Dieters should eat blueberries because they cut the number of fat cell in the body by up to three-quarter, found researchers in a novel study. The fruit may go kaput accessible fat cells and prevent new ones from generating. It makes blueberries a potentially potent weapon in the battle against obesity.
Blueberries have already been praised as superfood for their extraordinary ability to prevent Type-2 diabetes and heart disease. They contain high levels of polyphenols, which is group of chemicals having potential health benefits. Several studies have revealed that polyphenols can slash the number of fat cells in the body by seventy percent.
To analyze the effects of polyphenol, researchers by using tissue taken from mice, conducted a study. They observed the effect the polyphenols in blueberries might have in combating the growth of fat cells and inducing lipolysis that is the break down fats within the body.
The finding of the study revealed that the highest dose of blueberry polyphenols caused the lipids in the mouse tissue to decrease by almost three quarters and with even the lowest dose cutting the amount of lipids in the tissue by over a quarter, the results were presented at the Experimental Biology 2011 meeting for the American Society for Nutrition.
According to Shiwani Moghe, study author, a graduate student from Texas Woman’s University, the findings showed promise. They still need to test this dose in humans, to make certain there are no adverse effects and to see if the doses are effective. The promise is there for blueberries to help diminish fat tissue from forming in the body.