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Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health followed 93,600 women aged 25 to 42 for 18 years looking at the relationship of various dietary factors and the risk for heart disease. They found that women who consumed more than three servings per week of a combination of blueberries and strawberries had a 32% reduced risk for a heart attack.
The researchers pointed out that berries have benefit to the endothelial lining of the circulatory system, helping to keep it healthier. This helps prevent plaque build up in arteries as well as assisting blood pressure.
Dietary supplements of blueberry and strawberry concentrates contain equivalent concentrations of the active anthocyanins, which are the components of these fruits that provide benefit. Individuals can get an entire serving of these beneficial anthocyanins in a single capsule, enabling a convenient way to boost diet intake if you are not always eating this amount of berries.
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The researchers pointed out that berries have benefit to the endothelial lining of the circulatory system, helping to keep it healthier. This helps prevent plaque build up in arteries as well as assisting blood pressure.
Dietary supplements of blueberry and strawberry concentrates contain equivalent concentrations of the active anthocyanins, which are the components of these fruits that provide benefit. Individuals can get an entire serving of these beneficial anthocyanins in a single capsule, enabling a convenient way to boost diet intake if you are not always eating this amount of berries.
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