Liver enzymes are proteins in your liver that speed up chemical reactions. If your liver is damaged, blood tests will show abnormally high levels of these enzymes circulating in your bloodstream.

Your liver is working overtime right now, processing everything from your morning coffee to last night’s dinner, but it might be sending you desperate distress signals that you’re completely missing.

More than 11% of US adolescents had suspected metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), and 77.2% with elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels met the criteria for ...

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