{"id":570,"date":"2009-08-10T11:07:27","date_gmt":"2009-08-10T18:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glossary.ultimatefatburner.com\/?p=570"},"modified":"2015-02-23T16:09:27","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T21:09:27","slug":"bilberry-extract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/bilberry-extract\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilberry Extract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Produced from the fruit of Vaccinium myrtillus\u2014a shrub closely related to blueberry. Bilberries are rich in anthocyanosides\u2014flavonoid\u00a0pigments\u00a0responsible for the fruit&#8217;s deep blue\/violet color. Berry anthocyanins have been shown to have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/19294386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-cancer<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/14567449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-inflammatory<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/jn.nutrition.org\/content\/133\/7\/2125.full?ijkey=53067c1ef7c9f3e23d3cb859d9695abb9579b4fa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-diabetic<\/a> activities. Bilberry extracts specifically have been shown to have <a href=\"http:\/\/jap.physiology.org\/content\/100\/4\/1164.full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vasoprotective<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/iospress.metapress.com\/content\/6354v4620n652751\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">myeloprotective<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/19584076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">possible chemopreventive<\/a> effects.<\/p>\n<p>There is limited evidence bilberry could help relieve <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreamed.org\/SearchBasic.php?DT=1&amp;RID=489513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diabetic retinopathy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nutraingredients-usa.com\/Research\/Bilberry-and-pine-bark-combo-wards-off-glaucoma-study\/?c=ih%2Fyld5HsSJ01U%2F6yVXkIQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">glaucoma<\/a>, cataracts and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/16075680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">macular degeneration<\/a>\u2014however, more work needs to be done before it can be recommended to treat any of these conditions.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, see &#8220;<span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/vitamins\/bilberry-extract.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bilberry Extract and its Benefits<\/a><\/span><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Produced from the fruit of Vaccinium myrtillus\u2014a shrub closely related to blueberry. Bilberries are rich in anthocyanosides\u2014flavonoid\u00a0pigments\u00a0responsible for the fruit&#8217;s deep blue\/violet color. Berry anthocyanins have been shown [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[113,123,161,175,194,442],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1940,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions\/1940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}