Biotransformed Blueberry Juice Fights Fat And Diabetes

ScienceDaily ^ | Sep. 2, 2009 | NA

[neverdem]

The DOI at the end of the press release links the abstract.

[ditto h]

......this study, funded by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture......

[Uncle Miltie]

"Institut Armand-Frappier and the Université de Moncton who tested the effects of biotransformed juices compared to regular blueberry drink"

Reminds me: Think I'll go frappier a blueberry drink right now!

[top 2 toe red]

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[neverdem]

The DOI at the end of the press release links the abstract.

FReepmail me if you want on or off the diabetes or microbiology ping list. What a name, Serratia vaccinii!

Serratia has dark history in region - Army test in 1950 may have changed microbial ecology

[oneamericanvoice]

Is it any blueberry juice, or is this the next acaia/mangosteen-like fad?

[GOP Poet]

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[miele man]

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[Rannug]

I hope this includes Bob Evans blue berry pancakes. YUM

[boycott]

Are there any recommended products on the market now? I’ve got blood sugar issues so I’d sure like to try some of this.

[Robert357]

Hmmmm..... Bio-transformed grains and hops (that I like to call beer) were also a great boost to health in the middle ages.

I wonder what they really mean by bio-transformed blueberry juice?

[neverdem]

Is it any blueberry juice, or is this the next acaia/mangosteen-like fad?

"Consumption of fermented blueberry juice gradually and significantly reduced high blood glucose levels in diabetic mice."

Serratia vaccinii appears necessary for changing the blueberry's biochemical properties via bacterial fermentation.

[neverdem]

I have no idea. This is from a press release accompanying a scientific article. Universities do it all the time.

[MrEdd]

http://www.twolia.com/blogs/heres-looking-like-you-kid/files/2009/07/blueberry-violet.jpg

[neverdem]

See comment# 12.

[brpurcell01]

Me too !

[A Strict Constructionist]

FYI

Members of the genus Vaccinium, such as blueberry and cranberry, are known to be excellent sources of antioxidant phenolic compounds, for example anthocyanins, flavonols and phenolic acids. The fruit also provides a natural habitat for numerous microorganisms. Interaction between the fruit and the microflora might affect the antioxidant phenolic compounds. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects on phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of wild blueberry fermented by a newly identified bacterium isolated from blueberry-fruit surface microflora, Serratia vaccinii. Increase in the antioxidant capacity following fermentation of blueberries by the novel bacterium, as determined with the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl method, was attributed not only to an increase in total phenolics, but also to a change in the phenolic profile, as demonstrated by the production of gallic acid and of a novel compound of phenolic or phenylpropanoic structure. Copyright © 2005 Society of Chemical Industry

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
Volume 85 Issue 9, Pages 1477 - 1484

[oneamericanvoice]

Thank you. I got that, and that it has to be the berries from the Lowland type of blueberry.

I’d sign up for a study if I knew where.

[neverdem]

Thanks for the link.

[Praxeologue]

I just stick with low-GI foods and no sugars. My goal is overall health. For others it is prevention of diabetic symptoms. It works for everyone. As for blueberries: if you like them,eat them in season; if you don't, don't. This study is hokus pokus (sp?).