Much weight is needed for improvement

The data about the drug or listat is less clear. Those in the orlistat group lost 8.3 percent of body weight and those in the other group lost 6 percent body weight, not a statistically significant difference. As for liver disease, orlistat did not itself improve liver enzymes, measures of insulin resistance or reverse liver damage.“

The bottom line is that weight loss can help improve fatty liver disease,” said, a professor of internal medicine at Saint Louis University. “Now we know how much weight is needed for improvement, and we can give patients specific goals as they work to improve their health.
The Gabriel Method Review

"Published in the January edition of Hepatology, the study was conducted at Saint Louis University and Brooke Army Medical Center and funded by Roche Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of orlistat.Founded in 1836, the Saint Louis University School of Medicine has the distinction of awarding the first medical degree west of the Mississippi River.

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