Green tea extract may prevent fatty liver
A new research done in the University of Connecticut, investigated the influence of the core flavonoid ingredient of green tea for fatty liver disease (steatosis). The researchers found that green tea might stop fat build-up around the liver.
This research has been done on mice, and if its results could be translated to humans, the conclusion would be that green tea extract might become a very useful preventative in the development of fatty liver.
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The research took six straight weeks, and included 3 groups of mice. The first group didn’t receive any green tea extract; the second group fed with one percent green tea extract, and the third one with two percent.
At the end of the research, the two groups of mice that have been fed with green tea extract diet, had a decrease of 23-25 percent of their body weight, and the mice who didn’t receive the supplement, had only 11-20 percent decrease in their body weight.
The research also included testing the level of Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) and Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) enzymes in their blood stream. The results have shown a decrease of the enzyme levels by 30-41 percent in the mice who fed with green tea extract, against 22-33 percent in the mice who didn’t fed with GTE.
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