It comes as a shock to people that most liver disease in Canada and the US is caused by food abuse causing obesity and not by alcohol abuse. The liver of a 10 year old overweight child who is fed junk all his years can be just as damaged as that of a 60 year old alcoholic. Both conditions lead to cirrhosis and potentially cancer. In fact, liver cancer is one of the very few cancers still on the increase. Why? Because people don’t know about the problem. One in Ten Canadian has liver …
