BOSTON (Reuters Health) Oct 27 - The high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet
often recommended for morbidly obese patients with fatty liver disease
is associated with increased liver inflammation, physicians at Johns
Hopkins Medical Institutions report.

Conversely, high fat diets were associated with a lower risk for
inflammation, according to study results presented at the 54th Annual
Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

Dr. Jeanne M. Clark, assistant professor of medicine, said in an
interview that the results are hypothesis-generating and point out the
need for a prospective study. "But meanwhile, once again we are faced
with results that suggest we need to be very cautious in our dietary
recommendations," she said.

It appears, Dr. Clark said, that recommending low-fat diet in morbidly
obese patients could "worsen non-alcoholic fatty liver disease."

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