Dan Marino shares the diagnosis of liver diseases (exclusive)

Dan Marino had no blatant symptoms when he made a routine assessment in 2007. NFL legend told people exclusively that he was “a little tired”. And, he admitted: “I did not really work as much as I had – because I was training when I played all the time and I moved away from that.”

“These are the things I noticed,” explains Marino, 63. “Then they told me that I had a foie gras. I had a puree. ”

Steathepatitis associated with metabolic dysfunction, or mash, was once known as non -alcoholic liver disease. It is when the excess of oily cells accumulates in the liver, which can cause chronic inflammation which causes cirrhosis and liver cancer, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

As the Hall of Famer says to people, “doctors immediately said that it can be reversible, it can be taken care of, but, mainly for me, they said, like:” You must train. You have to lose weight, “he said.

The ancient quarter of Miami Dolphins talks about his diagnosis – and how he has transformed his health – as part of the Novo Nordisk Stories campaign in Novo Nordisk, where athletes share their unique health trips.

Part of Marino’s trip understands to rely on friends and family to help him prioritize his health. Former teammate Terry Kirby trains Marino in his nearby gymnasium, while his wife Claire joins him for night walks and bicycle walks. In a video of the campaign, he says that Claire “helps me with the doctor’s appointments, being on time and make sure I do the right things”.

It is grateful to their support.

“These are the people who love you and you love them,” he said to people. “It looks like a small village.”

As for the diagnosis, he says that he realized that he had to focus on his health on a “coherent” basis. “It is exercise, cycling, walking and diet, then starting to be coherent – wake up and make sure you have to do something every day.”

In the case of Marino, he thinks that it is “mainly a diet” which caused his puree. As he explained to people when he played football, “you had weighing, all these types of things.” But after his retirement in 2000 after 17 seasons in the NFL, “I sort of let my diet pass … It’s really where it happened.”

He shared that his doctor had recommended the Mediterranean diet and to “reduce wine and pizza and candy, ice, this kind of thing, you know – you cannot eat them as much.”

Marino said he was sharing his diagnosis so that people understand that “if you are diagnosed with foie gras and puree, do the things you have to do, as I spoke – food, training – and stay consistent with that, that’s what our message is really.”

And these days, he says that his illness “has not changed … I receive the ultrasounds and all that every year and so far, it has been good” – and he thinks that his prognosis “will become better and better”.

“This is what makes me feel good about this [campaign]”He said, sharing that he wants to” make people know, so maybe they can be treated and it can make a difference in their lives “.

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