Fatty Liver Improves with Probiotics – High-Level Scientific Evidence

Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

Medical, Health, Functionalmedicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 11 February 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

The gut and the liver may be more connected than you expect: probiotics can reduce liver enzymes from non-alcoholic fatty liver. A recent meta-analysis showed that two liver enzymes, ALT and AST, a byproduct of liver damage, were significantly reduced in test patients when taking lactobacillus-bifidobacterium blends of probiotics. Insulin resistance also improved. If you’re struggling with a liver condition, it’s important to consider the impact of your gut health. https://drruscio.com/?p=28102

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0:27.1	The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat
0:32.1	any disease. Please do not apply any of this information without first speaking with your
0:36.4	doctor. Now, let's head to the show.
0:39.3	Hey everyone, this is Dr. Ruchel. I just wanted to quickly touch on the gut-liver connection.
0:45.3	Now, if you haven't heard of this, or if you're not familiar with the anatomy,
0:49.3	everything in your digestive tract drains to and is filtered by your liver via what's known as a portal vein.
0:56.0	And this is how we can see problems with the liver ultimately being caused by a problem in the gut.
1:03.0	And I'd like to share with you the results of a very exciting study, actually a meta-analysis,
1:08.0	which is a study that summarizes many studies that illustrates the
1:13.1	profundity of this connection. So the study I'll put the abstract up here on the screen,
1:16.8	it was entitled, Effects of Probiotics on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, a Meta-analysis.
1:23.8	And essentially what they found was two of the most prominent liver enzymes that will go high when people have problems with their liver.
1:33.5	The ALT and the AST were actually shown to be significantly reduced when using probiotics.
1:43.2	Hi everyone. Let's talk using probiotics.
1:45.2	Hi, everyone.
1:49.6	Let's talk about probiotics and bone broth, both of which have helped to make this podcast possible.
1:50.7	Now, you may know that kettle and fire is one of my favorite bone broth, and this is for
1:54.4	good reason.
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