Turmeric Fights Body Fat
A diet high in turmeric may help reduce weight gain. It suppresses the growth of new fat tissue. The study was funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Weight gain is the result of the growth and expansion of fat tissue. This can’t happen unless new blood vessels form. Curcumin appears to suppress this activity in the fat tissues. Curcumin is an antioxidant chemical in the polyphenol family that naturally occurs in turmeric. It is easily absorbed by the body.
Researchers fed two groups of mice an identical high-fat diet, supplementing the diets of the half the mice with 500 milligrams of curcumin per kilogram of body weight. They found that mice in the curcumin group had significantly lower blood cholesterol and significantly less fat tissue than the mice in the control group. This suggests less blood vessel growth and less overall growth of fat tissue. The livers of mice in the curcumin group also had less fat than the control group mice.
