New Studies Show That-Blueberries Blast and Melt Belly Fat
New Studies Show That-Blueberries Blast and Melt Belly Fat
Diet Rich in Blueberries May Boost Heart Health, Plus Blast Belly Fat…Just another blueberry health benefit. Forget that they are just packed full of antioxidants. This is great news.
The new study showed that rats who ate a diet rich in blueberries lost abdominal fat and not just any fat but the kind of fat linked to heart disease and diabetes. Not only that, but they experienced other health benefits…like lowered cholesterol and improved glucose control even if their diet wasn’t otherwise heart healthy.
Researcher,, stated that E. Mitchell Seymour, MS, of the University of Michigan’s Cardioprotection Research Laboratory, stated that, “Some measurements were changed by blueberry even if the rats were on a high-fat diet.”
Researchers suggest that these deep blue antioxidant-rich blueberries may change how the body stores and processes glucose or sugar for energy, thereby reducing the risk of both heart disease and diabetes.
Then, researcher Steven Bolling, MD, of the University of Michigan, goes on to tell us that, “The benefits of eating fruits and vegetables have been well researched, but our findings in regard to blueberries show the naturally occurring chemicals they contain, such as anthocyanins, show promise in mitigating these health conditions.”
Blueberries Boost Heart Health
This research was also presented at Experimental Biology 2009, where researchers feed rats bred to become obese either by a high-fat or low-fat diet enriched with whole blueberry powder or carbohydrates as 2% of their total diet.
After 90 days they tested the results and the researchers found that the rats fed blueberries had less abdominal fat, lower cholesterol, and improved glucose control and insulin sensitivity. Improved glucose control and insulin sensitivity where the two markers of how well the body processes sugar for energy and are related to diabetes risk.
These health benefits of blueberries were evident in rats fed both high and low fat diets, enriched with the blueberry powder. But the rats that got the best benefits where those who where fed a low fat diet. This group of rats also lost body weight and fat mass compared to those on the high fat diet.
As always, more research is needed to confirm these results with humans. There was a related study presented at the same conference, which showed that men with risk factors for heart disease who drank wild blueberry juice for three weeks experienced slight improvements in glucose and insulin control.
So, these “New Studies Show That-Blueberries Blast and Melt Belly Fat,” and give diabetics new hopes to control their diabetes naturally.
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I can’t eat blue berries they are so sweet they give me hot flashes!!!