Fatty Liver Expert: Your Liver Is Filling With Fat Right Now - Dr David Unwin

Fatty liver disease isn't just a side effect of obesity—it's the silent engine driving the global rise in type 2 diabetes, cancer, and premature death, with 1 in 3 people in developed nations already affected. Dr. David Unwin, a UK GP and leading metabolic health expert, reveals that a single serving of boiled white rice contains 10 teaspoons of sugar—equivalent to a full chocolate bar—because the body instantly converts starch into glucose. This metabolic tsunami is fueled by hidden sugars in 'healthy' foods like smoothies, fruit snacks, and even ketchup, which he discovered firsthand using a continuous glucose monitor (CGM). His life-changing moment came when a patient cured her diabetes by cutting out carbs, not drugs—leading him to launch a low-carb, patient-led revolution in 2013 that reversed disease in 93% of pre-diabetic patients. He reframes cravings not as weakness but as food addiction, affecting 14% of the population, and introduces the GRIN model—Goals, Resources, Increments, Notice—to rewire behavior with precision and compassion. The stakes are existential: chronic high insulin levels inhibit cancer cell death, accelerate aging by 4.6 years, and increase cancer risk by nearly 20% with just 100ml of sugary drink daily. Yet the solution is within reach—real-time data from CGMs, simple tools like the 'half-your-height' string test, and a shift from willpower to wisdom.