{"id":2273,"date":"2008-07-19T09:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-19T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/?p=2273"},"modified":"2008-07-19T09:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-19T14:54:00","slug":"id-probably-make-good-foie-gras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/?p=2273","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;d probably make good foie gras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, the doc says my elevated liver enzymes are probably due to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liverfoundation.org\/education\/info\/fattyliver\/\">fatty liver<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What this can eventually lead to:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fatty liver may cause no damage, but sometimes the excess fat leads to inflammation of the liver. This condition, called steatohepatitis, does cause liver damage.[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>An inflamed liver may become scarred and hardened over time. This condition, called cirrhosis, is serious and often leads to liver failure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Things I&#8217;m supposed to do about this:    <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lose weight \u2013 safely! That usually means losing no more than one or two pounds a week.\n<ul>\n<li><i>I am so not obese.  But I now have something to wave at my friends who say &#8220;pishposh, you don&#8217;t need to lose weight, you anorexic queen.&#8221;  &#8220;fuck you, I don&#8217;t want to die any earlier than I have to.&#8221;<\/i><\/ul>\n<li>Lower your triglycerides through diet, medication or both\n<ul>\n<li><i>Mine are 24x, 200-500 is high.  This means avoid cholesterol and eat fewer calories.  Especially fat, saturated fat, and see below.<\/i><\/ul>\n<li>Avoid alcohol\n<ul>\n<li><i>I&#8217;m a lightweight, whom, by the standards of most people I hang out with, barely drinks.  But even small amounts are bad.  Lovely.  Well, So be it.<\/i><\/ul>\n<li>Control your diabetes, if you have it\n<ul>\n<li><i>My blood sugar is normal, but that&#8217;s getting to be a rarity in my family.<\/i><\/ul>\n<li>Eat a balanced, healthy diet\n<ul>\n<li><i>Busted.  More veggies, fewer boca burgers.  But that&#8217;s hard.  Le sigh<\/i><\/ul>\n<li>Increase your physical activity\n<ul>\n<li><i>I may have to enter into permanent triathlon training mode.  On the plus side, if I ever do an Iron Man, most people will not know whether to think I&#8217;m crazy or awesome and studly.  Probably both.  I&#8217;ll just think I&#8217;m crazy.  <\/i><\/ul>\n<li>Get regular checkups from a doctor who specializes in liver care\n<ul>\n<li><i>That&#8217;ll be the next step<\/i><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The &#8220;good&#8221; news is that most of the steps involved also help with the other whammy for me, heart disease.  <\/p>\n<p>Screw stem cells, I want gene cleansing therapy and I want it now. =)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, the doc says my elevated liver enzymes are probably due to fatty liver. What this can eventually lead to: Fatty liver may cause no damage, but sometimes the excess fat leads to inflammation of the liver. This condition, called steatohepatitis, does cause liver damage.[&#8230;] An inflamed liver may become scarred and hardened over time. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/?p=2273\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I&#8217;d probably make good foie gras&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}