Fatty liver or fatty liver disease is a condition in which fat accumulates in the cells of your liver. This means that you liver no longer does its job of breaking down fats. There are several symptoms of fatty liver, including gaining belly fat, fatigue, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, nausea, fever, to mention a few.

There are many causes of this disease, like malnutrition and obesity. However, one of the main causes of having a fatty liver is alcoholism. Although this disease is reversible, if left untreated, it can lead to cirrhosis and cancer.

What happens during alcoholism? Alcohol is fatty, thus requiring your liver to work extra hours to break down that fat and to fight the alcohol that isn’t good for your body. If you drink too much alcohol, your liver cells becomes overloaded and overworked and are thus slowed down. When this happens, fat is not broken down completely and it stays on your liver. If this continues, your cells begin to lose their life and they begin to stop functioning. This is something that you should avoid.

If you’ve already been diagnosed with having this fatty liver due to alcoholism, then you can do the following:

• Stop drinking any alcoholic beverage. You cannot do this in moderation. If you are trying to recover, then you should stop drinking completely. You can ask help or go to a rehab center to achieve this, but you have to stop drinking.
• Change your diet. Make sure that the food you eat are high in fiber, low in calorie, fat, and cholesterol. Increase your intake of fruits and vegetables and try to avoid meat and all the other dairy products like milk, cheese, etc.
• Exercise. You should be able to find the right kind and amount of exercise to bring your liver back to its original, healthy self.

Doing these things would be your first few steps to having your healthy liver back. However, you should still follow these up with liver treatments. Make sure that the treatments are natural so as not to damage your liver more.