How raspberries can help reverse the ageing process

Dec 16, 2020

 

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 exercise does.  

Dr Emma Derbyshire, Public Health Nutritionist and adviser to British Berry Growers commented; -“This is very interesting and promising research.  We already know that berries provide a host of bioactive compounds with health potential including anthocyanins and ellagitannins but now the role of Urolithin A is being unlocked too.   

“We also know that as we age, we are at greater risk of conditions such as sarcopenia – muscle loss – that can increase the risk of falling and subsequent fractures.  It seems that Urolithin A in raspberries could have a similar effect as exercise or high quality protein – potentially helping to counteract these ageing effects.  More research is needed using berries in trials so that these initial findings can be translated into dietary guidelines.”