Coffee May Contribute To A Healthy Liver

Monday, August 19, 2013 - 12:40 in Health & Medicine

A team of researchers suggest that increased coffee intake may reduce fatty liver in people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). And here you thought it was just delicious. Worldwide, 70 percent of people diagnosed with diabetes and obesity have  non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the major cause of fatty liver not due to excessive alcohol consumption. It is estimated that 30 percent of adults in the United States have this condition, and the authors in Singapore say its prevalence is rising there. There are no effective treatments for non-alcoholic fatty liver diseas except diet and exercise.  read more

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