| Can We Live 150 Years? Bilberries are high in flavonoids, which have antioxidant and disease-fighting properties, and they help cells in the body resist and repair damage. The flavonoids found in bilberry provide the blue color of the berry. The bilberry flavonoids are called anthocyanosides, which were found to be the main active ingredients. |
Bilberry flavonoids can increase certain enzymes and substances in the eyes that are crucial to good vision and eye functions. Furthermore, anthocyanosides can increase circulation in the blood vessels in the eyes, and help these blood vessels repair and protect themselves. Specifically, research has shown that anthocyanosides help stabilize and protect a protein called collagen, which is a basic building block of veins, arteries, capillaries, and connective tissue. Particularly, anthocyanosides seem to work favourably in the tissues found in the retina, the back of the eye where major functions of vision take place.
Bilberry’s component, anthocyanosides, is an active blood sugar reducer.
Modern laboratory studies on bilberry fruit extracts have confirmed that bilberry produces a slight relaxation effect on vascular smooth muscles.
Extracts of the fruit have also been shown in laboratory experiments to inhibit enzymes such as elastase, which can cause the degradation of collagen. This can lead to a reduction in factors associated with inflammatory conditions such as atherosclerosis, pulmonary emphysema, and rheumatoid arthritis.
-In France, bilberries have been prescribed since 1945 for diabetic patients
-In an Italian study, bilberry's flavonoids lowered cholesterol levels in the blood and improved circulation.
-In animal studies, bilberry reduced and stabilized blood sugar levels.
Bilberry is an ingredient of HEARTofGOLD Formula™( Liquid Heart Drops Formula)
