Study: Blueberries Can Help Protect Against Intestinal Diseases
Tuesday, March 02nd, 2010 | Author: Organic Blogger
It’s a well-known fact that blueberries are a very rich in antioxidants, nutrients and vitamins. Adding them to your diet is a tasty way to get these important nutrients, as well as provide many other important health benefits. Now, there is new research coming out of Sweden that indicates blueberries can help fight off the negative effects of many intestinal diseases.
According to researchers from the Lund University Faculty of Engineering in Sweden, the fiber from blueberries can help alleviate and protect against intestinal inflammations, such as ulcerative colitis, crohn’s disease and irritable bowel syndrome. The benefits are even greater when blueberries are mixed with the beneficial bacteria found in probiotics, such as yogurt.
The researchers on the project tested many types of fiber, such as rye bran and oat bran, as well as testing them all with and without a mixture of beneficial bacteria. Blueberries are rich in polyphenols, which have an antimicrobial effect on your body.
When these polyphenols are combined with the beneficial bacteria found in probiotics, they help reduce inflamation-inducing bacteria in the intestinal tract, while simulatenously increasing the amount of healthy bacteria. This is the effect that is so beneficial for protecting and alleviating from inflammation in the intestinal tract.
The following quote is from Åsa Håkansson, researcher on the team:
“In recent years the research world has been realizing that our health is governed to a great extent by what happens in our large intestine. The probiotics (in our research) proved to have a protective effect on the liver, an organ that is often negatively impacted by intestinal inflammations.”
Camilla Bränning, another researcher on the team, added the following:
“A further explanation for the extremely positive effect of blueberries may be that the blueberry fibre are not degraded to such a high degree in the large intestine. This means that inflammation-inducing substances do not come into contact with the mucous lining of the intestine but are embedded in the fibre instead. Then these substances are transported out of body together with the faeces”
The Bottomline on this Study
Blueberries are healthy for you. We’ve known this for a very long time, but with this new research, if you suffer from an intestinal disorders, there is no better time to add blueberries to your diet than right now. If you’re not a fan of blueberries or are looking for a little diversity, there are many other healthy berries out there that you could easily add to your diet.
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I love blueberries. I used to go right to the farmer every year and throw them in my freezer where we use to live. I misse that.
My family all plant Blueberries and I love it too.
Blueberries are rich in an anti-cancer agent,several which helps combat the fatal disease. It increases short term memory loss,balance and coordination. It has many benefits. It is good that it is also help to protect intestinal diseases.
This fruit looks wonderful and tasty. But unfortunately we have a problem in that there is a nut allergy in the house. Can anyone suggest an alternative for us?
It increases short term memory loss,balance and coordination. It has many benefits. It is good that it is also help to protect intestinal diseases.
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What is Blueberry? I didn’t know about this, I only knew Blackberry.
I don’t know that blueberry can be a real natural cleaner for the intestines. I usually consume cranberries plus raspberry combo for anti-oxidant and cleansing too.
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I just got my results back from a colonoscopy and that is what the gastroenterologist found. I’ve been suffering from unexplained chronic diarrhea (sorry if it’s too much info) and edema for 4 years. Advice from anybody from the medical profession would be much appreciated.
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Blueberries may be cultivated, or they may be picked from semi-wild or wild bushes. In North America, the most common cultivated species is V. corymbosum, the Northern highbush blueberry. Hybrids of this with other Vaccinium species adapted to southern U.S. climates are known collectively as Southern highbush blueberries.
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In North America, the most common cultivated species is V. corymbosum, the Northern highbush blueberry. Hybrids of this with other Vaccinium species adapted to southern U.S. climates are known collectively as Southern highbush blueberries.
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The blueberries I buy are very dark blue or purplish in color all the way through. Maybe these have not ripened properly.
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I have established a small cattery, a couple of kittens from the same breeder now i want to bring in another from a different breeder. My vet said my kittens were disease free and did not require the cat flu vacine.
I have established a small cattery, a couple of kittens from the same breeder now i want to bring in another from a different breeder. My vet said my kittens were disease free and did not require the cat flu vacine.
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Well, I am no doctor but if I have learned anything from Dr. Oz its that your BM tells alot about your health. It should never have a strong odor and should be brown to dark brown…never black,maroon,green…anything like that.
I believe the bubbles attach themselves to the surface of the blueberries, allowing them to rise in the beer. Once the berries reach the top of the liquid the bubbles pop, leaving the blueberry to fall back down to the bottom to accumulate more bubbles.