{"id":1430,"date":"2026-08-10T04:53:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drshintani.com\/wordpress\/?p=1430"},"modified":"2026-08-10T04:53:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:53:58","slug":"the-one-thing-you-need-to-know-to-fix-fatty-liver-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drshintani.com\/wordpress\/2026\/08\/10\/the-one-thing-you-need-to-know-to-fix-fatty-liver-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"The One Thing You Need to Know to Fix Fatty Liver Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Most people don’t know this one fact about their liver \u2014 but understanding it is the key to understanding how to fix fatty liver disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every nutrient absorbed in your gut \u2014 from the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine \u2014 passes through the portal vein into the liver first. The liver processes and detoxifies everything before it’s sent throughout the rest of the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means when you consistently take in refined, calorie-dense foods \u2014 added sugar, added oils, fried food, alcohol, and white flour \u2014 all of that gets funneled directly into the liver first. Over time, the liver becomes overloaded. Unable to process and clear all of those excess calories, it starts storing them as fat cells within the liver itself. That’s how fatty liver disease develops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understanding this mechanism reframes the whole approach to fixing fatty liver disease: it’s not just about “eating healthier” in a general sense \u2014 it’s about reducing the specific load of refined, concentrated calories that the liver has to process every single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a full 7-step process on clearing fatty liver naturally, download the free eBook Health Secrets<\/em> at peacediet.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Dr. Terry Shintani, MD, JD, MPH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Terry Shintani is a Harvard-trained physician and nutritionist, named a Living Treasure of Hawai’i and recipient of the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Award for Excellence. He is the creator of the Peace Diet and the landmark Waianae Diet \u2014 published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition<\/em> and cited over 137 times \u2014 and the author of 16 books on natural health and nutrition, drawing on more than 35 years of clinical practice in Honolulu, Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Dr. Shintani’s work and recognition: NLM Native Voices<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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