It is seen in one out of every 2 people in Turkiye: Possible to reduce it with cranberry fruit!

While fatty liver disease associated with metabolic dysfunction is seen in one out of every 4 people in the world, it is seen in one out of every 2 people in Türkiye at a very high rate. Stating that there is no cure for fatty liver disease, Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Lecturer Nutrition and Dietetics Specialist Merve Bayram stated, "The only treatment method is to change the lifestyle by increasing diet and physical activity. As a result of our 8-week study with cranberry fruit, which has a high antioxidant capacity, we found that consumption of cranberry fruit reduced body weight, body fat ratio, and waist circumference.”

“Cranberry fruit is a very rich antioxidant in terms of its compounds”

In recent years, interest in phytonutrients has increased considerably. Cranberry fruit, which is used in medicine for the prevention and treatment of various diseases, is widely used in colds, flu, urinary tract inflammations, diarrhea, constipation, gastrointestinal disorders, cough, bronchitis, and diabetes. Stating that cranberry fruit is very rich in anthocyanins that give the fruit its red color, Nutrition and Dietetics Specialist Asst. Prof. Dr. Merve Bayram also added the following: "Anthocyanins are the compounds with the highest antioxidant capacity found in nature. Cranberries contain anthocyanins as well as many other compounds that increase their antioxidant content. Fatty liver disease is a disease that usually involves obesity. In our study, which we set out for this purpose, we evaluated the effect of cranberry fruit with or without dietary treatment in people with fatty liver disease."

"We have seen that it reduces body weight, body fat ratio, and waist"

Stating that they divided the patients into 4 groups while conducting the study, Bayram said, "The first group provided the daily fruit requirement with 30 grams of lyophilized (powdered) dried cranberry fruits together with disease-specific diet therapy. The second group received disease-specific dietary-only treatment and consumed no fruits and vegetables of red, purple, and blue color. The third group continued their diet and received 30 grams of lyophilized dried cranberry fruit each day. The fourth group continued their diet and did not consume any red, purple, and blue fruits and vegetables, including cranberries. Our fifth group included healthy individuals who were not diagnosed with fatty liver disease. Our study lasted 8 weeks. Body analysis, waist circumference, hip and neck measurements of all groups were performed at the beginning of the study and the end of the 8th week. We found that cranberry fruit consumption reduced body weight, body fat ratio, and waist, whether in addition to diet or not. The decline in these results was much greater with diet. The more interesting result was that there was a very serious decrease in the group consuming cranberries in addition to dietary treatment when looking at the decrease in the rate of liver fat with ultrasound.''