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Adopting a plant-based diet is the best thing you can do for the environment, according to a new report that was just released from a UN-backed think tank. Thereport, from policy institute Chatham House, outlines three levers for easing pressure on land use and creating more sustainable food systems. The first and mosturgent,the report asserts, is the need to change dietary patterns to reduce food demand and encourage more plant-based diets.

One of the key factors driving the recommendationto shift to moreplant-based diets, for people of all nations, is the enormouscarbon footprint of animal agriculture, and by contrast, the lighter impact that plant-based crops produce."The largest differences occur between animal-sourced and plant-sourced foods, with the latter having smaller footprints; in some cases, substantially smaller, the report concludes. Land use, emissions, water use, and biodiversity all were considered and it is undebatable that raising animals for food is a major contributor to global environmental degradation. In fact, the global food system is responsible for more greenhouse emissions than any other industry, the report found.

Even though more people than ever are adopting a plant-based diet and choosing meat-alternatives and non-dairy milk and cheese, the demand for animal products is still growing as the global population grows. To meet that demand, factory farming, also referred to as intensive farming, has expanded. These assembly-line, high-efficiency intensive farming operations wreak havoc on the environment, the report finds. In the US, factory farms are where 99% of farmed animals live and it is the primary source of where your meat and dairy comes from. Yet environmentally, factory farming is an unsustainable system thatif not changed, will be catastrophic to the environment.

A recent survey found that while the number one reason Americans as eating more plant-based foods is for their health, concern over the environment is the second reason, and it's growing, especially among younger consumers. In the past two years, the shift toward eating plant-based "for the environment" has risen 17 percent to 48 percent of people saying that is their focus. Another poll found that 54 percent of Millennials are eating more plant-based and call themselves flexitarians, since they are cutting back on meat and dairy, but have not fully committed to ditching those foods altogether.

Beyond the environment, the UN-backed report also highlights the other public good that would result from reducing our reliance on animal-based foods, including improved dietary quality and reduced incidence of diet-related disease associated with overconsumption of red and processed meat such as obesity, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.

Pandemic risk could also be significantly lowered by reducing animal farming, the report says. The researchers point out that the majority of infectious diseases that have caused epidemics have come from animals. The pandemic has shined a spotlight on the high risks concentrated in certain food production supply chains, as well as the poor labor standards in food-processing plants that have accelerated disease spread amongst workers.

In addition to the first leverthe adoption of more plant-based foods and reliance on animal-based productsthe two others are the need to protect and set aside land for nature, and shift to more sustainable farming methods. All three of these levers are needed for food system redesign to succeed and to ultimately save our planet.

So if you care about the planet, the type of food you eat matters. So if you're driving a Prius, or cutting down on single-use plastic, and shopping from sustainable fashion companies, this report recommends you also eat food from plant sources.

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The new bottles will be available in convenience retail locations in the Northeast, Florida and California this month; across the Coca-Cola trademark brands (Coke, Coke Zero Sugar, Diet Coke). Fanta 13.2oz bottles will also be available in rPET bottles. In California, Texas and New York, 20oz 100% rPET Coke trademark bottles will also be available.

Across rPET innovations across its portfolio including with Coke, Dasani, Smartwater and Sprite the company says it is reducing the use of new plastic across its portfolio in North America by 20% from a 2018 baseline. This represents a 10,000 metric ton reduction in GHG emissions a year or the equivalent of taking 2,120 cars off the road for a year, says the company.

The new 13.2oz (390ml) 100% rPET bottle (excluding cap and label) has to deal with the demands of a carbonated beverage, without the consumer being able to notice the difference to a traditional plastic bottle.

Developing a new bottle made from 100% rPET was a challenge, Alpa Sutaria, vice president and general manager of sustainability, The Coca-Cola Company North America, told this publication.It took us about nine months to get to a point where we had designed a bottle that could not only meet the packaging performance required for a carbonated beverage, but also, once tested with consumers, we had a final product they were happy with.

The consumer should not notice a difference in their drinking experience.

Like other companies, Coca-Cola has had to address availability of rPET in order to create a bottle that can be produced at scale.

One of the biggest challenges in creating this bottle is procuring enough clean, food grade recycled plastic to be able to make enough of these sustainable bottles. We are working with several suppliers to source rPET for use in our packaging across the US. We are also continuing to invest in local recycling programs and infrastructure to help ensure that Americans can recycle our bottles and cans conveniently whether at home, at work or in public spaces, which is -- in turn -- recycled and reprocessed to make rPET for use in our bottles and other products.

Coca-Colas new rPET bottles will also include Recycle Me Again messages to prompt consumers to recycle bottles. It also champions the bottles design makes for a more sippable package for consumption on the go.

While launching 100% rPET bottles for its biggest and most iconic brand will boost its use of rPET, the 13.2oz bottle is just one of the sizes and packaging format for brand Coke and the company remains tight-lipped on how many 100% rPET bottles will be available or what percentage of its brand Coke sales can be expected to come from the bottles once they roll out at scale in the summer.

The price of the 100% rPET remains on a par with Coca-Cola's other bottles ($1.59 for the new 13.2oz size compared to $1.99 for a 20oz bottle).

At the moment, rPET accounts for around 10% of Coca-Colas global plastic packaging, although this depends on the market (in California, for example, Coca-Cola puts this figure at around 20% rPET). The company wants to boost this to an average of 50% recycled material in bottles and cans by 2030.

In the US, a series of transitions to increased rPET are scheduled for the coming months. This will start with the 13.2oz sip-sized bottle in the Northeast, Florida and California; then see Sprite roll out 13.2oz clear bottles made from 100% rPET in February in the same markets. Dasani will debut 20oz 100% rPET bottles in California, Texas and New York in March; while the brand will take these bottles to 30% rPET nationwide. In July, smartwater will launch 20oz 100% rPET bottles in California and New York.

In the summer, the 100% rPET 13.2oz bottle will roll out nationwide across a variety of brands including Coke trademarks, Fanta and Sprite.

Elsewhere, the trademark Coca-Cola brand already uses 100% rPET bottles in the Netherlands and Norway (as does the whole of locally produced beverage brands in the countries). In the UK, Coke bottles use 50% rPET.

Across the wider portfolio, Coca-Cola Company currently offers 100% rPET bottles in some form in 18 markets globally.

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Every 5 years, the government comes out with recommendations for how we should eat called the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Even if the average person doesnt follow them to a letter, what they say really matters. The Guidelines help shape policies and programs that affect millions of people and even influence the food industry.

The newest edition includes familiar advice about eating a diet rich in fruit, vegetables, lean meats, and whole grains. But its actually what the Guidelines left out that you should know about.

First, some quick backstory: Before the Guidelines are released, an advisory committee of scientific experts looks at the evidence and submits a report with what they think should be included. Then two government agencies, the USDA and HHS, write the Guidelines.

This time around, the committee recommended two things that didnt end up making the final cut: stricter advice around both alcohol and sugar.

Since 1990, the Guidelines advice about alcohol has been no more than two drinks a day for men and one for women, and the latest edition stuck with that. One drink is the equivalent of 12 ounces of regular beer (5% alcohol), 5 ounces of wine (12% alcohol), or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits (40% alcohol).

But the committee had suggested tightening that guidance to one drink or less per day for both men and women, citing evidence that the health risks are higher with more than that. Rates of drinking are up among Americans, including binge drinking. Deaths from alcohol are up too, with alcohol accounting for 100,000 deaths every year.

As for sugar, the advice has morphed from avoid too much sugar in the 1980s to a suggested limit of no more than 10% of calories from added sugar (also included in the newest Guidelines). Most people get about 13% of their calories from sugar.

Yet the committee suggested an even lower intake of 6% of calories. Their reasoning: Reducing sugar could help public health. And most people need to focus their daily calories on foods that give them the nutrients they need -- they cant afford to spend those calories on sugary foods and drinks. (The top sources of added sugar are sweet beverages and desserts.)

Why didnt these stricter limits make it in? The authors of the Guidelines didnt think there was enough evidence -- and they arent obligated to take all the committees recommendations anyway.

Lets face it: A global pandemic is not exactly the best time to shame people about drinking alcohol or eating sugar. But its good to know whats on the minds of some health experts, what kind of recommendations we might see down the road, and what we might want to consider for our own lives.

So in the meantime, heres what both the committee and Guidelines do agree on: However much alcohol you drink, drinking less is better for your health than drinking more (and if you currently dont drink, dont start for health reasons). And limit portions of sugar-sweetened drinks -- or better yet, replace them with water.

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Sally Kuzemchak is a registered dietitian in Columbus, Ohio. An award-winning reporter and writer, Sally has been published in magazines such as Health, Family Circle, and Eating Well and is a Contributing Editor to Parents magazine. She is the author of the book The 101 Healthiest Foods For Kids. She blogs at Real Mom Nutrition, a "no-judgments" zone all about feeding families.

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Celiac Disease Diet Market is valued at 126.06 USD Million in 2019 and expected to reach USD 385.61 Million by 2026 with the CAGR of 17.33% over the forecast period.

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Global Celiac Disease Diet Market 2020 By Product type [Bakery products, Dairy/ dairy alternatives, Meats/ meats alternatives,Condiments, Desserts & ice-creams, Prepared foods and others],By Distribution Channel [Grocery stores, Mass merchandiser,Food stores,Drug stores,Online portals and Others]:Global Forecast to 2026 and COVID-19 Impact Outlook

Scope of the reportThis report analyses the global market for Celiac Disease Diet. The report will enable the user to understand and gain insights into the current and forecast market situation. The market is comprehensively analyzed by geography to give complete information on the global scenario. The qualitative and quantitative data provided in this study can help user understand which market segments, regions are expected to grow at higher rates, factors affecting the market and key opportunity areas. The report also includes competitive landscape of key players in the industry along with emerging trends in the market.

Key PlayersBoulder Brands,Hain Celestial Group,General Mills Inc.,Kelloggs Company,The Kraft Heinz Company,Hero Group AG,Glutamel Schar,Big Oz Industries Ltd.,Dr. Schaer Spa,Freedom Foods Group Limited,Progresso,Barilla,Canyon Bakehouse,Gluten free delights,Glutino,Miltons Crafts Bakers,UDIS,Pamelas Products,Kinnikinnick,Enjoy life foods,Chebe,Bobs red mill,Against the grain gourmet,Whole foods bakehouse and others

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North America: U.S., Canada and Rest of North America Europe: UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Rest of Europe Asia Pacific: China, Japan, India, Australia, Southeast Asia and Rest of Asia Pacific Latin America: Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Rest of Latin America Middle East and Africa: Gulf Countries, Israel, Africa and Rest of Middle East and Africa

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A massive new National Institutes of Healthprecision nutrition study will give some volunteers controlled meals, like this one being prepared by a dietician at the agencys metabolic research kitchen.

By Jocelyn KaiserFeb. 1, 2021 , 3:20 PM

Theres no one-size-fits-all diet. If you want to avoid spiking your blood sugar with a snack, a banana may seem like a better choice than a sugary cookie. But some people in a 2015 study of 800 Israeli volunteers got their biggest blood sugar spike from bananas or bread instead of from sugar-laden baked goods. And as nutrition scientist Elizabeth Parks of the University of Missouri, Columbia, notes, We all know people who lose weight easily, and others who dont.

Now, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is making a major push to understand these individual differences. Last week, the agency announced what it calls the largest study yet to probe precision nutrition, a $156 million, 5-year effort to examine how 10,000 Americans process foods by collecting data ranging from continuous blood glucose levels to microbes in a persons gut.

The study has the potential to truly transform the field of nutrition science, generating new tools, methods, and a wealth of data to fuel discovery science for years to come, Griffin Rodgers, director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), said last year at an NIH board meeting where he introduced the project. Ultimately, it might enable nutritionists to tailor diets to an individuals genes and microbiome.

And it is part of a broader push at NIH to boost nutrition science, a field sometimes viewed as fuzzy because we are free-range eaters and our diets are hard to control, notes Paul Coates, vice president of the American Society for Nutrition, who headed NIHs dietary supplements office until he retired in 2018.

In May 2020, NIH Director Francis Collins released the agencys first-ever 10-year strategic plan for nutrition science, acknowledging the importance of diet in chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. The plan aims to fold in basic disciplines such as neurobiology, study the role of diet across the life span, consider how food can serve as medicine, and elevate precision nutrition. The concept recognizes that how the human body responds to food depends on factors from genetics to sleep habits, social environment, and gut microbes. For example, the Israeli study that found individual differences in the response to refined sugar versus fruit showed the microbiome was largely responsible.

Now comes NIHs Nutrition for Precision Health, which will piggyback on All of Us, the agencys huge genomics and health study that has fully enrolled 272,000 of a planned 1 million participants, more than 50% from minority groups. We realized it would be a really great fit to take advantage of the All of Us data and infrastructure, says Holly Nicastro, a study coordinator and program director at NIHs nutrition office.

Some 10,000 All of Us participants who join the nutrition study will wear various monitors to track physical activity, blood sugar, and more; record what they eat; and visit a clinic to consume a specific meal and undergo clinical tests. A subset of up to 1500 will also follow three different diets at home or in the clinic, and then have the same tests. And 500 to 1000 volunteers will live at a clinical center for three 2-week stretches while eating three tightly controlled diets. Such feeding studies are the fields gold standard, but their high cost usually keeps them small. NIH has recently conducted some in its clinical center to explore, for example, the effects of ultraprocessed foods, but they involved only 20 people.

By collecting a wide range of personal data, from participants DNA makeup to their ZIP code, we are removing a lot of that noise that we had for years, created by the factors that we were not measuring before, says Tufts University nutrition scientist Jos Ordovs who, with Parks, co-chaired a workshop last month to discuss the study. Artificial intelligence researchers will then use the collected data to create models that predict the best diet for an individualan effort pioneered by the Israeli study, which spun off a company that developed an algorithm to tailor diets for people who are diabetic or trying to lose weight. A second, 5-year phase could test those models in clinical trials.

NIH is now inviting proposals for study components such as a data center, clinical centers, and a microbiome center. The aim is to begin enrolling volunteers by January 2023. Theres so much excitement about the study, Parks says.

She and other nutritionists also welcome other signals of NIHs new focus on nutrition. Its Office of Nutrition Research, once part of the NIH directors office, was demoted years ago to NIDDK. Last month, Collins announced it has been restored. Coates hopes that will mean a larger staffthe office now has just six peopleand a modest budget to cofund studies with NIH institutes. A lot [of nutrition science] falls between the cracks, he saysgaps he now hopes will close.

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You can lose weight in a week with the Military diet - Know the meal plan, benefits and risks  |  Photo Credit: iStock Images

New Delhi: A healthy weight is absolutely important to live a healthy, long lifethat is away from ailments and diseases. Obesity or being overweight can be one of the risk factors for various incurable diseases and conditions, including type 2 diabetes and even cancer. However, weight loss is a very subjective process, and everyone's body is different. What works for one person may not work for the other, in terms of results. Moreover, the way your body responds to a particular diet or fitness routine depends on various factors such as your lifestyle, routine, age, and existing health conditions.

This is the necessity that has given way to a number of diets for weight loss. These diets are based on the type of food you can eat, the lifestyle you follow, and even how much time you have to achieve your goals. A diet type, called the Military Diet, promises to help you lose weight in as less as three days. Here is all you need to know about it.

The military diet is one of the world's most popular diets. It is known to help you lose weight in as less as three days and up to 4.5 kg in a single week. The military diet is also economical. Unlike many other diets, it does not require you to invest in expensive foods or supplements.

If you follow the military diet, you have to follow a 3-day meal plan, followed by 4 days off, when you are encouraged to eat healthily and continue to consume fewer calories. This weekly cycle is repeated for several weeks until your goal weight is reached.

The diet is called the military diet because it was reportedly designed by nutritionists to help soldiers reach the right weight and shape as quickly as possible. It is also called the navy diet, the army diet, and even the ice cream diet.

Here is a three-day meal plan for the military diet for weight loss that you can follow if you want to lose weight quickly.

Day 1 of the Military diet

Day 2 of the Military diet

Day 3 of the Military diet

Do not consume any snacks in between.

The military diet works on the principle of creating a calorie deficit, which can be an effective way to lose weight. The benefits of the diet include that it can help you reach your weight loss goals effectively. The military diet also seems relatively easier and less restrictive in nature, as compared to other weight-loss diets such as the keto diet. Moreover, the military diet involves the person following themeal plan for a small duration, which is not likely to harm your body in any way, since it is not prolonged.

However, if you plan to lose weight with the military diet and will be following it for several weeks, you should consider the chances of the diet leading to nutritional deficiencies, or even fatigue due to the calorie deficit. Moreover, losing 4.5 kg of weight in one week maybe a little too extreme. Such rapid weight loss is not healthy and recommended.

Disclaimer: Tips and suggestions mentioned in the article are for general information purpose only and should not be construed as professional medical advice. Always consult your doctor or a dietician before starting any fitness programme or making any changes to your diet.

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5 winter fruits you must add to your diet for their immense health benefits before the season is over  |  Photo Credit: iStock Images

New Delhi: Winters are the season of abundance of food choices. With large availability of different varieties of fruits and vegetables, winters feel like a paradise, especially for people who rely on vegetarian foods for their nutrition. Leafy greens, cruciferous vegetables, sweet potatoes, peanuts, and so many other seasonal foods are available during the winters.

However, since we lay so much emphasis on the consumption of these root and leafy vegetables during the winters, we often forget a very important food group in our diet that of fruits. Fruits are a vital part of our diet and provide the body with various nutrients vitamins and minerals that it needs for proper functioning. Here are 5 winter fruits that you must add to your diet before the winter season recedes.

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Its not hard to find food and drinks in the grocery store as being touted as rich in antioxidants. Blueberries, green tea, you know the drill. The underlying message is clear: foods containing antioxidants are better for your overall health. Even red wine and chocolate are sometimes touted for this supposed nutritional benefit. But what are antioxidants, exactly? And do they actually make wine good for you?

At the most basic level, antioxidants are tiny chemical compounds that neutralize free radicals, unstable molecules produced within the body that can damage cells. Free radicals are thought to play a role in several chronic conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. A wide variety of vitamins, minerals, and other substancesincluding C and E, zinc, selenium, beta-carotenes, lutein, and moreserve as antioxidants, and are routinely highlighted on food packaging and hawked as supplements. A diet rich in antioxidants, therefore, should help delay or even prevent disease. Right?

Well, before you start guzzling chocolate syrup and housing vitamin E pills, here are some antioxidant basics to consider.

The Radical Truth

The 1990s were wild times: Flannel was high fashion and antioxidants suddenly got sexy. The main reason comes back to the relationship between antioxidants and free radicals. Free radicals are oxygen-containing molecules that are formed during natural processes: The body produces them as it converts food into energy. You also produce them during exercise as well as a result of environmental exposure to things like sunlight and tobacco smoke.

The radical refers to the basic chemistry of these moleculesfree radicals are unstable because they have an uneven number of electrons. Through oxidation, free radicals react with other molecules in the body by stealing their electrons. For the most part, this is normal, and even beneficial in some circumstances. (For instance, free radicals are generated by the immune system as it begins to fight invaders help destroy viruses.)

Too many free radicals in the body, however, lead to a state oxidative stress. Left unchecked, free radicals will chew up proteins, lipids, pieces of DNA, cell membranespretty much anything that ensures the bodys cells are healthy and performing adequately. If youre looking for the appropriate metaphor, bite into an apple and let it sit in the sun for a few minutes: The insides of that juicy Golden Delicious will undoubtedly oxidize and turn an unappetizing brown color. Now imagine that happening inside your body.

Enter the humble antioxidant. We extract these from foods, and theyre powerful free-radical fighters because they willingly surrender some of their own electrons to free radicals. A balance of free radicals and antioxidants in the body keeps oxidative stress in check. During the Clinton years, scientists began to link free-radical damage to the initial stages of atherosclerosis and a few other chronic diseases. Some studies showed that people who ate fewer antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables were at a greater risk of developing these diseases. Subsequently there was a push to not only better understand antioxidants, but also to figure out whether supplemental forms of antioxidants would stave off chronic disease.

Supplement Your Diet (But Not With Supplements)

A bunch of studies measuring the effects of antioxidants delivered via supplement delivered, well, mixed results. Clinical trials of beta-carotenes sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and completed in the 1990s showed no protection against heart disease or cancer. Another, later study, this time of vitamins E and C, found no reduction in major cardiovascular events like heart attack or stroke in 14,000 physicians aged 50 and older. (The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health has a good rundown of all the studies and what they found.)

So what gives? Its important to note that the term antioxidant, as the Harvard Medical School points out, reflects a chemical property rather than a specific nutritional property. They act as electron donors in their quest to neutralize free radicals. In other words, you cant gorge yourself on the things. And products labeled as antioxidant-rich, as if antioxidants are some specific nutrient that were added to them, are misleading at best.

But many foods contain the antioxidantsthe vitamins, zinc, beta-carotenes, flavonoids, and other substancesthat are beneficial to your health. So instead of popping milligrams upon milligrams of supplements, prioritize eating fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Broccoli and leafy greens are good sources of vitamin C. Chicken has lots of zinc. Almonds and avocado provide vitamin E, while, yes, berries and green tea contain polyphenolsa fancy word for plant chemicalsthat act as antioxidants.

It's kind of a boring answer, but like so many nutritional questions, eating a varied diet of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean protein is ultimately your best source of antioxidant protection. Chocolate and pinot noir in moderation never killed anyone, but don't go looking for any nutritional bonus points.

It's the hottest diet around right nowbut know the science behind it isn't a slam dunk.

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CBS Sports reporter Pete Blackburn took the challenge to eat like Tom Brady for a week, so we dont have too according to an article from cbssports.com. Tom Brady was an idol to him growing up and its been tough for Pete to see him in the Super Bowl not wearing a Patriots uniform. He is impressed with Bradys longevity in the game and some higher-ups thought it would be great if he could try out the TB12 diet that Brady swears by for a week. It didnt go well.The biggest hurdle seemed to be the incredible amount of water you have to drink.

According to the TB12 website as reported by Pete Blackburn, you have to halve your body weight in pounds and drink that many ounces of water (130 ounces for me daily). The diet also left him, in a word, gassy. I totally get it, I try to do the water thing but going to the bathroom 20 times a day is a bit much. Gets old fast.Some of the guidelines listed by Bradys personal chef are no white sugar. No white flour. No MSG Himalayan pink salt never use iodized salt. No nightshades, they are not anti-inflammatory. So, no tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, or eggplants. Also, no coffee or caffeine and no dairy.

If this was my assignment, I would have been out on day one. I cant live without my cereal and sugar is a food group, isnt it? Pete made it through the week with a little cheating but said you can keep your rings, supermodel wife, and hundreds of millions of dollars. None of that would make me happy if I wasnt allowed to smash a cheeseburger into my face. And for the record, Pete Blackburn actually gained a pound on the diet. I will keep my cheeseburgers too, Pete.

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While you may worry about the effects your diet has on your waistline or energy level, there's a surprising body part your food and drink choices may be having a profound effect upon without you even realizing it: your liver. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4.5 million Americans have been diagnosed with liver disease, and up to 20 percent of Americans have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a type of liver damage that stems from sources other than alcohol.

If you want to protect your liver and avoid a lifetime of health problems, read on to discover which foods can do serious harm to your liver, according to experts. And if you want to slim down and improve your liver health, check out these 15 Underrated Weight Loss Tips That Actually Work.

Alcohol isn't the only drink that can wreak havoc on your liver health. According to physician Ian Braithwaite, MBBS, co-founder of Habitual, sweetened beverages can do a number on your liver, as well.

"In low doses, fructose is handled by the small intestine, however in high doses recent research has shown it to lead to liver toxicity. The foods that deliver the highest doses of fructose are those which contain highly refined sugars, [like] soda," says Braithwaite. Wondering why booze is such a common culprit in liver ailments? Here's What Happens to Your Liver When You Drink Alcohol.

It's not just the obvious sources of sugar in your diet that could be causing serious damage to your liver.

"Often the more dangerous sources of fructose are those in which the sugar content is less obvious, such as ketchup [and] salad dressings," says Braithwaite.

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Those French fries are doing more than just adding a boatload of calories to your dietthey could be harming your liver, too.

"French fries are high in saturated fats. Diets high in saturated fats lead to increased liver fat and insulin resistance," explains physician Leann Poston, MD, of Invigor Medical.

Not all oils are created equal when it comes to your liver health. "Vegetable oil, containing omega-6, becomes oxidized more quickly with cooking and contributes to liver damage by way of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease," explains nurse practitioner Kelly Cole, MS, CRNP-PC, founder of Energy to Thrive Tribe.

However, this doesn't mean you have to resign yourself to a future of oil-free cooking to protect your liver health. "Coconut oil will not cause this damage to the liver," says Cole.

If you're worried about your liver health, you might want to think twice before picking up that deli meat sandwich.

"Deli meat is a hidden source of sodium in the American diet," says certified nutrition counselor John Fawkes, NSCA, CPT. Fawkes explains that excessive sodium intake can cause an imbalance in your body's fluid ratios, which "makes it harder for the liver to carry out efficient filtering," and may cause more severe liver trouble down the line.

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Unfortunately, the bread you're serving that sandwich meat on may not be much better when it comes to your liver health.

"Refined carbohydrates lack the fiber of their whole-grain cousins. This leads to glucose surges in the blood, then insulin release, followed by deposits of fat on and around the liver," says Fawkes. While you can include whole grain bread in your diet in moderation, you should definitely avoid9 Breads to Always Leave on Grocery Store Shelves.

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