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Caffeine May Improve Liver Function

in The Too Busy to Diet Blog on August 24, 2013

Dr. Paul Yen and Dr. Rohit Sirha at Duke University Medical School in conjunction with the Singapore Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders Center studied caffeine use in mice. They observed that caffeine stimulates metabolism of lipids in liver cells and decreases fatty liver in mice fed high fat diets.
These findings are important because over 70 per cent of those with diabetes with no alcoholic consumption have Non.alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
Thirty per cent of Americans have (NAFLD).
These findings show that consuming 4 cups or more of coffee or tea daily
Might be useful in preventing or protecting against the progression of NAFLD in humans.
This could result in the development of a caffeine like drug that does not have its side effects, but retains its therapeutic effects. This study could also serve as a starting point for further human studies to discover full benefits of caffeine in humans.