Health properties of berries

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How raspberries can help reverse the ageing process

How raspberries can help reverse the ageing process

  In the study, 60 older adults in good health were given either a placebo, 250, 500 or 1000mg oral dose of UA daily over four weeks.  The results were potentially game changing – the higher doses helped to create more muscle cells in a similar way that...

Spread Berry Jams for a Touch of Nutritional Goodness

Spread Berry Jams for a Touch of Nutritional Goodness

  As well as being naturally sweet and delicious, berries also provide abundant vitamins, minerals and plenty of bioactive goodies such as flavonoids, phenolics, anthocyanins and phenolic acids,[1] so it’s no wonder why they make up an increasing proportion of...

Berry Anthocyanins and Gut Health

Berry Anthocyanins and Gut Health

  Latest evidence shows that anthocyanins (plant-pigments that give fruits such as berries their distinct blue/red colouration) are metabolised in the gut.  This, in turn, is thought to cause a shift in the type and amount of bacteria that are housed in...

Berry Anthocyanins can give Heart Health a Boost

Berry Anthocyanins can give Heart Health a Boost

  Over half of all cardiovascular episodes could be prevented by improved diet which is reflected in fruit and vegetable dietary guidelines.[1],[2]  Now a new review published in Molecular Aspects of Medicine[3]has pinpointed that eating...

Blackberries – Good for Gut Health?

Blackberries – Good for Gut Health?

  Now, new research[2]published in the Food Chemistryjournal has looked into blackberries and how these could affect human gut microbiota.  In the study a blackberry homogenate mixture was placed into a test tube and underwent what resembled...

Blueberries show brain-boosting promise for children

Blueberries show brain-boosting promise for children

  Children spend around 30 hours a week at school concentrating, learning and absorbing new information. Interestingly, new research published in the European Journal of Nutrition[1]has found that eating blueberries could have cognitive (brain) benefits for...

Could eating raspberries help people with diabetes?

Could eating raspberries help people with diabetes?

  Around 4.7 million people in the UK currently have diabetes and if nothing changes these figures are projected to rise to 5.5 million by 2030.[1]  Of those with diabetes in the UK, about 90% have type 2 diabetes. This is a condition in which the...

Berries can significantly reduce cardiovascular disease

Berries can significantly reduce cardiovascular disease

  The new review, published in Molecular Aspects of Medicine, [1]found that incorporating a few portions of fruits rich in anthocyanin, such as berries, into the diet could help to significantly reduce cardiovascular disease risk, including strokes, fatal...