The study, a cooperation between the University of Montreal and the Université de Yaoundé in Cameroon, was designed to investigate the impact of leaves, bark, seeds and apples from cashew trees native to northeastern Brazil and other countries of the southern hemisphere, on cells that respond to insulin.
Published in the journal Molecular Nutrition & Food Research and funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, the investigation analysed the reputed health benefits of cashew tree products on diabetes, notably whether cashew extracts could improve the body’s response to its own insulin.
“Our study validates the traditional use of cashew tree products in diabetes and points to some of its natural components that can serve to create new oral therapies,” says Pierre S Haddad, a pharmacology professor at the University of Montreal’s Faculty of Medicine.
Source: Australia Food News
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