Liver disease and difficulty losing weight

January 10, 2009

I know, this is a foreign concept to most of us who have a hard time

keeping weight on. But I was reading about glucose and the liver, and

learned how the liver can have a hard time processing glucose

properly, which turns to fat if not processed. I am wondering (and

yes, hoping) this can make it more difficult to lose weight. Like many

dieters, I focus a lot on fat consumption , and now cholesterol of

course, and forget about sugars in a lot of cases.

Thoughts?

ee

January 10, 2009

ee,

I don't know for sure, but the only time I loose weight is when I

develop a new health problem. With that said, I have just been put on

anew diet because I am having sugar and kidney problems by my

endocrinologist. I am to follow a Low Oxalate and Hypoglycemic Low

fat diet at 1500 calories daily. I am actually finding that I am

having trouble making the 1500 calories because of all the foods I

cannot eat with the Oxalates; However the book I am waiting on to help

me with this is on back order, so I hope it gets here soon. I am now

eating 6 times per day, counting my carbs (watching sugar) and

monitoring everything I eat. They tell me it could take a while to

feel better but I am willing to do this if it willhelp in the long

run. They want me to loose 20 pounds. I go back to the doctor on the

21st and will find out if I have lost any weight, I don't keep a scale

in my house.

If it helps, the doctor told me to follow the American Diabetic

Association Diet using the allowed foods form it and the Low OXalate

Diet, she said if I follow it I will be healthy.

My Primary Care doctor agreed with this and I emailed this information

to my hepatologist but have not gotten a reply about it yet and since

he has replied about other things, I am assuming (dangerous I know)

that he does not disagree.

Dawn

I always thought my trouble with weight loss was because of the

Thyroid disease; however.

>

> I know, this is a foreign concept to most of us who have a hard time

> keeping weight on. But I was reading about glucose and the liver, and

> learned how the liver can have a hard time processing glucose

> properly, which turns to fat if not processed. I am wondering (and

> yes, hoping) this can make it more difficult to lose weight. Like

many

> dieters, I focus a lot on fat consumption , and now cholesterol of

> course, and forget about sugars in a lot of cases.

> Thoughts?

>

> ee

>

January 10, 2009