07/22/2018 / By Edsel Cook
A Saudi Arabian study has shown that taking probiotic formulations could help treat steatosis, the concentration of fat in the liver that characterized non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). They showed that probiotics could improve various functions in rats with NAFLD that have been compromised by high fat and sucrose diets (HFSDs). The University of Imam Abdulrahman Alfaisal sponsored the study, whose findings were published in the scientific journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
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The researchers concluded that probiotics affected inflammatory biomarkers, hepatic function markers, and leptin and resistin levels. Furthermore, they showed that the ability of gut bacteria to regulate lipids relies on the carbohydrates and lipids in the diet.
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Journal reference
Al-Muzafar HM, Amin KA. PROBIOTIC MIXTURE IMPROVES FATTY LIVER DISEASE BY VIRTUE OF ITS ACTION ON LIPID PROFILES, LEPTIN, AND INFLAMMATORY BIOMARKERS . BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2017;17(1). DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1540-z.
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