Can fatty liver cause hypothyroidism?

The good news is you can reverse fatty liver before it's too late. Even though the liver may not initially complain with symptoms, it's important to take liver health seriously to prevent serious long-term complications. read more

There appears to be a relationship between fatty liver (steatohepatitis, NASH, NAFLD) and hypothyroidism but the prevailing thought is that hypothyroidism leads to fatty liver, rather than the other way around. read more

Another diagnostic criterion for NAFLD is alcohol consumption of less than 20 g/day and an absence of other causes of liver disease. Researchers found that NAFLD was significantly linked to hypothyroidism (30.2% patients in the case group vs 19.5% patients in the control group; p<0.001). read more

With regards to thyroid health, NAFLD seems to be more common in people with hypothyroid conditions, although this doesn’t mean that people with hyperthyroidism and Graves’ Disease can’t have NAFLD. read more