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# Curcumin prevents obesity, diabetes and fatty liver
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/cucurmin_obesit_diabetes_fatty_liver_0427130920/
- Published: 2013-04-27T10:18:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T15:44:52.000Z
- Description: In rats fed a high-fat diet, curcumin at 100 and 400 mg/kg a day lowered liver triglycerides and serum fetuin-A, a protein tied to visceral obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes and fatty liver. An earlier Indian study gave 6 grams a day to people with pre-diabetes.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Supplements, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

By Jimmy Downs

Saturday April 27, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- curcumin an ingredient found in turmeric has been used to prevent many chronic diseases including obesity, type 2 diabetes and liver disease. Recent studies show that this dietary supplement possesses potent antioxidant, anticarcinogenic, antiinflammatory and hypoglycemic properties.

A new study in Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry has now found that curcumin supplementation reduces serum fetuin-A, which is involved in metabolic disorders such as visceral obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes and fatty liver, according to clinical studies.

For the study, Yildiz Öner-?yido?an and colleagues examined the effect of curcumin treatment on serum fetuin-A concentrations and hepatic lipids and antioxidant status in rats fed a high fat diet.

Rats fed 100 and 400 mg/kg body weight per day had reduced levels of liver triglycerides and serum fetuin A levels, the researchers found.

It is believed that 10 grams of curcumin per day is safe for humans to use. In a prior study, Indian researchers tested 6 grams of curcumin per day in people with pre-diabetes and found the dietary supplement very effective in preventing type 2 diabetes in the subjects.