Surfing the MASH Tsunami
Driving the Discussion in Fatty Liver Disease. Join hepatology researcher and Key Opinion Leader Jörn Schattenberg, Liver Wellness Advocate Louise Campbell, and Forecasting and Pricing Guru Roger Green and a global group of Key Opinion Leaders and patient advocates as they discuss key issues in Fatty Liver disease, including epidemiology, drug development, clinical pathways, non-invasive testing, health economics and regulatory issues, from their own unique perspectives on the Surfing the MASH Tsunami podcast. #MASH #MAFLD #FattyLiver #livertwitter #AASLD #GlobalLiver #NoNASH #EASL
Surfing the MASH Tsunami
S5 - E9.2 - VCTE Studies Demonstrate That Multiple Nutrition Interventions Can Support MASLD Patients
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This conversation explores why different nutrition interventions might help MASLD patients improve their overall liver health and what lessons treaters and researchers can learn from this.
It starts with Louise Campbell discussing a recent publication of a pilot study from Armandi et al. (including Jörn Schattenberg as a co-author) evaluating the ability of short-term dietary gluten reduction to reduce metabolic dysfunction as measured in CAP (controlled attenuation parameter) scores. The study shows that even a short-term intervention can have a meaningful impact. The results confirm Louise’s experience with sugar-rich foods and suggest that several different diet interventions can produce valuable results. It leads to a discussion with Louise, Jörn and Hannes Hagstrom asking which change actually drives the lower CAP: gluten, associated high fructose and sugar content in the gluten-rich products, or overall calorie reduction. To Louise, the most important idea is that interventions work best with frequent VCTE tracking and multiple diet options for patients to choose. Jörn and Roger Green concur.