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Internal Organ Health

Do Certain Foods Lower ALT Liver Enzymes?

Published Nov,09 2018 | By Elizabeth Patton

The liver is a football-sized organ in the abdomen responsible for processing nutrients and waste products from the blood. Alanine aminotransferase, or ALT, is an enzyme the liver releases in response to damage or disease. ALT is measured on routine liver function tests.

Elizabeth Patton is a Clinical Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator who has been writing since 2005. Her work has been published in the "Murray Ledger & Times," "Clinical Skill Builder for Food and Nutrition" and she is editor of Saint Anthony’s Medical Center's diabetes e-newsletter and blog. Patton holds a Master of Science in nutrition from Murray State University.