The fact that eating lingonberries lowers cholesterol and blood sugar, scientists from the University of Tampere said.

Lingonberries contain substances that are extremely beneficial for the body - resveratrol, quercetin, camferol, proanthocyanidins. Perhaps their effect is associated with the ability of lingonberries to lower elevated concentrations of cholesterol and sugar in the blood, allow Finnish experts who have studied the properties of berries. In their study, they concluded that lingonberries can affect the body much more significantly than previously thought.. In particular, the berry helps to reduce inflammatory processes and stimulates the metabolism..

Scientists conducted an experiment on mice, divided into two groups. In one, animals were fed with fats and carbohydrates, in another, in addition to food, cowberries were given in powder form.

As a result, animals treated with lingonberries gained weight more slowly, and the inflammation in their bodies was less intense than in mice in the first group. In addition, lingonberries improved cholesterol and blood sugar in animals that ate it..

Now, experts have to figure out which components of lingonberries give such a positive effect..

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