Blueberries are incredible plants. They can grow wild practically anywhere in the northeastern United States and Canada, and are now grown commercially across temperate Australia and New Zealand. They are VERY tasty.
To go along with the plant's hardiness and the berry's deliciousness, blueberries offer great health benefits. Blueberries can have a positive effect on aging, metabolism, and inhibiting the development of fat cells.
The berry is great for the heart and cardio system due to its high polyphenol antioxidant content. These antioxidants can also be found in a variety of other fruits such as blackberries, raspberries, and grapes.
According to recent studies, blueberries could play a large role in reducing the epidemic of obesity.
Blueberry polyphenols play a role in adipocyte differentiation, and an adipocyte is an animal tissue cell specialized for the synthesis and storage of fat.
Plant polyphenols are known to resist the development of fat cells. They actively break down fat compounds and lipids. The idea is to see if these plant polyphenols could be translated into fighting fat cells in animals, i.e. humans.
So far, work has shown that feeding blueberries to mice can reduce fat cells.
So............maybe eat more blueberries if wishing to reduce your fat cells.
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or at least feed them to your mice to keep them thin
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