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Fatty liver disease (MASLD) diet

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Lifestyle changes — including diet and weight loss — are the main ways to prevent and manage metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), formerly called nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). MASLD develops when fat builds up in the liver because of conditions such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

A healthy diet can help reduce fat and inflammation in the liver, potentially reversing MASLD and a more serious form of liver disease called metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). This disease was formerly called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).