Note: This article is based on my personal experience and research. I am not a doctor or a dietitian, and this content is for informational purposes only. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet or lifestyle.
You can tell a lot about a book about fatty liver disease if you read a few fragments before you buy.
An honest guide built from years of direct experience reversing this disease, with blood panels, ultrasounds, meals, actual struggles or at the very least a solid medical background, reads differently than one created with Artificial Intelligence in one afternoon.
There are quite a few of the bad ones available (I read a few, and they are not just badly written; they offer bad advice too), so now, more than ever, it’s important to know that the book you choose to help you on this journey of healing your fatty liver disease (aka MASLD, formerly NAFLD) will do that and not the opposite.
After all, your health is at stake here, so always double-check any book/program you’re getting to know for sure that it offers solid advice, based on science and, ideally, personal experience with this disease.
Below, you have my own list: the books I’ve read myself and found truly useful. I’m telling you upfront where each one shines, what its potential flaws are, and why I still consider them perfect for a “best of” list like this one.
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1. From Fatty Liver to Healthy Liver
I’ll start by saying that I wrote this book based on my 12+ years of experience as a patient fighting to reverse fatty liver disease, managing to do so, and helping others achieve similar results.
However, if you consider this just self-promotion, I won’t take it personally – just skip to others on my list. They are all good, in all honesty.
But I feel “From Fatty Liver to Healthy Liver” is worth looking at, as it probably is the only book available right now based on such a long-lasting, direct, personal experience with a disease.
I am just like you, a patient, but unlike you, I am not beginning my journey – I’ve been through this, I know the struggles from day 1 to day 500 and beyond, I completely understand what you go through not just medically, but mentally as well.
And this is why I think my book really deserves a spot on this list.
It shares everything I did to reverse my condition, it talks about support from your friends and family (extremely important, in my opinion), it helps you stay motivated, it teaches you what to eat and what to avoid, it has recipes and a meal plan… in other words, everything you need to take action today.
I won’t pretend this entry is neutral, but I’d rather say that plainly than hide behind a normal-sounding blurb.
Check it out on Amazon.
2. Reverse Your Fatty Liver
This is another great option, also based on the direct experience of a former patient – Jonathan Mizel, one of the co-authors.
The book was written after Mizel was diagnosed with fatty liver and, like a lot of people, was told to eat better and lose weight without much guidance on what that actually meant.
He dug into the research himself, tried different approaches, and eventually reversed his condition, losing more than 30 pounds during his journey.
It covers what you’d expect: what to eat (recipes included), what to avoid, a structured detox plan, and a chapter on swapping out household chemicals that might harm your liver – a section I haven’t seen handled this directly in other books on the topic.
One thing to note: the book leans toward promoting the authors’ own supplements and coaching services, but that doesn’t lower the value of its content. I just wanted to mention this, though, for full transparency.
It’s also a bit more expensive than other books on this list, but hopefully you’re not going to put a price cap on your health right now. Especially since it’s still not more expensive than a few Starbucks coffees.
Click here to find out more about it!
3. Fatty Liver Remedy
Layla Jeffrey describes herself as a nutritionist who was diagnosed with NASH (now called MASH) in her mid-thirties after years of poor health, and who was told by a specialist that her condition put her at serious risk.
She says she reversed it through diet and lifestyle changes and built this guide around what worked for her.
While I couldn’t verify Layla’s credentials, I did read the program and I consider it useful for someone who was just diagnosed.
The program covers weight loss approaches suited specifically to fatty liver, dietary guidelines including which cooking oils and foods to favor or avoid, a liver detox drink recipe (but take this with a pinch of salt – and I don’t mean that literally), medications that can make fatty liver worse, a list of natural supplements for anyone who wants that option, and a set of recipes, plus a few bonuses.
If you value personal experience and, for some reason, consider my first two recommendations unsuitable, this one is the obvious choice next.
4. Fatty Liver: You Can Reverse It
Dr. Sandra Cabot has built a long career in this space, and her earlier book, The Liver Cleansing Diet, has sold an incredible amount of copies.
This one, co-written with Dr. Thomas Eanelli, is more focused: it walks through what fatty liver is, how it’s diagnosed, and a step-by-step plan for reversing it, along with Eanelli’s own account of his fight with food addiction and liver disease, and the ten-step approach he used to get his habits under control.
The catch is the publication date. It came out in 2010, more than a decade before the condition’s name officially changed from NAFLD to MASLD in 2023 and penty of things changed since.
I know that from personal experience and from maintaining this blog – recommendations change quite dramatically (like Erythritol not being recommended as a sugar alternative or Tylenol being the preferred choice instead of Advil).
I am not saying that her book automatically has outdated claims (I read it many years ago and found it extremely helpful), I’m just stating the obvious: it’s a bit old.
Click here to check it out on Amazon.
5. Skinny Liver
Kristin Kirkpatrick is a registered dietitian who worked in the Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Wellness and Preventive Medicine, and she co-wrote this with Dr. Ibrahim Hanouneh, a hepatologist trained at the same clinic.
Skinny Liver is built as a four-week program, so it’s easier to read, understand and follow.
Week by week, it covers how the liver functions, what’s driving the fat buildup, as well as dietary and exercise adjustments you should make to help your recovery process.
The nutrition side is where Kirkpatrick’s background does the heavy lifting. The recipes in the book are ones she developed and tested herself, built around weight loss without cutting corners on nutrition.
Similar to my previous recommendation, Skinny Liver is a bit old, having been published in 2017, but I still consider it extremely useful.
Click here to check this book on Amazon!
6. Healing Fatty Liver Disease: A Complete Health and Diet Guide
Dr. Maitreyi Raman is a gastroenterologist and physician nutritionist, and she wrote this with registered dietitians Angela Sirounis and Jennifer Shrubsole, who practice in Calgary, and Dr. Lorian Taylor, also a registered dietitian and behavior change specialist.
The book covers the causes of fatty liver, the symptoms to watch for, and the full range of treatment options available, including diet, exercise and available medications. It also offers 100 recipes that will surely come in handy (high fiber, low saturated fat).
The only potential downside is that this book is only available in paperback format at the moment, so if you want one to read online, on an eBook reader or on your computer, you will have to select a different option on this list.
Click here to check it on Amazon!
7. Fatty Liver Diet: Eat to Treat Fatty Liver
I really like the approach of this book, one that really resonates with my beliefs that dietary changes, as well as lifestyle changes, are what’s required to reverse a fatty liver.
No need to go through “liver cleanses” or taking supplements, as long as you’re feeding your body correctly and you live a healthy life. This is how I did it, actually!
Of course, this book is more than what I wrote above and the authors have their own points of view, but overall it’s a really good one and even though a bit generic, it’s a great starting point for understanding this condition and how to reverse it.
Click here to check out the book on Amazon.
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Final words
These are the seven best books and programs to help you improve your liver’s health and reverse MASLD/NAFLD. But you don’t need all of them – just pick the one that feels like the perfect match for you and follow its plan.
If you decide to choose one that’s not on this list, please double- and triple-check to make sure it’s not entirely written by AI without any proper fact-checking or research.
I was diagnosed with fatty liver in 2014 and successfully reversed it by mid-2015 using a natural diet and lifestyle changes. Since then, I’ve dedicated over a decade to researching this condition and helping others navigate their own recovery. I am the author of ‘From Fatty Liver to Healthy Liver’ and the founder of this community. My goal is to translate complex medical studies into practical, real-world advice that actually works, combined with my personal experience on the matter.
I have non alcholic fatty liver. What are medicenes and diet.
Hello Nitin! Check out this blog – I have some diet recommendations and more info on the matter. Good luck and stay healthy!