Is Low Vitamin D Wrecking Your Liver? - AI Podcast

Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health

Briana Mercola

Health & Fitness, Health, Alternative Health

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Vitamin D deficiency is strongly linked to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a growing metabolic disorder that often develops silently until serious damage occurs
Research shows vitamin D controls liver function at the genetic level, activating fat-burning genes while suppressing fat storage, making it key for preventing and reversing liver damage
Vitamin D supplementation in studies significantly decreased liver fat, reduced inflammation and restored proper mitochondrial structure and function, especially in older subjects
Other essential nutrients for liver health include vitamins E, B12 and folate, which work together to regulate fat metabolism, reduce inflammation and support detoxification
Practical solutions include eliminating vegetable oils, which are high in linoleic acid, strategic sun exposure, testing your vitamin D levels (aiming for 60 to 80 ng/mL) and combining vitamin D3 with magnesium and K2 when supplementing

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0:00.0	Are you one of the millions who feel perfectly healthy, yet could be nurturing a silent threat
0:04.6	in your liver right now?
0:07.0	Welcome to Dr. Mercola's cellular wisdom.
0:09.7	Stay informed with quick, easy-to-listen summaries of our latest articles, perfect for when
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0:16.2	Subscribe for free at Mercola.com for the latest health insights. I'm Ethan Foster, joined by Alara Sky.
0:24.3	Today we're zeroing in on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, NAFLD, and why sustaining
0:29.8	strong vitamin D levels may be the decisive move that stops it before it starts.
0:34.5	NAAFLD is growing so fast that experts predict it will soon rival heart disease as
0:40.3	a primary metabolic disorder. The disturbing part is that it creeps in quietly. Most people discover
0:45.9	it after serious liver damage has already occurred. Research shows vitamin D deficiency is one
0:51.4	of the most consistent predictors, turning your liver from a fat
0:54.9	burning organ into a fat warehouse.
0:57.8	That shift is driven at the genetic level.
0:59.8	A study in experimental and molecular medicine compared aging mice with low vitamin D to those
1:05.5	given high dose D, 3.
1:08.1	The supplemented group saw liver fat melt away, liver weight normalize, and inflammation markers
1:13.4	plunge. Essentially, vitamin D reactivated genes that burn fat and silenced ones that store it.
1:19.9	The same study highlighted mitochondrial rescue. Aging mice lost a protein that organizes the inner
1:25.4	mitochondrial membrane. Without it, fat burning collapses.
1:29.6	Vitamin D restored that protein, repaired mitochondrial structure, and reignited energy production.
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