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Berry Good For You?
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Wonder berries?
Wonder Berries – claims!
Berries with improved health aspects
Living with oxygen & free radicals
A very simplified version? Polyphenols as antioxidants
Vitamin C content
Berries and RDA for Vitamin C
A useful review
Free radicals are implicated in cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular disease (CVD)
Free radicals and Alzheimer’s?
Intake of blackcurrants improves outcomes in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease
Polyphenol benefits occur in gut?
Berry polyphenols inhibit growth of colon cancer cells
Colon cancer, DNA damage and polyphenols
Colonic metabolism of berry polyphenols
Fermentates as effective as berry extracts
Equally effective, different composition
Control of food digestion?
Lipid digestion and lipase
Reduced lipid digestion and obesity
Inhibition of starch digestion
Human trial – blunted glycaemic response
Berry polyphenols inhibit the intestinal parasite, Giardia
Tannin-rich berries most effective
Other health areas
Summary
Acknowledgements
Questions?