The Organ Nobody Blames for Weight Gain When weight loss stalls or remains resistant despite consistent efforts with diet and exercise, most people immediately look to the usual explanations. Is the calorie deficit large enough? Is the balance of macronutrients appropriate? Are you eating enough protein? Too many carbohydrates? Not getting enough sleep? Experiencing too much stress? Exercising too little? These are all important questions, and the answers often reveal genuine opportunities for improvement. However, one organ is rarely considered, despite playing a central role in virtually every aspect of fat metabolism, hormone regulation, blood sugar control, and the biochemical processes that determine whether food is converted into energy or stored as body fat. That organ is the liver . The liver is the most metabolically complex organ in the human body. It performs more than 500 essential physiological functions , many of which directly influence we...
