AFP/Relaxnews | Posted: 08/19/2013 1:56 pm EDT
Your morning cup of coffee or tea may do more than just perk you up. A
new study finds that the caffeinated beverages may protect your liver from
disease.
In a study announced last week, an international team of researchers
led by Duke University School of Medicine in North Carolina (NAFLD) suggests
that increased caffeine intake may reduce fatty liver in people with non-alcoholic
fatty liver disease.
Worldwide, 70 per cent of people diagnosed with diabetes and obesity
have NAFLD, the major cause of fatty liver not due to excessive alcohol
consumption, the researchers said. Currently, there are no effective treatments
for NAFLD except diet and exercise.
Using cell culture and mouse models, head researcher Dr. Paul Yen and
his team found that caffeine stimulated the metabolization of lipids stored in
liver cells and decreased the fatty liver of mice that were fed a high-fat diet.
According to the findings, researchers said that the equivalent
caffeine intake of four cups of coffee or tea a day may be beneficial in
preventing and protecting against the progression of NAFLD in humans.
The findings appear online and will be published in the September issue
of the journal Hepatology.
"This is the first detailed study of the mechanism for caffeine
action on lipids in liver and the results are very interesting," Yen said.
"Coffee and tea are so commonly consumed and the notion that they may be
therapeutic, especially since they have a reputation for being ‘bad' for
health, is especially enlightening."
Prior research has already associated caffeine with decreased risk of
liver disease and reduced fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease. Last
year, a separate study published in the same journal found that drinking coffee
reduces the risk of advanced fibrosis in those NAFLD.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/08/19/liver-health_n_3780776.html?ref=topbar
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