The English edition of the Brieflands guide to diet and fatty liver disease. Prof. Seyed-Moayed Alavian sets out what food does to the liver, and answers the two questions patients actually ask: what should we eat, and what should we avoid?
English edition — diet and liver health
What to Eat, What Not to Eat: A Look at Fatty Liver
Nutrition is no longer simply a way of satisfying hunger — it is one of the strongest determinants of health there is. This book examines what food does to the liver, and answers the two questions patients ask most often.
Publisher
Language
English
ISBN-13
978-90-8351-734-6
Cataloguing
Registered in the Netherlands; Iranian record 978-622-88156-3-3
Subject
Nutrition, fatty liver disease, non-communicable disease prevention
Other edition
Audience
Patients with fatty liver, and the general public
Interested in this book?
The English edition is published by Brieflands. For copies, institutional orders, or translation rights, contact the publisher directly. A Persian edition is also available.
About this book
In today's world, nutrition is no longer just a means of satisfying hunger; it is recognised as one of the most critical determinants of health and quality of life. The World Health Organization has emphasised that non-communicable diseases, fatty liver disease among them, are among the greatest public health challenges of this century.
Fatty liver disease is tied directly to lifestyle and dietary choice, and rising consumption of processed food, added sugar, and unhealthy fats has turned it into a global epidemic. This book responds by examining the impact of food on liver health — raising public awareness and setting out what the science supports.
Preventing and managing fatty liver disease improves individual quality of life, and it is also a step toward the WHO's global goals for reducing the burden of non-communicable disease: access to nutritional information, better diets, and lower prevalence of lifestyle-related illness. All of those depend on awareness followed by action.
I hope this book serves as a bridge to healthier living and improved global health, offering answers to questions that are becoming increasingly important: what should we eat, and what should we avoid?Prof. Seyed-Moayed Alavian — from the introduction
What the book covers
Food and the liver
How diet influences hepatic fat, inflammation, and liver function.
What to eat
The foods and eating patterns that support liver health.
What to avoid
Processed food, added sugar, and unhealthy fats — and why they matter here.
A global epidemic
Why fatty liver disease has spread with changes in the modern diet.
Prevention and management
Practical dietary steps for people already diagnosed.
The public health frame
Fatty liver within the WHO agenda on non-communicable disease.
Note. This book provides general dietary education and is not a personalised nutrition plan or a substitute for medical care. Fatty liver must be diagnosed and staged by a physician, and other liver conditions can present similarly. Readers with diabetes, advanced liver disease, or kidney disease, and anyone on prescribed medication, should agree dietary changes with their physician or a registered dietitian.