Clinical Study Shows Cranberries Significantly Reduce Visceral Fat and Fatty Liver

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"This study was published in BMC complimentary medicine and therapeutics. It gave subjects 144 milligrams of pure cranberry or a placebo for 6 months. At the end of the six months, those that ended up having the cranberry ended up having significantly lower levels of fatty liver and saw a significant reduction in insulin resistance and an improvement in insulin sensitivity and lower levels of insulin altogether just by adding the cranberry in."

A six-month human clinical trial on 110 participants found that 144 milligrams daily of pure cranberry extract significantly reduced visceral fat and fatty liver while improving insulin sensitivity. The mechanism involves terracine, a compound in cranberries that activates the PPAR-alpha protein, which reprograms cells to better metabolize fat. Unlike sweetened cranberries, unsweetened cranberries or cranberry extract provide these benefits without the problematic sugar content typically associated with fruit and fatty liver.