Green Mediterranean diet reduces fatty liver disease by half

A green Mediterranean (MED) diet reduces non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by half, according to a study from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. This modified version of the MED diet targets intrahepatic fat more than other healthy diets, according to the 18-month clinical intervention trial. Professor Iris Shai, the study's lead researcher, is an epidemiologist in the BGU School of Public Health and an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.  "Our research team and other groups over the past 20 years have proven …