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 Fat cells hate turmeric [1]

A clue for weight watchers

for all of its medicinal uses, turmeric has not been known for treating obesity. After learning how its active ingredient curcumin inhibits tumour growth, biologists and pathologists at Tufts University in the US have shown how it does the same to fat cells

Publication Date: 
14/07/2009
Archita Bhatta [2]
Down to Earth [3]
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Spices [4], Health Effects [5], Health [6], Obesity [7], Research [8], United States Of America (US) [9]
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