Animal experiment: lemon can prevent fatty liver

  Japanese researchers recently announced that the ingredients in lemon can prevent fatty liver. Fatty liver can cause liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. Therefore, continuous intake of lemon helps prevent these diseases.

  Mediterranean coastal residents such as Italy and Greece have a low incidence of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. Olive oil and red wine in the diet are considered to play an important role. However, researchers at Mie University in Japan and others have noticed that the consumption of lemons in the Mediterranean is so high that it is rarely the subject of research, so they conducted experiments with zebrafish. Zebrafish is a small tropical fish similar to human genes and obesity mechanisms. After fattening the zebrafish, the researchers added lemon-rich saccharin to the zebrafish, thereby reducing zebrafish’s liver fat and about two-thirds of blood lipids. The researchers also found that Elicoat was added to liver cells extracted from the human body to inhibit the accumulation of fat in human liver cells. Professor Toshio Tanaka of Mie University pointed out that mitochondria, which produce energy in cells, are activated by Eliquot, thereby promoting intracellular metabolism and reducing fat.