Online News Service Cites Klimis-Zacas Blueberry Research
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Research by UMaine professor of clinical nutrition Dorothy Klimis-Zacas and colleagues about the positive health effects wild blueberries have had when fed to hypertensive laboratory rats was cited in an article Nov. 18 on the NutraIngredients-USA.com website, a daily online health and nutrition news service. The article discusses findings of research previously published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. The research suggests that supplementing the diet with antioxidant-rich wild blueberries could also benefit human beings with high blood pressure.