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Looking for more ways to protect your liver from diseases? Try drinking Pu-erh tea, also known as China’s fermented tea. In a study, this tea was found to contain powerful antioxidants and glucose-regulating compounds that help prevent fatty liver disease and other diseases associated with oxidative stress.
Pu-erh tea is used in traditional medicine and has been proven by previous studies for its ability to prevent diabetes, oxidation, obesity, and atherosclerosis. However, its effect on oxidative stress of the liver has not yet been fully understood. Researchers from Tianjin University of Commerce, with support from the Yunnan Tasly Deepure Biological Tea Group Company Limited, looked at the liver protective and antioxidant effects of Pu-erh tea.
For this purpose, they studied five groups of rats. One group served as the normal-fed control group, another group served as the high-fat fed control group, and the three remaining groups were fed with a high-fat diet and treated with different doses of Pu-erh tea extracts. Throughout the study, which lasted for 12 weeks, the researchers measured the body weight of the animals every day and measured various parameters for liver health and oxidative stress.
The results showed that the treatment with Pu-erh tea extracts prevented increases in body weight and fat, reduced oxidative stress in the liver and inhibited lipid peroxidation. In addition, Pu-erh tea extracts also regulated the blood sugar levels of the rats, which improved insulin resistance, increased the sensitivity of insulin, and promoted the synthesis and decomposition of glucose. These effects, overall, helped prevent fatty liver disease.
From these findings, the researchers concluded that Pu-erh tea can be used to naturally prevent fatty liver disease and other diseases associated with oxidative stress like diabetes. The findings of the study were published in the journal Food Science and Human Wellness.
In addition to its antioxidant and liver-protective effects, there are more health benefits you can get from drinking this fermented tea.
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