the-official
