Blueberry extract
Offers a host of beneficial properties
Biloma is a new product with blueberry extract, known by the scientific name of Vaccinium corymbosum. Blueberry is rich in antioxidant vitamins A, C, E, and beta-carotene, sugars, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, mineral acids, mineral salts, pectin and vegetable fibers. The strong antioxidant properties of the flavonoids and anthocyanins it contains provide protection against metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. In particular, anthocyanins have proven capable of influencing the effect of several proteins involved in the transport of glucose through the body and in metabolizing fat.
Its antioxidant properties contribute substantially to the prevention of obesity and insulin resistance. In particular, their strong antioxidant effects prevent glucose-induced oxidative stress in beta cells (β cells) in the pancreas, and also help to increase the protein that stimulates the secretion of glucose-dependent insulin (GLP-1).
Through the ages, blueberry has been used to treat a number of illnesses in the form of an infusion. Known in antiquity as myrtinitis oenos (blueberry wine) and myrtinon eleon (blueberry oil), its beneficial properties were associated with the prevention and treatment of inflammation, cardiovascular diseases, hyperglycemia and oxidative stress.