date:Sep 06, 2018
The Myrciaria dubia, an exotic fruit grown in Bolivia commonly known as camu-camu, has proven effective in preventing obesity in mice, which gives doctors hope to be able to use it to fight this and other metabolic diseases, says a study published in the medical journal Gut.
Researchers from two universities in Canada subjected a group of rodents to a diet rich in fats and sugars for eight weeks and another one (a control group) to a diet with a low content of these substances. Half of the mice