By Anna Scanlon
Scientists have yet again shed light on how nutritious citrus fruits really are, showing that these little fruit can help prevent obesity-related heart disease, liver disease, and diabetes.
The team at Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) in Brazil experimented on 50 mice for their research. They looked at how flavanones – hesperidin, eriocitrin, and eriodictyol – found in oranges, lemons, and limes, would affect mice who were fed high-fat diets. The mice were divided into a few different groups:
- A group fed a standard diet
- A group fed a high-fat diet
- A group fed a high-fat diet plus hesperidin
- A group fed a high-fat …read more
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