Mallika Dureja
For most people, moderate coffee consumption can be incorporated into a healthy diet.
A study from the University of Coimbra in Portugal found that the caffeine, polyphenols, and other natural substances in coffee can make non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) less severe in overweight people with type 2 diabetes (DMT2). can assist.
A buildup of fat in the liver is what causes nonalcoholic fatty liver, which is a group of liver diseases. They can lead to liver fibrosis, which can develop into liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. NAFLD is not caused by drinking too much alcohol. Instead, it is caused by living an unhealthy lifestyle, not getting enough exercise, and eating a high-calorie diet.
People in the study who drank more coffee had healthier livers. People with higher levels of caffeine were less likely to have liver fibrosis, while people with higher levels of non-caffeinated coffee components had lower fatty liver index scores.
The study, which was published in the scientific journal “Nutrients,” suggests that more coffee is linked to less severe non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in overweight people with type 2 diabetes.
The researchers asked 156 middle-aged people who were almost obese about how much coffee they drank. Of these people, 98 had type 2 diabetes and gave 24-hour urine samples.
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They were used to measure caffeine and non-caffeine metabolites, which are what the body makes when it breaks down coffee. This method follows the recent move away from self-reporting to urinalysis instead of self-reporting in order to get more precise quantitative data about coffee intake.
I never had a cup of coffee until I hit 30.
Now I drink daily because coffee is linked to:
Longer life expectancy
Less risk of type-2 diabetes
Less cognitive decline
Reduced risk of Alzheimer's & Parkinson'sCaffeine tolerance differs, but most benefits start at 2-3 cups/day.
— Adam Bornstein (@BornFitness) January 11, 2023
Coffee consumption is linked to less liver scarring in people with NAFLD and other long-term liver diseases. Polyphenols and some of the other parts of coffee have been thought to reduce oxidative stress in the liver, lower the risk of fibrosis, and improve glucose homeostasis in both healthy and overweight people. All of these things can also make type 2 diabetes less severe.
“Because of changes in the modern diet and way of life, the number of people who are obese is rising, and the number of people who have type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is also rising. Both of these conditions could become more serious and irreversible in the future, which would put a strain on health care systems.” Our study is the first to show that higher amounts of caffeine and non-caffeine metabolites in urine are linked to less severe NAFLD in overweight people with type 2 diabetes, according to the study’s lead author, Dr. John Griffith Jones of the University of Coimbra’s Neuroscience and Cell Biology Center.
