Q They say fatty liver improves just by adjusting your diet. Do I really just need to eat less rice? Do I have to exercise?
A Fatty liver improves with diet alone, but the effect is much greater when you exercise too. In particular, combining aerobic and strength exercise removes liver fat better and improves insulin resistance. Rather than extreme fasting, a balance of diet plus exercise is safer and easier to sustain.
Detailed Answer
Cutting down on portion sizes, refined carbs, and sugary drinks does actually reduce liver fat. However, drastic fasting by just skipping meals leads to muscle loss and rebound weight gain, and can even burden the liver. Aerobic exercise burns fat in the liver, while strength training increases the muscle that consumes sugar and improves insulin resistance, so combining diet and exercise is the surest approach.
Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective
At Dongjedang, we place weight on building "a body that burns well" rather than just "eating less." It's not about losing weight briefly by starving, but about clearing accumulated surplus while reviving metabolism so it turns on its own. When you tend to the body's metabolic flow alongside diet and exercise, liver values and belly fat come down together without strain.
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