Liver Enzymes the #1 Marker of Insulin Resistance!? What Do HbA1C & ALT, AST and GPT Tell Us About Diabesity?
Just like type II diabetes, NAFLD is a life-style disease. While it may not be obvious, today's SuppVersity post is very closely related to Sunday's post about supplements to battle insulin resistance . The recent revelation that the liver enzymes alanine transaminase (ALT aka GPT), aspartate transaminase (AST aka SGOT) and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT aka gamma-GT) and not free fatty acid levels are the most reliable predictors of insulin sensitivity in overweight and obese, non-diabetic adults does after all show clearly support the notion that we (scientists, doctors, patiens) should pay much more attention to the liver. It's the liver that controls blood glucose, lipids and even our hormone levels, not the adipose organ. Therefore it is in the liver, our metabolic organ #1, is where the dark diabesity magic happens. Heal the liver, cure the insulin resistance Just in: A recent Stanford study shows that the use of VEGF inhibitors that are usually prescri...