Creatine.
Just say the word, and most know what you're talking about.
It's the most researched supplement on earth and it's terrific, because it works.
But now, the humble nitrogenous organic acid may just do more than help us train harder and grow more muscle - it might just play an important role in healing fatty liver disease.
Creatine supplementation as a possible new therapeutic approach for fatty liver disease
Despite being incorrectly blamed for aggression and even murder, we might have stumbled on something that's actually correct.
A recent review (1) has looked into the notion of creatine healing fatty liver disease - an issue plaguing parts of the world due to the rising obesity issue.
Currently as it stands, creatine supplementation in rats has been shown to prevent liver fat accumulation. It's understood that creatine is able to modulate the expression of key genes that are directly related to the oxidation of fatty acids in the rat liver.
Now yes, this is rats, and it may or may not be the case with human beings - but the finding is still interesting all the same.
This is backed too by "in vitro" research (eg a test tube, outside of the normal environment) and has subsequently piked the interest of many scientists around the world.
The authors point out:
"We consider creatine as a new and promising therapeutic strategy to control fat accumulation in the liver as well as the progression of fatty liver disease."
So there we have it!
Whilst more research is needed, it's currently looking promising.
Whilst there's so much garbage being spread about creatine in regards to it being bad for your kidneys, the cause of some murders and aggression - as usual - the truth behind the closed doors of science labs paints an entirely different picture to the one by mass media.
Creatine anyone?
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Reference
(1) Deminice R, de Castro GS, Brosnan ME, Brosnan JT. Creatine supplementation as a possible new therapeutic approach for fatty liver disease: early findings. Amino Acids. 2016 Jan 30. [Epub ahead of print]
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