Fatty Liver Disease

Fatty liver disease is a condition characterized by accumulation of excess fat largely triglycerides that may be more than 5% of the liver weight. Worldwide up to 20% of adults and 5% of children are estimated to have fatty liver disease. Fatty liver or steatosis is considered benign although it has the potential to worsen. Fatty liver disease is caused by a failure of normal hepatic fat metabolism. This error in metabolism is due to either a defect within the hepatocyte itself or to the delivery of excess fat, fatty acids, or carbohydrates into the liver cells in amounts exceeding their capacity [1]. Clinically, FLD is divided into two broad categories, Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (AFLD) and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). Alcohol