Turmeric Extract Suppresses Fat Tissue Growth in Rodent Models

Monday, May 18, 2009 - 08:28 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 Center on Aging at Tufts University studied mice fed high fat diets supplemented with curcumin and cell cultures incubated with curcumin.

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