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You know, it's funny, because his specific example was definitely caused by the alcoholism and not the excess calories.

Buuuuut, America is currently experiencing a significant increase in the amount of Fatty Liver Disease for non-alcoholics.

Being slightly overweight for a long time DOES give you the liver of a budding alcoholic. It's not serious and can be reversed....... IF you lose weight, you know, that thing that people are so bad at doing, they got a fatty liver in the first place. So this is going to suck for a while.



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