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Liver cirrhosis/liver hardening or fatty liver can be reversed by
regular exercise in the open space with fresh air?

Liver scaring can be reversed by exercising regularly and achieving weight
loss. If there’s weight reduction of 10%, liver scaring can be reduced up till
45% and there is a 90% chance for resolution of inflammation due to fatty
liver.

Hence, for long term benefit, it is important to achieve healthy body

weight and maintain it to obtain better liver and overall health.

Is liver cyst a cause of concern?

Most of the time, liver cyst being detected as incidental finding on an
abdominal ultrasound examination. If the cyst being detected was a
simple small cyst, usually there aren’t much of a concern. However, it is
recommended for you to discuss with your doctor on such concern and if
in doubt, you can discuss it with a Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist or
Hepatobiliary Surgeon in your nearby hospital.

Are there any evidences that fasting can reverse non-alcoholic

fatty liver disease changes?

Fasting forces our body to use fat as a fuel source and that can burn off
some fat but that should not be compensated by taking a very large meal
upon breaking fast.

As long as there are increases in physical activity and calories deficit,
weight loss can be achieved. With weight loss, overall health benefit
including reversal of fatty liver disease can be achieved.