Hepatic steatosis with none of the risk factors?

@caliope
Has he had repeat blood tests? If yes, is it getting better or worse? My elevated liver enzymes were ALT and AST. I had a repeat blood test 2 weeks later and the results were more elevated. I then read and implemented everything I could related to fatty liver. That said, the third test 4 weeks later was normal.

@tillymack that is very encouraging! He had repeat labs 2 weeks later and his ALT went down but the ALP didn’t change. He is changing anything he can but it’s little stuff like cutting out dried fruit and white rice…he has a really clean diet already…you can see why we’re stumped. But keep the questions coming it all helps!

Actually I think cutting down on dried fruit and white rice are excellent ideas. I did the same as well as cutting out pasta and fruit juice.

My daughter was diagnosed with the same thing at 26 years old. Elevated ALT and other enzyme (I can’t remember which) and her cholesterol was really high. Triglycerides were at 2.45

I changed her diet to LOTS of vegetables, some fruit (mainly berries), beans, if she needed meat only chicken or fish. No grains except quinoa (soaked for 6-8 hours before using). All of it organic. If using a fat to cook, only ghee. Olive oil on salads. (Cooking with olive oil causes a chemical change that’s not great).

She stayed on the diet completely and after 6 months her enzymes were almost normal, her triglycerides went from 2.45 to 0.96 and her cholesterol was normal.

You might want to give it a try. Also exercise is important, 1 hour per day brisk walking or something similar 6 days per week.

Hope that helps!

There are so many people who have NAFLD, and many of them young, while there can be a genetic component, I believe there’s definitely something else going on.