Dolphins legend Dan Marino revealed to PEOPLE on Monday that he was diagnosed with liver disease nearly two decades ago, but has made strides to become healthier.
According to the outlet, Marino, 63, said he didn’t have any “glaring” symptoms when he went to the doctor for a routine checkup in 2007, other than being “a little fatigued.”
“I wasn’t really working out as much as I should — because I used to work out when I played all the time and I kind of got away from that a little bit,” he said in the exclusive interview.
Marino went on to reveal that he was then told that he had metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, or MASH, formerly known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, MASH occurs when one has “excess fat cells in your liver.”
Marino said he’s been on a journey since then to change his health, including by walking and biking with his wife, Claire, daily and training with former teammate Terry Kirby.
He said his doctor also recommended that he start the Mediterranean diet and to “cut back on the wine and pizza and candy, ice cream, those kind of things, you know — you can’t eat those as much.”
Marino said he is now sharing his diagnosis in hopes that it helps others.
“If you get diagnosed with fatty liver and MASH, doing the things you need to do, like I talked about — diet, working out — and staying consistent with it, that’s what our message really is,” he said.
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