What to Eat, What Not to Eat: A Look at Fatty Liver (English Edition)

Last Update: 3 August, 2026 | 10:15

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.

Author

Prof. Seyed-Moayed Alavian

Publisher

Brieflands

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

Persian 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.

Contact the publisher →Persian edition

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.