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If you have been considering coffee as an unhealthy beverage and a lean person to be healthy, doctors will tell you otherwise. Though coffee is associated with pancreatic cancer and ulcer, now the drink is being endorsed as a saviour for those suffering with liver diseases. And being thin too doesnt mean fit as 15% of non-alcoholics have fatty liver and are slim. Dr Fabio Marra, department of medicine, University of Florence, Italy, in a talk with TOI said, There have been clinical and experimental studies which have validated that coffee lowers the risk of liver fibrosis (a condition when organ gets scarred). However, non-alcoholic fatty liver has no symptoms. So, we recommend regular check ups followed by numerous screenings like ultrasound." Deliberating at the international liver summit, Dr T Mohan of Apollo Hospital, Delhi, said, The fatty liver is mainly caused due to metabolic syndrome. However, it is usually associated with junk food and sedentary lifestyle.
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Coffee lowers risk of liver fibrosis
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2012-03-11/chandigarh/31145213_1_fatty-liver-liver-diseases-cirrhosis>