Cherries, against abdominal fat

Within the natural news became known to a new study by the University of Michigan USA, related to the effects of cherries on food and reduce abdominal fat.

The researchers found that the addition of tart cherries in your diet can help reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome known.

The study was conducted on laboratory animals fed a diet high in fat and carbohydrates, moderate diet (45% calories from fat, 40% calories from carbohydrates) and one low in fat and high in carbohydrates (10% calories from fat, 75% calories from carbohydrates).

The animals that received cherry powder added to the diet had a 11% reduction in cholesterol after three months, plus a 54% reduction in body fat, compared with 63% body fat in animals not ate the cherry powder.

Most of the fat reduction was significantly localized in the abdominal area of the animals.

In addition there is a reduction in consumer cherry 40% in TNF-alpha or marker of inflammation and 31% reduction of IL-6, another marker associated with inflammation.

The researchers found that “the activity of the genes that produce these two compounds was reduced in animals, which suggests that cherries may reduce inflammation at a systemic level, representing only health benefits and that inflammatory processes are the basis disease.