After reading a recent column on spirulina, MH from Dothan, Alabama, writes: “Will spirulina have an adverse effect on fatty liver disease? And do you have other information or suggestions for dealing with fatty liver disease?”
Dear MH, I’ll answer your second question first, because I have a lot of nutrition information about fatty liver disease. According to a 2019 review article on this subject in the International Journal of Biological Sciences, a person’s diet is one of the major factors that leads to the development of fatty liver disease.
The proper name for the condition is nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD. That means it is not caused by alcohol, but it affects the liver in much the same way.
