date:Jul 23, 2012
o drink on markers of oxidative stress, inflammation, and endothelial function in subjects with risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
The researchers had 18 men (average age of 48) consume either a wild blueberry (25g freeze-dried powder, providing 375mg of anthocyanins) or a placebo drink for sixweeks, spaced by a six-week wash-out. Endogenous and oxidatively-induced DNA damage in blood mononuclear cells, serum interleukin levels, reactive hyperemia index, nitric oxide, soluble vascular adhe