Promising health benefits of the strawberry: a focus on clinical studies

S Afrin, M Gasparrini… - Journal of agricultural …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The potential health benefits associated with dietary intake of fruits have attracted increasing
interest. Among berries, the strawberry is a rich source of several nutritive and non-nutritive …

Unraveling anthocyanin bioavailability for human health

MA Lila, B Burton-Freeman, M Grace… - Annual review of food …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
This review considers the bioavailability of health-protective anthocyanin pigments from
foods, in light of the multiple molecular structures and complicated traffic patterns taken by …

Berry fruit consumption and metabolic syndrome

S Vendrame, C Del Bo', S Ciappellano, P Riso… - Antioxidants, 2016 - mdpi.com
Metabolic Syndrome is a cluster of risk factors which often includes central obesity,
dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, hypertension, endothelial dysfunction …

A dose–response evaluation of freeze‐dried strawberries independent of fiber content on metabolic indices in abdominally obese individuals with insulin resistance in …

E Park, I Edirisinghe, H Wei… - Molecular nutrition & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Scope: This study evaluated the dose–response relationship of strawberries, an
anthocyanin‐rich fruit, on postprandial glucose and insulin concentrations in individuals with …

Effect of flavonoids on oxidative stress and inflammation in adults at risk of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review

J Suen, J Thomas, A Kranz, S Vun, M Miller - Healthcare, 2016 - mdpi.com
Oxidative stress (OS) and inflammatory processes initiate the first stage of cardiovascular
disease (CVD). Flavonoid consumption has been related to significantly improved flow …

Pharmacokinetic characterization and bioavailability of strawberry anthocyanins relative to meal intake

AK Sandhu, Y Huang, D Xiao, E Park… - Journal of agricultural …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Plasma strawberry anthocyanins were characterized in overweight (BMI: 26±2 kg/m2) adults
(n= 14) on the basis of meal timing. At each visit, subjects ingested three study drinks: two …

[HTML][HTML] Unsustainability of obesity: metabolic food waste

M Serafini, E Toti - Frontiers in nutrition, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The obesity burden, with 1.5 billion overweight (OW) and 500 million obese (OB) worldwide,
significantly increased the risk of degenerative diseases. Excessive consumption of foods …

Maximizing the health effects of strawberry anthocyanins: understanding the influence of the consumption timing variable

Y Huang, E Park, I Edirisinghe, BM Burton-Freeman - Food & function, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Strawberries, rich in anthocyanins, attenuate meal-induced postprandial increases in
inflammation and oxidative stress as well as improved post-meal insulin responses. While …

[HTML][HTML] Postprandial inflammatory responses and free fatty acids in plasma of adults who consumed a moderately high-fat breakfast with and without blueberry …

KD Ono-Moore, RG Snodgrass, S Huang, S Singh… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Background: Saturated fatty acids (FAs) released from triglyceride-rich lipoproteins
(TGRLs) activate Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR-2) and induce the expression of proinflammatory …

Phytochemical Compounds and Antioxidant Capacity of Tucum-Do-Cerrado (Bactris setosa Mart), Brazil's Native Fruit

FR Rosa, AF Arruda, EMA Siqueira, SF Arruda - Nutrients, 2016 - mdpi.com
This study identified major phenolic compounds of the tucum-do-cerrado (Bactris setosa)
peel, as well as antioxidant activity and total phytochemical compound concentration of …