Jules Hutton was horrified when a routine ultrasound for tummy pain picked up a build-up of fat in her liver.
‘The next minute the sonographer was telling me I had non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) — something I didn’t even know was a medical condition,’ says Jules, 51.
‘I was shocked and quite scared when I found out NAFLD can progress to cirrhosis [scarring of the liver] and even liver failure or liver cancer. I had no symp- toms whatsoever.