Benefits of Bluberry To Avoid Cancer and Diabetes

Blueberry is a plant counted to the genus Vaccinium. This plant comes from northern America. Blueberry fruit pale green while still raw, then turn purple when ripe. The fruit usually has some crown on the bottom.

Blueberries have been known to contain a powerful antioxidant called resveratrol. These antioxidants are not only healthy, but also can help prevent cancer. Blueberries also contain other substances that can help reduce amount of fat and reduce the risk of diabetes. Substance is called pterostilbene. This substance is one of the types of chemicals such as resveratrol are also found in other fruits like cranberries and grapes. However, pterostilbene apparently still has not been studied.

Research on blueberries is done by the Carlos III Institute of Health and found that pterostilbene has a very small size and can penetrate the cell membrane of cancer cells. In addition, these substances can also cause the death of cancer cells. Pterostilbene known also can make the cancer cells became weaker with how to prevent it to generate energy.

The benefits of pterostilbene not only that. Recent research has shown that these substances can also prevent diabetes and obesity, as well as protect the heart. The researchers found that pterostilbene substances can increase fat oxidation in the liver and also reduce fat synthesis in tissues. This process will lead to a reduction in body fat.

At the same time, another study published in the Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition found the same thing on pterostilbene can help protect beta cells in the pancreas. This beta cell function is to control insulin stable. That will prevent insulin to cause type 2 diabetes.

Pterostilbene known also can prevent hardening of the arteries that can cause a heart attack. these substances can also help improve the effectiveness of HIV medicine. However, until now pterostilbene still studied and need more experiments to know the potential health problems.