The court also fined Aboul-Nasr EGP 250,000 (around $16,000), Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

Pharmacist Ahmed Aboul-Nasr, also known as the ‘Curcumin Doctor’, was arrested on Saturday while he was on his way home in Sheikh Zayed.

Prior to his arrest, Aboul-Nasr had recently appeared in many televised ads promoting his products, with many viewers taking to social media to accuse him of promoting drugs of unknown origin that are not approved by medical authorities.

The country’s Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) previously filed a report against him for broadcasting content on unlicensed satellite channels.

Sunday's verdict can still be appealed.