This study considers the division of caregiving efforts among the children of older, functionally limited parents.
A diet rich in fruits and vegetables may help lower ALT. The liver is a football-sized organ in the abdomen responsible for processing nutrients and waste products from the blood. Alanine aminotransferase, or ALT, is an enzyme the liver releases in response to damage or disease.
The liver is the engine of your body, playing a vital role in many processes that help keep you alive. This organ stores vitamins and glucose for energy, helps control cholesterol levels, cleanses your blood of wastes, and makes clotting factors, immune cells and digestive enzymes. An underactive or damaged liver can lead to a drop in the production of enzymes and proteins and a loss of stored nutrients.