Koys (Chicago) on 05/01/2025
Thanks for the information about Astaxanthin.
After about a year of taking Nattokinase of 12,000FU (divided in3x4000FU/day), I was very surprised to see few days ago my liver enzymes to get very high, as well as the total cholesterol to jump from 250 to 307 in 9 months (with no changes in a vegetarian diet with milk).
Now I do not know where to go from here. I wonder - may be 3 times per day is bad idea. what if I take 12 000 at once and so on... Any word is appreciated!
noel (merced, ca) on 09/08/2024
Niacin, also known as vitamin B3, may help treat nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in a number of ways, including:
Niacin is a common vitamin found in many foods, including meat, fish, brown rice, bananas, and fortified foods. It has many functions, including converting nutrients into energy, creating cholesterol and fats, and DNA replication and repair. You will want to avoid sugars, corn syrup, processed foods such as flour & corn.
There are a few different kinds of Niacin: Nicotinic Acid (flush niacin), Nicotinamide also called Niacinamide and last, Inositol Hexanicotinate. Nicotinic Acid (Flush Niacin) will produce a flushing fever like effect that can last an hour even at small doses 125mg - 250mg may be too much for people to handle due to the heat / fever-like effects it has. I recommend taking very small ammont and working your tolerance up. You can use cold washcloth if flushing is too hot.
The second type of niacin, Nicotinamide/Niacinamide on the other hand does not produce the flushing effect and is reported to be effective.
The last type of Niacin: Inositol Hexanictinate may also have beneficial effects but I have found no studies backing its effectiveness for NAFLD.
The main caveat with using Niacin for NAFLD is that you can over do it. I would space out dosage and not exceed 300mg per day as higher doses have been reported to have adverse effects on liver. for this reason, I would definitely recommend trying Niacin as your last resort if other home remedies such as probiotics or lemon & apple cider vinegar water did not work
Tina (Australia) on 12/14/2022
Diane S. (Denton TX) on 12/14/2022
On p. 320 of The Perfect Health Diet by Paul and SouChing Jaminet, hardcover ed. Dec 2012, it says, “Choline supplementation rapidly cured fatty liver disease. In a mere twelve days, supplemental choline can reduce liver fat from 15 percent to 4 percent.”
There are footnotes but you have to access them online. Notes may be found at www.perfecthealthdiet.com/notes/#Ch35. The note referenced is note 20.
I believe I had read about choline as well in one of Robert Atkins’s books.
linwik (wv) on 12/14/2022
Do you know if astaxanthin is a blood thinner? I ask because I had a spontaneous hyphema after starting to take this. I've stopped taking it but would like to again. many thanks.
Sarah (Winter Park FL) on 12/14/2022
Such a timely article regarding fatty liver. I am struggling with this and want to focus in on solutions. Do you take melatonin during the day or only at night? What is the best E to take? I've taken this in the past but not sure it's the best form: Jarrow Formulas, Toco-Sorb, Mixed Tocotrienols and Vitamin E.
Also, do you take the 24mg astaxanthin all at once or split throughout the day? Do you think milk thistle and/or dandelion are good add ons?
Earth Clinic on 12/02/2022
https://www.earthclinic.com/cures/nonalcoholic-fatty-liver-disease.html
Thank you, Art!
