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Treat Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with Curcumin

The lengthy list of curcumin benefits has a new entry. A recent study from PubMed demonstrated that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease might be treatable with curcumin. It was shown that when "compared with placebo, curcumin was associated with a significant reduction in liver fat content" and just as importantly it was "safe and well tolerated during the course of trial."

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is defined as an excessive accumulation of fats often accompanied by elevated enzyme levels in your liver, in the absence of significant alcohol consumption. Fructose is very similar to alcohol in the damage that it can do to your body and it can only be metabolized by the liver. This is just another example of how sugar ruins your health and shortens your life.