About this ebook
Fatty liver disease is real, it's super common, and it can progress to cirrhosis or liver cancer. As it turns out, your liver health is the canary in the coalmine for your overall health. With good liver health, you can look forward to a life of vitality, free of the diseases that so often cause premature death in the western world, such as diabetes, heart attack, stroke and cancer.
But before you panic, reversing fatty liver disease is possible - and simple.
In Liver Better Life, gastroenterologist Dr Paul Gow debunks common misconceptions and offers an in-depth insight into how your liver functions and the steps you can take to improve your liver health.
Engaging and accessible, Liver Better Life helps you live a better life, without changing your life.
About the author
Dr Paul Gow is an Australian Gastroenterologist. He completed his medical degree at Monash University and a Doctorate of Medicine through the University of Melbourne in the area of liver physiology. After completing his fellowship in Gastroenterology (specialising in gut and liver disease), he undertook two further years of specialist liver disease training in Oxford and Birmingham in the United Kingdom.
He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne. His current public practice is as senior consultant liver transplant physician with the Victorian Liver Transplant Unit based at the Austin Hospital. He has published more than 150 academic papers on the areas of liver health and disease.
Dr Gow lives in Melbourne with his wife, three children, dog, three cats and six chickens.
