by Mark Gokavi, Colorado State University Sarah Johnson (second from left) presented findings at an international conference in London that show consuming blueberries can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women with high blood pressure. Also pictured are Nancy Ghanem (left), Emily Woolf and Sylvia Lee (right). Credit: Colorado State University Consuming blueberries...
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Berry good news — new compound from blueberries could treat inflammatory disorders
TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE IMAGE: A POLYPHENOLIC COMPOUND DERIVED FROM BLUEBERRY SHOWS REMARKABLE IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE EFFECTS AND CAN BE USEFUL IN TREATING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (IBD) Various plants and their products are known to contain “bioactive” ingredients that can alleviate human diseases. These “phytocompounds” often contain restorative biological properties such as anti-cancerous, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory effects....
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Consumption of a blueberry enriched diet by women for six weeks alters determinants of human muscle progenitor cell function
A NEW STUDY INVESTIGATED HOW SERUM FROM SUBJECTS CONSUMING A DIET ENRICHED WITH BLUEBERRIES WOULD AFFECT THE CELLS RESPONSIBLE FOR MUSCLE GROWTH AND REPAIR.view more CREDIT: U.S. HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY COUNCIL FOLSOM, Calif. – August 5, 2020 – A new research study, published in the Journal of Nutrition, investigated how serum from subjects consuming a diet...
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The ‘blue’ in blueberries can help lower blood pressure
Researchers from King’s studied 40 healthy volunteers for one month. They were randomly given either a drink containing 200g of blueberries, or a matched control drink daily. The team monitored chemicals in volunteers’ blood and urine as well as their blood pressure and flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery: a measure of how the...