A fatty liver produces enzymes that break down cartilage in the body. Many people attribute the pain in their knees or hips to age and genetics. What if the real culprit is a fatty liver? Reversing fatty liver is usually a safer and more effective treatment for arthritis, compared to pain killers and immunosuppressive drugs. Fatty liver can damage other organs

Your liver is responsible for more jobs in your body than any other organ. That’s why having an unhealthy liver can manifest in so many different ways. Because your liver is so important, it has the ability to repair and regenerate itself. Your liver can only take so much insult though; with repeated injury it can eventually form scar tissue (cirrhosis).

In a normal, healthy liver, matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are responsible for regenerating and repairing liver cells that may have become injured while detoxing your body and carrying out their regular functions. A fatty or inflamed liver attempts to regenerate itself more rapidly, thus production of MMPs increases. Your liver is trying to help you out, but having too many MMPs in your body isn’t good. MMPs don’t just stay in your liver. They enter systemic circulation and every part of your body they reach can suffer with consequences. When produced in excess, MMPs lead to tissue breakdown and degeneration. MMPs are responsible for the turnover and breakdown of matrix proteins, including collagen, gelatin, elastin and fibronectin. If your connective tissue breaks down too quickly, you can suffer with pain and stiffness.

One study showed that a 10 percent weight loss led to a 50 percent reduction in pain in obese adults with knee osteoarthritis. This is because their liver no longer produced as high levels of MMPs, thus cartilage destruction in their knees was reduced. The good news is, if you have a fatty liver and you’re overweight, the first place you lose weight is from your liver. So only a small degree of weight loss can give you significant pain relief from arthritis. Many people think joint pain is caused by the physical load of carrying excess body weight. It is true that placing a heavy load on the joints of your hips, legs and feet can eventually lead to pain. However, weight loss will also help reduce joint pain from the upper body such as the neck, shoulders, hands and arms.

Another example of the link between connective tissue and fatty liver is the fact that type 2 diabetics suffer with three times the rate of tendinopathy. Most type 2 diabetics have a fatty liver. Common examples of tendinopathy include problems with the Achilles tendon and frozen shoulder. These conditions can be triggered by an injury, but having high levels of MMPs in your bloodstream means your body may not be able to heal the damaged tendons, thus the condition becomes chronic. A complicating factor in people with elevated blood sugar is the production of advanced glycation end-products. Sugar binds with proteins in the body, such as collagen in the tendons, damaging them and impairing proper function. You can find out how much glycation is happening in your body by having a blood test called HbA1c. This measures how much glucose has stuck to the proteins in your red blood cells. Your red blood cells live for approximately 120 days, so the test gives us a good average. Advanced glycation end-products stiffen the collagen in your body. That means your body can feel stiff and achy, particularly in the morning.

How to help your liver and repair your joints

Insulin resistance is the most common cause of fatty liver. People with insulin resistance don’t process carbohydrate-rich foods well in their body. This leads to fat accumulation, particularly around the torso and inside the liver, and in time possibly elevated blood sugar and a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. A low carbohydrate diet helps to reverse those conditions because it reduces blood sugar spikes as well as insulin. Berberine is a plant extract that reverses insulin resistance because it makes insulin work more efficiently in your body. See the books Fatty Liver: You Can Reverse It and Diabetes Type 2: You Can Reverse It Naturally for help.

Support your body’s production of collagen by consuming adequate protein and gelatin-rich foods. Examples include beef cheeks, bone broth, chicken soup made using an entire chicken, osso bucco or oxtail stew. If you don’t regularly eat those foods, Joint Eze capsules contain glucosamine and collagen, which are used to build up your own body’s collagen.

Many people think that only thin individuals can get osteoporosis. This is not the case. Anyone with high levels of inflammation in their body can lose bone density. Inflammation is present in people with a fatty liver and arthritis. Bone Build capsules contain the nutrients required to strengthen bones and joints and the discs of the spine.

Make sure you are getting enough of the nutrients you need in order to manufacture collagen. Eating collagen rich foods like the ones mentioned above is great, but you’ll digest them and break them down into their component amino acids. In order to create collagen and elastin in your body, you need vitamin C, zinc, biotin and sufficient sulfur. These nutrients are found in Collagen Food powder.

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