polyphenols

According to researchers, grape seed extract contains natural antioxidants called polyphenols which can delay the onset and progression of the Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

The study found that the polyphenols have the ability prevent the formation of amyloid-beta peptides which are responsible for the plaques leading to Alzheimer’s disease.

In a latest research at the Texas Women's University led by a graduate student Shiwani Moghe, blueberries are found to inhibit the development of body's fat cells and downsize them by up to three quarters.

According to scientists, the dark-purple berries can potentially destroy existing fat cells and impede the formation of new ones. The presence of polyphenols in substantially high levels, it has been found, does the trick.

Polyphenols in blueberry promising

The researchers found that resveratrol a natural chemical present in red wine can boost a common breast cancer drug in supressing cancer cells. The discovery was made at the Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute.

Study particulars
When the breast cancer drug rapamycin was teamed up with resveratrol, the drug was better able to inhibit growing breast cancer cells than when the drug acted alone.