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Turmeric - a new way to spice up your weight loss routine | Curcumin, a bioactive component in Indian spice turmeric, can prove effective if added in weight loss routine, a new study suggests. The compound can stall the spread of fat-tissue by inhibiting new blood
vessel growth, called angiogenesis, which is necessary to build fat tissue, according
to results from a new animal model study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded
scientists and colleagues. In the study, led by nutritionist Mohsen Meydani at
the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts
University in Boston, Mass, eighteen mice were assigned to three groups of six
mice each. For 12 weeks, the mice were fed special diets. A "control" group's
mix contained 4 percent fat, a "high fat" group's mix contained 22 percent fat,
and another group was fed the same "high fat" diet supplemented with curcumin.
A mouse typically eats about 3,000 to 3,500 milligrams (the weight of about six
or seven paper clips) daily, so the curcumin-supplemented mice would have consumed
about 1.5 to 1.75 milligrams of curcumin daily-a relatively small amount. The
researchers recorded the body weight and food consumption of the mice twice each
week. At the end of the 12-week period, their total body weight and fat distribution
were measured. The study found that supplementing the animals' high-fat diet with
curcumin reduced body-weight gain and total body fat, even though food-intake
was not affected, when compared to the nonsupplemented high-fat-diet group. The
curcumin-treated group also had less blood vessel growth in fat tissue. Blood
glucose, triglyceride, fatty acid, cholesterol and liver fat levels also were
lower. At this time, it is not known whether the amount of curcumin normally present
in food dishes prepared with turmeric is sufficient to inhibit complex fat-tissue
secretions that are involved in recruiting new blood vessel growth. The researchers'
next step is to determine the effectiveness of dietary intake of curcumin in reducing
weight in humans. The study results were published in the May issue of The Journal
of Nutrition. |
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