University of Montreal
Biotransformed blueberry juice fights fat and diabetes
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 14th, 2009
This press release is available in French. Montreal, September 1, 2009 - Juice extracted from North American lowbush blueberries, biotransformed with bacteria from the skin of the fruit, holds great promise as an anti-obesity and anti-diabetic agent. The study, published in the International Journal of Obesity, was conducted by researchers from the Universite de Montreal, the Institut Armand-Frappier and the Universite de Moncton who tested the effects of biotransformed juices compared to regular blueberry drinks on mice.
"Results of this study clearly show that biotransformed blueberry juice has strong anti-obesity and anti-diabetic potential," says senior author...
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