date:Jun 29, 2012
Dietary supplementation with 0.5 and 1% blueberry anthocyanins was associated with 37 and 66% increases in bile acid excretion, according to data published in theEuropean Journal of Nutrition.
Researchers from The Chinese University of Hong Kong also proposed a second mechanism involving an effect on gene expression linked to enhanced excretion of sterols, with sterol excretion increased by between 24 and 30%.
The doses used in this study were equivalent to 2,500 mg of anthocyanins in a 2,00