Beyond Fatty Liver: Understanding the Metabolic Story Beneath the Surface with Dr. Lara May

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Fatty Liver Disease can develop quietly. You may have no obvious symptoms, your routine blood work may appear relatively normal, and the first indication may come from an ultrasound or imaging study performed for an entirely different reason.

But fatty liver doesn't necessarily begin when it is first discovered.

In this episode of Light Body Radio: Wellness Illuminated, Dr. Lara May explores the metabolic story that can develop beneath the surface long before a fatty liver diagnosis appears.

 

The liver is one of the body's major metabolic processing centers, involved in glucose regulation, lipid metabolism, hormone processing, nutrient storage, drug metabolism, bile production, immune signaling, and detoxification. Because of its many roles, changes in liver health can be connected to what is happening throughout the body.

Dr. Lara explores how insulin resistance, visceral fat, triglycerides, glucose regulation, mitochondrial function, muscle mass, nutrition, and hormonal changes can all intersect with metabolic health. She also discusses why women may experience additional metabolic shifts around perimenopause and menopause.

Most importantly, this episode looks beyond the diagnosis itself and asks a bigger question:

What metabolic breadcrumbs might the body be leaving years before fatty liver becomes visible?

Join Dr. Lara for a deeper look at liver physiology, metabolic health, and the interconnected systems that influence how the body stores, processes, and uses energy.

🎧 Listen to the full episode of Light Body Radio: Wellness Illuminated and join Dr. Lara for a deeper conversation.

 
 

 

About Dr. Lara May:

DR. LARA MAY

is an Advanced Practice Clinical Pharmacist who specializes in getting to the root cause of disease via functional medicine. Due to her struggle with her own health, Lara started studying & practicing functional medicine in 2017.

Dr. Lara’s passion & mission is to empower patients to take an active role in their health, so that they can create their health on their terms. It was during the COVID pandemic that Lara decided to focus on helping type 2 diabetics understand and reverse their disease, after she witnessed the increased death rates as a consequence of diabetes as a comorbidity.

Type 2 diabetes is completely preventable and reversible, yet its numbers are growing every year.

Dr. Lara believes that if patients are given the tools and knowledge they will make the right decisions for their health.

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