New evidence, from research out of both South Korea and the United States, points to marijuana as having a preventative effect on the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD. Most commonly, people with obesity have symptoms of a fatty liver, but the condition can afflict those with type 2 diabetes, as well as those who drink large quantities of alcohol. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, however, occurs when people who do not consume much or any alcohol start storing excess fat in their liver. While having liver fat is…
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