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The Effects of Fasting Diets on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Publisher Pubmed

Summary: Exploring the potential of fasting diets to combat the common liver condition, NAFLD. Could fasting be the key to better liver health? #Health #FastingDiets

Mokhtari Z1 ; Hosseini E1 ; Hekmatdoost A2 ; Haskey N3 ; Gibson DL3 ; Askari G1, 4
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  1. 1. Nutrition and Food Security Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Biology, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada
  4. 4. Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Source: Nutrition Reviews Published:2023


Abstract

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease in the world. There is no confirmed treatment for NAFLD as yet. Recently, fasting regimens and their relationship to NAFLD have drawn a great deal of attention in the literature. We review the current evidence that supports fasting diets as an adjunctive therapeutic strategy for patients with NAFLD and address potential action mechanisms. We reason that the fasting diets might be a promising approach for modulating hepatic steatosis, fibroblast growth factors 19 and 21 signaling, lipophagy, and the metabolic profile. © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Life Sciences Institute. All rights reserved.
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