Turmeric extract suppresses fat tissue growth in rodent models
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 08:56
in Health & Medicine
Curcumin, the major polyphenol found in turmeric, appears to reduce weight gain in mice and suppress the growth of fat tissue in mice and cell models. Researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Centre on Ageing at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA) studied mice fed high fat diets supplemented with curcumin and cell cultures incubated with curcumin...
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