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LUCY PARKER, 35, WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE AFTER GOING FOR A CT SCAN WHEN SHE HAD PAIN IN HER THIGHS, WHICH REVEALED A BUILD-UP OF FAT IN THE LIVER 09:05, 30 May

2025 A mum's massive £19,000 Red Bull "addiction" has been axed after being diagnosed with a non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Lucy Parker, 35, was hit with the tragic news

after a CT scan for thigh pain revealed a cyst on her ovary and a build-up layer of fat on her liver. The concerning development has the potential to escalate into full-blown cirrhosis if

left unchecked. The Aussie parted ways with her three-a-day energy drink routine after splashing nearly £20k over 15 years. Lucy's doctors claim her departure with the energy drink has

improved in her liver health and is a step in the right direction. Thankfully for Lucy she has not suffered any damage like fibrosis from her "addiction" meaning her condition is

reversible. Lucy has revealed she has been using AI to help her make "little swaps" to he diet as ChatGPT helps her to understand her condition more clearly. Lucy has shared just

how bad her relationship with the energy drink was and said: "I was addicted to Red Bull. "If I knew I didn't have a Red Bull in the fridge before I went to bed I would drive

out to go and get one or figure out how to get one first thing in the morning. "I was having 81 grams of sugar a day in just those drinks. I was so ashamed – it completely consumed

me." She recounted: "Doctors were like 'this is what's shown up - there's a cyst on your ovary we'll keep an eye on but that's the not the thing we're

worried about. They told me, 'There's a lot of fat around your liver'." Despite concerns over alcoholic fatty liver disease, Lucy was diagnosed with the non-alcoholic

variant after blood tests in April 2025. After being diagnosed with ADHD two years prior, Lucy realised her morning Red Bull ritual provided her "first dopamine hit". "If you

have ADHD it just does the opposite to what it would do for a neurotypical person," she added. "It calms me down." Lucy revealed after she stopped drinking the energy drink

she was plagued with withdrawal symptom for a couple of days and said: "I only struggled with headaches for a couple of days after stopping drinking Red Bull and they weren't

extreme." Article continues below Lucy didn't have any tell-tale signs of her condition and didn't experience a single symptom prior to getting checked. She is now urging

people to get themselves tested just in case. "If someone reading this is drinking the same amount of energy drinks for that period of time I would suggest they get a blood test,"

she said.