Fatty liver is sign of a sick liver and a sick pancreas #fattyliver #nafld #lustig #sugar #diabetes
Short monologue explaining that insulin released by the pancreas goes to the liver via the portal vein, making the liver a primary insulin target; argues that fatty liver (NAFLD) indicates a sick liver and impaired pancreas. The speaker contrasts two obese individuals — one with 2.6% liver fat (labelled metabolically healthy obese) and one with 24% liver fat (labelled metabolic syndrome/NAFLD) — to illustrate risk.
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To the liver via the portal vein.
2.6% (metabolically healthy obese) and 24% (NAFLD/metabolic syndrome).
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