What blueberries do and don’t do for your microbiome and heart

What blueberries do and don’t do for your microbiome and heart

Source: News-Medical

Regular blueberry consumption for 12 weeks enriched Coriobacteriales incertae sedis in the gut microbiota of older overweight adults. However, this microbial shift was not linked to significant improvements in cardiometabolic biomarkers.

In a 12-week randomized trial, older overweight adults who consumed blueberry powder daily saw a shift in gut bacteria—but not in their cholesterol or insulin resistance markers, highlighting the complexity of translating microbiome changes into meta… [9112 chars]

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