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Bio-Transformed Blueberry Juice To Fight Against Diabetes And Obesity

International Journal of Obesity published a study which states that researchers from Canada have found a kind of blueberry juice which may help to fight against diabetes and obesity.

According to the study, the juice extracted from the North American lowbush blueberries, bio-transformed with the bacteria from the berry’s skin, proves to be a great anti-diabetic and anti-obesity agent.

The bio-transformed juices were compared to the regular blueberry drinks and their effects were tested on mice by researchers from University of Montreal, University of Moncton and Institut Armad-Frappier. Dr. Pierre Hadda, the lead author of the study and pharmacology professor in the Faculty of Medicine of the University Montreal says that the results that were derived after the study clearly indicate that the bio-transformed blueberries juice has strong potential against diabetes and obesity.

Haddad said that the bio-transformed juices decrease hyperglycemia in the mice suffering from diabetes and has the ability to protect the young mice from developing diabetes and obesity. The effects of the bio-transformed juices were tested on a mice group that was prone to insulin resistance, hypertension, diabetes and obesity. It was found that by adding bio-transformed juice into the drinking water of the mice, their food intake and also their body weight got reduced.

Bio-transforming the juice from blueberries was achieved with the help of bacteria of a new strain that is isolated from the plant of the blueberry. This is known as serratia vaccinii which, according to the researchers, increases the antioxidant effects of the fruit.

Tri Vuong another leading authors with University of Montreal said that consuming fermented blueberry juice significantly and gradually reduces high glucose levels in the bodies of the diabetic mice. He said that after 3 days consuming the juice, the glycemia levels in the mice subjects were reduced by 35%.