What your elevated liver enzymes really mean: The truth about fatty liver
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Have you ever opened your lab results and noticed those scary highlighted numbers next to AST or ALT? It’s enough to make anyone panic. Before you start Googling “liver damage,” join Dr. Vickie for a fun, fact-filled trip to mini medical school.
In this episode of Healthy Looks Great on You, Dr. Vickie explains what liver enzymes really measure, why fatty liver has become the most common liver disease in the world, and—most importantly—what you can do to heal your liver naturally.
You’ll learn the difference between AST, ALT, and Alk Phos (without needing a biochemistry degree), how diet, stress, and sleep impact your liver health, and why your liver has an incredible ability to repair itself. Spoiler alert: you don’t need a “cleanse” or detox tea—you just need the 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine.
This is real science made simple—with a few cheesy jokes thrown in for good measure.
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