I was at the doctors yesterday and had a blood test he said my liver enzymes were a little elevated. He wants me to come back again in a month to check again. Last blood test 4 months ago was fine. He thinks it might be from the diet any thoughts? On a positive note. I broke through the plateau and down to 248. Down 39 downs. Eighteen more to be eligible for hip replacement.
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Posted by Pam T on 5/21/2019, 7:18 pm, in reply to "Question?" Edited by board administrator 5/21/2019, 7:43 pm
Congratulations on the fantastic weight loss Barbara!
Having elevated liver enzymes is not unusual for those with metabolic issues. Obvious one is obesity, but even thin people can have a fatty liver from poor diet. Our high carbohydrate American diets are the cause. With elevated insulin levels required to manage the dietary sugars and carbohydrate, our cells become insulin resistant and the energy can not be used. The carbohydrate we eat gets converted in to fat and stuffed in the liver for storage. If the diet remains high in carbohydrate that stored fat is never tapped for energy, more gets stuffed in, and just sits there causing inflammation and eventually elevated liver enzymes. This leads to NAFLD, or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It can actually lead to cirrhosis if lifestyle is not corrected and the person continues to eat and drink carbs and sugar.
Weight loss can sometimes show slight elevation of liver enzymes like yours. As the fat is being mobilized from the liver it can be a transient sign of this. Ketosis is considered a great treatment for fatty liver. Because it drives down the insulin and causes the body to convert over to using fat storage for energy, all your organs and other tissues that have been hoarding fat will now be releasing it
Your Dr does not have any data to support his idea that being on Cambridge is the cause of your enzymes being elevated from the previous test 4 months ago. It's just an easy thing to pin it on. Liver enzymes can get elevated from disease, alcohol abuse, or carbohydrate over-consumption. Non-alcoholic fatty liver is very common in overweight/obese people. So is insulin resistance and these are often unknown early signs of impending diabetes. I was told my liver enzymes were elevated before I lost my weight on Cambridge. I did not know that it was an early warning sign of my insulin resistance and diabetes.
Stick with your program. You are healing from the inside out.
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Posted by Barbara F. on 5/21/2019, 8:33 pm, in reply to "Re: Question?"
He did not tell me to stop. He is checking again in a month. Before I started everything was normal before. My sugar and everything else is ok. I guess I will see what happens.
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Posted by Pam T on 5/23/2019, 11:31 pm, in reply to "Re: Question?"
It can be a process. Some things may appear to get worse while they are getting better. It's a common occurrence when healing naturally. It's actually called a "healing crisis" in the natural health field. It can take a few months for your body to do all the work, but you are on the right track.
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Posted by Barbara F. on 5/24/2019, 4:21 pm, in reply to "Re: Question?"
Not sure what you mean by this? Can you clarify. I went to the gym today even no my sciatica was causing me agonizing pain. Has anybody tried cbd oil for pain. If so from what company and what strength?